Churn, butter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/BARREL/ROCKER
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1586.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- (BECK CIRCUS)
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD & METAL WITH GLASS WINDOW IN LID
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 72.0 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- 104.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Dairying
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
VEHICLE & COMPONENTS ASSEMBLED BY ONT. HYDRO IN THE EARLY 1960S TO PRESENT AN INTERPRETATION OF THE 'ADAM BECK CIRCUS' VEHICLES OF 1912. THE ORIGINAL BECK CIRCUS WAS USED BY THE HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER COMM. OF ONT. TO PROMOTE ELECTRICITY & ELECTRICAL TOOLS, EQ. & APPLIANCES TO RURAL ONTARIANS AT FAIRS, PLOWING MATCHES, ETC. - Function
-
TO AGITATE CREAM IN ORDER TO TURN IT INTO BUTTER - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A MANUAL CHURN CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC POWER/ THE CURRENT PULLEY/BELT BEING USED ON THIS CHURN WOULD NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CARRY THE WEIGHT OF BOTH THE CHURN & CREAM - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST ON LID HANDLE '13', ON LID RIM '14', ON BODY OF CHURN 'G114'/ CAST INTO EACH OF 3 METAL DISCS ON BOTTOM 'C 121'
- Missing
- UNKNOWN/ HAS BEEN RESTORED, BUT DETAILS OF RESTORATION NOT KNOWN - LID GLUED ON TO CHURN
- Finish
- STAVES VARNISHED, HOOPS, STAND & LID FITTINGS PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- FITTINGS ON LID FORM A CURVED SWASTIKA SHAPE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Churn, butter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1586, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1586.001/
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