Rotary Food Mixer
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1913
notes: label: Description
content: Egg beater or food mixer, housed in mason jar. Mixing component comprised of two bulb-shaped two-winged bent metal blades, attached at top to two cog wheels which connect to crank wheel at top. Crank wheel is molded iron or steel, simple flower design in wheel, and molded metal handle at top. Apparatus is attached to thin metal lid, with screw threads to attach to jar. Green glass jar. Crankwheel is debossed: "HOLT'S EGG BEATER/PAT. AUG. 22, 1899/APR. 3, 1900"
label: Description
content: Jar is embossed: "SAFETY/-WIDE MOUTH-/MASON/SALEM GLASS WORKS/SALEM, N.J."
label: Description
content: Patent number US 631715 A, August 22, 1899, Thomas Holt, Tarrytown, New York, for "Egg-beater"
label: Description
content: Patent number US 646736 A, April 3, 1900, Thomas Holt, Tarrytown, New York, for "Egg-beater"
label: Description
content: Maker of mixer is Holt-Lyon Company, Tarrytown, New York. Maker of jar is Salem Glass Works, Salem, New Jersey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: New York, Tarrytown
label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Pole Tavern
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.322793.02
label: accession number
content: 322793
label: collector/donor number
content: 402
label: catalog number
content: 322793.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: beater, cream whip
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron or steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 41.91 cm x 13.0175 cm x 9.8425 cm