Churn, Butter
- Object Name:
- Churn, Butter
- Object ID:
- 1989.062
- Creator:
- Hutchinson, Timothy H. (1810-1891)
- Place of Origin:
- Gorham, NH
- Date:
- 1869
- Description:
- Butter churn model, made by Timothy H. Hutchinson, Gorham, NH, 1869. Builder's model of a rocking butter churn. Birch frame with birch cradle hanging from pair of iron rods. Bottom of cradle is tinned sheet iron and curved in shape. One end of base is stenciled on top surface: "T.H. HUTCHINSON. / GORHAM, N.H. / PAT'D JAN. 19, 1869." Lettering is very faded. No cover.
- Material:
- Wood
Birch
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-25.5 W-31.75 D-18.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Timothy Harden Hutchinson was an inventor and builder born in Maine. He was a resident of Coos County, NH, for most of his life. He is noted for his "crooked mill," built in Berlin in 1849, and for his suspension bridge across the Androscoggin River in Gorham, erected in 1877. He patented many labor-saving devices, including this churn (pat. #85,933). This full-scale "builder's model" was made as a final step in the design process and differs greatly from the original patent drawing.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Hutchinson, Timothy H.
- Subjects:
- Butter churns, Inventions, Inventors, Patents, Models
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