Archimedes Style Whip
date: label: date made
content: 1915-1925
name: label: maker
content: Jeannette Glass Company
notes: label: Description
content: Archimedes style beater or whip. Fan-style mixing end, three blades, bent metal wire, which twists to form shaft and forms loop at top for hanging. Turned knob, wooden, unpainted with metal cap at bottom, wraps around twisted wire shaft, when moved up or down, creates mixing action by spinning whip. Metal cap with screw threads to attach at top to accompanying glass jar, clear glass. Jar is faceted, with narrow, flat sides, and molded screw threads at top. Side of jar is embossed with cup and ounce measurements. Bottom of jar is embossed: "PAT. MAR. 30TH 1915/1133413.1" with other mark: backwards "C" overlapping upside down "V".
label: Description
content: This mixer is likely the "SIMPLEX" mixer (missing paper label to confirm), the accompanying label would have read: "Apparatus especially adapted for whipped cream for coffee, egg-nog, Floating Island, Mayonnaise, Salad Charlotte-Russe, custards, puddings, sauces, fruit, cream, etc." It warns: "Do not operate too fast."
label: Description
content: Related Patent: US 1133413 A, March 30, 1915, Turnet (or Turney) H. Stough, Jeannette, Pennsylvania, for "Kitchen utensil".
label: Description
content: Maker is the Jeannette Glass Company, Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Jeannette
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.322793.16
label: catalog number
content: 76-FT-01.1049
label: accession number
content: 322793
label: collector/donor number
content: 416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: beater
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: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 3 in; 30.48 cm x 7.62 cm