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Knocker churn
Harte, M.
(Cooper)
Knocker or plunger churn. The earliest type of churn in the form of sycamore barrel, tapering from the base to the mouth with a plunger shaft which fits through a hole in the lid. The plunger with a long wooden handle terminating with a perforated disk would be worked up and down and rotated to churn the butter. This type of churn was common from the 1600s into the late 1800s.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F82.123.26
Historical Associations
Association Type:
Place: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru | St Fagans: National History Museum
Creation/Production
Role: Cooper
Acquisition
Collected Officially
Techniques
Coopered
Material
Metal
Sycamore
Location
In store
Classification
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