Collection Highlights
The Daughters of Heber Reginald Bishop (Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary, and Edith)
ca. 1895
1905.22
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Butter churn, cover, and dasher
Object name
Butter churn, cover, and dasher
Date
1825
Medium
Wood, paint
Dimensions
a (churn): 20 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (52.4 x 23.5 cm)
b (cover): 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (1.9 x 19.1 cm)
c (dasher): 36 1/8 x 5 7/8 x
Description
Barrel portion of dasher type butter churn (lid and dasher missing); painted red and made entirely without nails; with slightly tapered sides, three hoops with woven joints, and one stave extending above top hoop that is carved in the shape of a handle; circular cover with incised band around rim and convex middle with hole at center and two inch notch along edge; long-handled dasher with pine cross, pierced with holes and nailed to the bottom
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1930.52a-c
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this churn was purchased in the village of Pavama, New York. A similar churn with New England provenance is described by Linda Campbell Franklin in "300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles," 4th ed. (Iola, Wisc.: Krause Publications, 1997), p. 78.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
