Butter churn, Tabletop

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Butter churn, Tabletop

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Description

A large, square, tabletop butter churn with an internal beater. There is also a small hole under the handle which would have allowed for butter milk to be drained from the churn. Butter and butter churns have been around for centuries, the use of butter is referenced in Biblical texts and the earliest butter churning vessels belonging to the Beersheba culture have been dated to the Chalcolithic period between 6500 – 5500 BC. Butter churns as we know them today may have existed as early as the...

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Image

Date created

1850-1950

Creator

Unknown maker

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3278/objects/1339696

Related subjects

Machinery / Agriculture / Domestic Life (household chattels, food and drink) / Domestic Life

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