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Churn

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-2331

Description

Hardwood churn, probably Shaker, with yellowish stain on marbelized-like figured maple. Smallish and slender with bands of wood to top and bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

churns
cookware
copper (metal)
staining
maple (wood)
Maple
Copper
Shaker
Stained
Churn

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

14 1/2 x 5 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.339

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