Rotary Mixer and Bowl
date: label: date made
content: 1922-1929
notes: label: Description
content: Rotary beater and bowl set, steel. Mixing component is comprised of circular piece of sheet metal, slightly curved, with notches around edge, circular holes around center, attached to two bulb-shaped pieces of metal, and central metal wire shaft, attached at top to single cog wheel. Metal crankwheel with coiled wire handle connects to cog wheel, allows for mixing action. Mechanism rests on Y-shaped base that snaps onto top of mixing bowl. Arched bent metal handle. Mixing bowl is formed metal, flat bottom and sides. Bottom of bowl is marked: "MADE IN/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" with "A&J" diamond trademark. Crankwheel is embossed: "FULL VISION/BEATER SET"; Y-shaped base is embossed: "FULL VISION".
label: Description
content: Note: This beater set also came with the option of a vertical wooden handle.
label: Description
content: Maker is A&J Manufacturing Company, Binghamton, New York, which was purchased by Ekco Housewares Company, Chicago, Illinois, in 1929.
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.322793.13
label: catalog number
content: 76-FT-01.1046
label: accession number
content: 322793
label: collector/donor number
content: 413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 13.0175 cm x 12.065 cm