Carrier, Butter
- Object Name:
- Carrier, Butter
- Object ID:
- 1988.060
- Creator:
- Porter Blanchard's Sons Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1898
- Description:
- Butter carrier. Rectangular wooden box for carrying butter in molds. Wooden lid with two metal strap hinges, metal carrying handle, metal hasp, and two wooden rails on top. Metal reinforcing strap on each corner of box (8 total). Stenciling in black ink: on front, "The Blanchard / Print Butter Carrier / Made Only By / PORTER BLANCHARD'S SONS CO / NASHUA.N.H." On top of cover, "No. 8 / 24 lbs." On each side, "RETURN TO / P. DOWNING, / WENTWORTH, N.H." Printed paper label on inside of cover, with instructions for using butter mold.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-9.75 W-16.5 D-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Box purchased by John F. Page at Heath family auction, Bradford, VT. Box contains crumpled newspaper, "The Barre (VT) Daily Times", Dec. 27, 1944.
Perhaps owned by Pethuel Downing of Wentworth, NH. He was probably a farmer. He appears in Wentworth town reports, 1892-1900. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Downing, Pethuel (1833-1912)
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Butter, Molds (Shaping tools), Dairy farming, Farming, Manufacturing
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