General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

A grey ridge natural stone with an iron bracket across the center with a hole in the center that allow the stone to sit atop of the long screw in the center of the bottom stone.

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

25.5 cm

Height

7.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

83.5 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Querns were a common farmstead tool in Canada depending on the period and geographic region from the late 1700's to the mid 1930's.

Function

Used in the domestic environment to grind a small quantity of cereal grains into flour for food production.

Technical

Querns have traditionally been used by families to proces some portion of their cereal crop into flour. This one by its materials of construction and technology is quite early, yet querns were still being made and used in the post 1900 period in western Canda by eastern European immigrants. A primitive hand-turned grain mill.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None.

Missing

Nothing missing.

Finish

A grey ridge natural stone with an iron bracket across the center with a hole in the center that allow the stone to sit atop of the long screw in the center of the bottom stone.

Decoration

None.