Plunger Style Mixer
date: label: date made
content: 1933-1935
notes: label: Description
content: Plunger style mayonnaise mixer/maker. Cylindrical glass jar, embossed on front: "WESSON OIL/MAYONNAISE MAKER/MAYONNAISE:/AN EGG, 2 TABLESPOONS/LEMON JUICE OR VINEGAR:/TEASPOON EACH MUSTARD, SALT,/SUGAR; DASH OF PEPPER./BEAT IN THOROUGHLY, AS POURED/FROM CAN, 1 PINT WESSON OIL"; bottom of jar is embossed: "6/L 44" and has white sticker attached with "427" handwritten on it. Mixer is comprised of metal domed piece of circular metal, with diamond pattern cut throughout, attached to thin metal shaft, which protrudes through silver metal cap, convex center, embossed with line design around opening. Shaft is bent into handle at top.
label: Description
content: This mixer was introduced to the marked around 1933 and was sold directly from the Wesson Oil Company via mail. It was sold for 65 cents (including 16 cents for packing and shipping) and came with a recipe folder and a can of Wesson oil.
label: Description
content: Maker is Wesson Oil Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
content: United States: Ohio, Columbus
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Eloise Green
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.322793.27
label: accession number
content: 322793
label: catalog number
content: 76-FT-01.1060
label: collector/donor number
content: 427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: maker, mayonnaise
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (cover material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 33.655 cm x 12.065 cm x 8.5725 cm