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Knocker churn
Knocker or plunger churn in the form of an oak coopered barrel with five iron bands, tapering from the bastowards a cylindrical collar of ash (which is loose). The plunger with a long wooden handle 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
62.323.2
Historical Associations
Association Type:
Place: Pren-gwyn
Creation/Production
Role: Cooper
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(mm): 700
diameter
(mm): 330
diameter
(mm): 200
Material
Oak
Ash (wood)
Metal
Location
In store
Classification
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