Freezer, Ice-Cream

Object Name:

Freezer, Ice-Cream

Object ID:

1972.064

Creator:

White Mountain Freezer CompanyManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Nashua, NH

Date:

1890-1910

Description:

Freezer, ice cream. Small wood bucket, with metal parts. Wood, brass, and steel. Wooden cylinder, 6.2" high. Light brown wood, made of staves ~1.1" wide. Tongue and groove construction, 14 segments. Three brass bands holding wood portions together, 0.4" wide; one at bottom, one centered 2.2" up, and top one centered 4.4" up. These overlap with two rivets in each one at the overlap. Bottom piece is slightly recessed, made from one piece of wood, with concentric band in surface near edge with two small dimples in wood opposite each other on inside of band. Wood and bands varnished. Multiple piece circular vessel with drive mechanism mounted inside and on top of wooden cylinder. Central hub with drive shaft connected to arm on outside of cylinder. Arm ~3" long overall; single piece of cast steel. Drive shaft is swaged through hole in one end of arm. Opposite end of arm has voss with handle shaft swaged into it. Handle shaft 2" long with semi-circular head on end. Small rotating wood handle on handle shaft. Central hub one piece of cast steel that extends from one side of cylinder to opposite side. On side near handle, a couple of small prongs are upwardly curved, fitting into steel bracket riveted to side of cylinder. Opposite side of hub assembly fits into small notch on cylinder's top edge. Steel pawl slips over end, riveted to side. Smaller rotating steel catch screwed to side of cylinder to prevent pawl from disengaging the central hub mechanism. Central hub has smaller hub inside that holds square shaft end. Also, beveled gear vertically oriented and attached to handle shaft. Cast cover screwed to central hub piece. Two rusty round-head screws holding cap in place. Cap has raised letters in circular formation: "WHITE". On bottom half circular formation: "JUNIOR". Between those are straight letters: "MOUNTAIN". That portion weighs 8.7 oz. A small, steel thrust plate screwed to bottom wooden surface in cylinder. Sheet metal cylinder, 2.6" diameter, 4.6" high. With three feet on bottom makes overall measurement 4.7" high. Sheet metal cylinder has vertical rolled seam on one side. Piece of cast steel on bottom of cylinder, which has three feet and central raised pivot, soldered to cylinder. Circular rib near it on top of cylinder. Small pawl soldered to small cast pawl soldered to the inside of cylinder at top edge. Detachable stirring mechanism with central shaft, 5.9" high, inside cylinder with rounded nub on bottom that fits in depression on inside of can. Square top slightly tapered. Two wooden paddles turn on short pivot shafts that are part of paddle casting. Wooden paddles 3.7" high, 0.6" wide, 0.15" thick. Two small cast steel pivot fixtures screwed to ends of wooden paddles. Three small stirring paddles, part of the central cast shaft. Smaller, one-piece stirring paddle just above bottom pivot, at the very bottom. Cast lid covers sheet-metal cylinder, slightly domed. Gear teeth cast into central area. Raised collar in center where paddle passes through. On inside surface of cover, raised pawl with one edge perpendicular to cover. Second edge tapers at ~45 degrees to cover. This engages pawl on the inside top edge of sheet metal cam or cylinder. Label on side, adjacent to 0.5" diameter drain hole. Printed paper label, diamond-shaped, ~3.75" wide, 1.7" high; bottom edge has gray, straight-edge border, may be metallic ink corroded; remnants of border along top edge. From top down, two lines of sans-serif letters, all caps with dark border and gray interior: "WHITE / MOUNTAIN". Larger letters across center with red interior, gray edging, black lines acting as borders: "JUNIOR". Below that, very small, plain black letters: "MANUFACTURED BY". Below that, upward curving letters, all caps, gray: "THE WHITE MOUNTAIN FREEZER CO." Below that, two lines, black ink letters: "NASHUA, N.H. / U. S. A."

Material:

Wood
Metal
Brass
Steel

Dimensions:

H-7.5 W-4.5 D-5 Dia-5 inches Weight-34 oz

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

Subjects:

Ice cream and ices