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Buttermilk dispenser

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1910-1920

GUSN

GUSN-10061

Description

Square white enameled box with four raised panels on sides; dark blue printing on front and back; rests on four silvered metal splayed legs; two steel spigots protrude from bottom of front, one with key handle; two insulated fitted covers; one with grip handle, one with crank attached to interior beater; white porcelain handle; inside insulated with dull silver metal, half has rectangular white porcelain fitted container

Details

Descriptive Terms

dispensers
embossing
enameling
glazing (coating)
porcelain
steel (alloy)
tin (metal)
Steel
Porcelain
Enameled
Tin Glazed
Embossed
DISPENSER, BEVERAGE

Inscription

Printed on 1) front 2) back 1) Fresh/ Buttermilk/ Allen Filter Co., Toledo, O. 2) Fresh Buttermilk Embossed on right spigot handle: The Allen

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19.5 x 15.375 x 16.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose

Accession Number

1995.219

Places

Ohio (United States)

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