Object number
78/26/1-3
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Description
End-over-end type barrel churn, made by Waide & Sons Ltd.. Modified to drive by 1/4 HP Hoover motor. Used at Greys Court in Henley until 1965.
This is an end-over-end type barrel churn with axles fitted to sides. The mahogany lid is secured to the barrel by chrome-plated levers and has a glass eyelet and safety valve. The barrel is made of oak and the stand of soft wood. The bearings and axles are of cast iron, painted red, and the barrel hoops are painted black. The manufacturer's name, Waide & Sons Ltd., is cast on the axle pieces. The churn has been modified for power drive by the addition of two pulley wheels and a plywood base for the 1/4 HP Hoover motor. Casters have also been added to the stand. It was used at Greys Court in Henley, Oxfordshire, for the domestic consumption of butter until 1965. The end-over-end barrel churn was first introduced circa 1880. According to the 1911 Waide catalogue, the no. 1 size barrel had a churning capacity of between 1/4 and 2 gallons and could produce from 1/4lb to 6lbs of butter.
Physical description
1 butter churn: wood, metal, glass
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Churn, barrel // Lady Brunner // Description: End over end type barrel churn with axels fitted to sides. The lid, of mahogony is secured to the barrel by chrome plated levers and has a glass eyelet and safety valve. The barrel is oak and the stand, soft wood. The bearings and axels are cast iron, painted red, the barrel hoops black. The manufacturer's name is cast on the axel pieces and also churn has been modified for power drive by the addition of two pulley wheels and a plywood base for the 1/4 HP Hoover motor. Casters have also been added to the stand // Associated information: Made by Waide & Sons Ltd., Crown Point Road, Leeds. Used at Greys Court, Henley for the domestic consumption of butter till 1965. The end over end barrel churn was first introduces in c.1880. According to the Waide cat, for 1911, the no. 1 size barrel had a churning capacity of 1/4- 2 gals and could produce from 1/4-6lbs of butter'
Production place
Leeds
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