General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL FRAMEWITH WOOD HANDLE & CROSS SUPPORT; WOODEN BARREL WITH METAL RINGS, SPOUT, SIDE SUPPORT ATTACHMENTS & RING AROUND TOP/.2 WOOD WITH METAL RIM AND LOCKING DEVICE; SMALL SYNTHETIC WINDOW

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

71.0 cm

Width

58.0 cm

Height

60.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Dairying

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Beatty

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Fergus

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

BARREL CHURNS WERE USED FROM THE LATE 1880S TIL THE 1940S. THIS CHURN WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN THE 1920S.

Canada

BEATTY BROS. WAS A WELL KNOWN MANUFACTURER OF BARN PATTERNS & HARDWARE. THIS CHURN WAS PART OF THEIR ASSOCIATED LINE OF DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT. MANY PRODUCTS LIKE THIS WERE MANUFACTURED ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. THESE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES HAVE ALL BUT DISAPPEARED FROM SMALL COMMUNITIES. [REF 1]

Function

USED IN A DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT TO PROCESS CREAM INTO BUTTER.

Technical

BARREL CHURNS FOLLOWED CRADLE CHURNS IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUTTER-MAKING TECHNOLOGY. THEY WERE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THAT THEY HAD A LONGER USEABLE LIFESPAN AND WERE EASIER TO CARE FOR. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 DECAL ON FRONT: 'BEATTY BROS. LIMITED/ WINNIPEG-FERGUS-LONDON/ EDMONTON-CANADA-MONTREAL/ VANCOUVER-ST. JOHN/ Beatty/ LIMITED'/ HANDPAINTED ABOVE DECAL & ON FRONT SUPPORT: '2'/ MOLDED IN SIDE SUPPORTS: 'C31' [2 TIMES]/ MOLDED ON INNER TOP RIM: '0112''C7'/ PRINTED ON CROSS BEAM: 'BEATTY BROS. LTD./ FERGUS/ [?]'/.2 NO MARKINGS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 BARREL GREEN STAIN WITH BLACK RINGS; METAL FRAME PAINTED SILVER/.2 WOOD VARNISHED; METAL PAINTED SILVER

Decoration

N/A