Plunger Style Mixer
date: label: date made
content: 1886-1900
notes: label: Description
content: Plunger style food or drink mixer, also butter churn. Mixing element comprised of two circular pieces of sheet metal, circular holes throughout, mounted on thick metal shaft, one on top of the other, shaft protrudes through hole in top of domed metal lid, black plastic handle at top. Accompanying glass jar, straight sides. Bottom of jar is embossed: "SILVER & CO/ PATD/APL 30-78/MAY 11-86/NEW YORK". Exterior of jar is embossed with measurements in ounces, pints, pounds and cups and mixing instructions: "POUND/FLOUR/SIFTED/EVEN FULL"; "1 POUND SUGAR MAKES 1 PINT"; "1 QUART/EVEN FULL"; "10 WHOLE EGGS MAKE 1 PINT"; "LIQUID/WEIGHTS"; "1 POUND BUTTER MAKES 1 PINT"; "8 T CUPS OR/4 COFFEE CUPS/EVEN FULL"; "GOOD MILK CONTAINS 10% CREAM".
label: Description
content: Patent number US 341697 A, May 11, 1886, William H. Silver, New York, New York, for "Egg-Beater"
label: Description
content: Maker is Silver & Company, New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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.322793.22
label: accession number
content: 322793
label: catalog number
content: 76-FT-01.1055
label: collector/donor number
content: 422
objectType: label: Object Name
content: device, mixing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 28.8925 cm x 10.795 cm