The Green County Historical Museum has a couple of vintage butter churns in its kitchen collection. The one shown here was donated by the late Leonard & Marion Boynton of Monroe.
The stone butter churn was made by the Macomb Stoneware Company of Macomb, Ill. It was in business from 1889 to 1906 when its factory was joined together with six other potteries in the area of Macomb to become the Western Stoneware Company.
The Macomb pottery manufactured utilitarian stoneware to be used in the kitchen, home, business or farm. Most of its pottery, like the one shown here, was glazed by throwing common salt into the kiln.
This type of butter churn was very common to farm homes during the 19th century and early 20th century. It is 13 inches high, a diameter of 9 inches and has a 3-gallon capacity.
The churn lid is also made of stone and has a hole in the middle for the plunger, or dasher. The wooden dasher resembles a broom handle on one end and the other end has two wooden slats. A person would move the dasher up and down to agitate the cream in creating the butter. This process went on for about 30 to 40 minutes to produce butter.
The stone butter churn was made by the Macomb Stoneware Company of Macomb, Ill. It was in business from 1889 to 1906 when its factory was joined together with six other potteries in the area of Macomb to become the Western Stoneware Company.
The Macomb pottery manufactured utilitarian stoneware to be used in the kitchen, home, business or farm. Most of its pottery, like the one shown here, was glazed by throwing common salt into the kiln.
This type of butter churn was very common to farm homes during the 19th century and early 20th century. It is 13 inches high, a diameter of 9 inches and has a 3-gallon capacity.
The churn lid is also made of stone and has a hole in the middle for the plunger, or dasher. The wooden dasher resembles a broom handle on one end and the other end has two wooden slats. A person would move the dasher up and down to agitate the cream in creating the butter. This process went on for about 30 to 40 minutes to produce butter.