Mould
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| Nom de l'objet : | Mould |
| Type de l'objet : | Butter |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools and Equipment for Materials |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Food Processing Tools and Equipment |
| Discipline : | Social and Cultural History |
| Matériaux : | wood metal, brass |
| Numéro d'accession : | FOB 2011.2.2 |
| Nom de la collection : | Friends of Beaubears Island Collection " Village of Nelson Section |
| Fabricant : | Montgomery Ward |
| Province d'origine : | Illinois |
| Pays d'origine : | United States of America |
| Culture : | North American |
| Date de début de production : | 1900 C |
| Date de fin de production : | 1940 C |
| Description : | The object is a small rectangular box. The object has a central handle and two small screws spaced separately apart and drilled into the base of the stamp. This is to prevent the upper portion of the stamp from making contact with the upper portion of the receptacle. The receptacle portion of the object has a large hole on its roof where the handle attached to the stamp would sit and slide forward and backward depending on the size of the butter slab being produced. The receptacle has two horizontal apertures or slits on either side; most likely a visual indication to customers that the receptacle is filled to maximum capacity. |
| Commentaires : | This item was donated by Marga Hache who purchased it at a estate or yard sale in the late 1990s. After the butter was salted and kneaded into form the paste had to be moulded into block in order to be measured, or stored in various locations, or sold commercially. Since the latter option was the most common, an accurate weight of the butter had to be determined by shape and size. As such many butter moulds came with the option of adjusting the size of the mould in order to suit the customer's demand and to get a printed weight that was approximate. This object was a one pound butter mould; however other sizes of approximate weight were also used. Initially butter moulds were rounded in shape however after 1897, the "square shaped mould became popular. The object was usually made of hardwood, mainly maple in Canada." This object is an example of a box butter mould and used a lap construction in its design. There were two primary companies that made this particular design of adjustable butter moulds: "Sears, Roebuck and Company called them a Pearce butter mould. They sold it only in a one pound size for 83 cents in the 1900 catalogue," and, "Montgomery Ward sold this one pound butter mould for 45 cents in 1922 and advertised that the prints would fit their Parcel Post butter box. This mould has been advertised in quarter pound, half pound and two pound sizes. The plungers sometimes are plain and sometimes are carved with designs." This mould had the ability to be adjusted for size. It was advertised by Montgomery Ward, "that a one pound mould could be adjusted from 3/4 pound to 1 1/4 pound." If you inspect the object closely, two discernable brass screws can be found on the back portion of the plunger or stamp. "These hit the top of the mould box and determined how far up the plunger would sit. Turning the screws in allowed the plunger to sit higher up in the mould and more butter could be loaded into the mould. Likewise turning the screws out made the size of the mould and the brick of butter smaller." This is an example of late 19th Century and early 20th Century Butter mould, shaper or crafter used mainly for commercial purposes at a general store in the sale of butter. |
| Fonctions : | The object was used to shape and mould butter at a groceries or dry goods store for daily purchase and consumption. |
| Hauteur : | 11 |
| Longueur : | 16 |
| Largeur : | 7 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 2 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | handle mould |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Miramichi |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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