Hook Handled Butter Paddle

Object/Artifact

Wildwood Historic Center

Butter paddle.

Name/Title

Hook Handled Butter Paddle

Entry/Object ID

1969.015.009

Description

Rounded paddle portion of wooden butter scoop with hook at end of hand.

Context

Butter taken out of churn with scoops then the paddle was used to help rinse out the buttermilk after salt added for preservation.

Collection

Wildwood Historic Center [primary collection]

Acquisition

Accession

1969.015

Source or Donor

015 Miss Helen Holliway

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Paddle, Butter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Dairy

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Processing Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Width

4-3/4 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Location

Cabinet

Pine Cupboard

Wall

West Wall

Room

Kitchen

Floor

First Floor

Building

Wildwood House

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Provenance

Notes

Montgomery Ward Reproduction Catalog 1895 as pictured cost .08 cents. Known as a space or ladle. From Kitchen Collectibles by Linda C. Franklin: paddle or ladle nearly round, slightly bowled with short crook necked handle or slightly rounded angled handle, late 1800’s.