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  1. 1992.4.1 - Churn

    Small tapered, wooden butter churn with wooden lid, bound with two iron rings.

    Record Type: Object

    Butter Churn - with dasher in and lid on - crack almost invisible
  2. Swedish Meatballs Recipe Card
  3. 2004.10.113 - Masher, Potato

    A hand held potato masher with a masher base and a removable mashing crank. The base and crank's handles are wooden, while the rest is metal. The base appears to have two hooks to attach to a bowl. It consists of the following: a. the masher base b. the masher crank.

    Record Type: Object

    Wersebe potato masher
  4. 2008.5.77 - Stockpot

    Cooking pot with wire bale; foot. Mold-made Mold mark indicates 1840 - 50

    Record Type: Object

    Iron cooking pot - Front
  5. 2010.4.3 - Pan, Frying

    Small frying pan - black, light weight. "National" imprinted on the handle. Used by the August Johnson family of Washington, CT.

    Record Type: Object

    small frying pan - top
  6. 2010.4.8 - Jar, Food Storage

    Canning Jar with lid and wire bale. Atlas E-Z Seal, HA L 8 3 Used by the August Johnson family of Washington, CT.

    Record Type: Object

    Atlas canning jar - front with letters
  7. 2010.51.1 - Knife, Butcher

    A meat cleaver from the Shepaug Market (which was located in Washington Depot), used by store owner Randolph Johnson, a local Swede. The blade is metal, and the handle wood. On one side of the blade, "Ox-Head Made in Germany" and a company logo is stamped into the metal.

    Record Type: Object

    Randy Johnson butcher knife
  8. 2010.51.2 - Knife, Bread

    A bread knife from the Shepaug Market (which was located in Washington Depot), used by Randolph Johnson. The blade is stainless seal, and the handle wood. On one side of the blade, "Gustav Emil Ern Solingen-Germany" and a company logo is stamped into the metal.

    Record Type: Object

    Randy Johnson bread knife
  9. 2010.51.3 - Knife, Cheese

    A cheese knife from the Shepaug Market (which was located in Washington Depot), used by Randolph Johnson. The blade is stainless steel, and it has 2 wooden handles, one on either end. On one side of the blade, "R.H.Forschner Co", and a company logo with the name "Victorinox" and "made in Switzerland", is stamped into0 the metal.

    Record Type: Object

    Randy Johnson cheese knife
  10. 2012.16.3 - Spoon, Mixing

    A very simple long wooden spatula and mixing utensil manufactured in the mid-20th century for use in a home kitchen. Spatula has a long handle that tapers down to a flatter, wider, end with a rounded edge. There are no markings or writing on the wood.

    Record Type: Object

    Wooden Spatula
  11. 2012.16.4 - Spatula, Kitchen

    A simple wooden manufactured spatula/scraper used for cooking and food processing in the kitchen. Handle is teardrop in shape. Spatula is long and wide, with a very thin edge. Numerous grooves are cut along the top edge of the spatula: the specific reason is unknown, though grip or drainage are two possible explanations. There are no markings or writing on the utensil.

    Record Type: Object

    Wooden Spatula
  12. 2012.16.5 - Masher

    A simple mid-19th century wooden smasher manufactured for home kitchen and food processing use. Masher has a large and solid base which gradually tappers into a teardrop shaped handle. The base has numerous small cracks in the wood. There is no writings or markings of any sort on the utensil.

    Record Type: Object

    Wooden Masher
  13. 2012.16.6 - Scraper, Dough

    A simple wooden "L" shaped dough scraper manufactured for use in home kitchens and food processing. Handle is wide and cylindrical and connectes to awide flattened scraper edge used in baking. Wood has no markings or writing of any kind. Tool was to be used as a butter paddle.

    Record Type: Object

    Wooden Dough Scraper
  14. 2012.16.7 - Bowl, Mixing

    Large and simple yellow ware stoneware mixing bowl used in the home kitchen for food processing. Bowl is yellow because of the clay used in yellow ware. The bowl design is a simple thin white line followed by a thick white line followed again by a thin white line that covers the circumference of the bowl. Bowl has no maker marks or signature, but was produced in the United States, likely in the Northeast or Ohio Valley. Bowl shows very distin...

    Record Type: Object

    Yellow-ware stoneware mixing bowl
  15. 2012.16.8 - Bowl, Mixing

    Large and simple yellow ware stoneware mixing bowl used in the home kitchen for food processing. Bowl is yellow because of the clay used in yellow ware. The bowl design is a simple thin cinnamon line followed by two thin white line followed again by a thin cinnamon line that covers the circumference of the bowl. Bowl has no maker marks or signature, but was produced in the United States, likely in the Northeast or Ohio Valley. Bowl shows ver...

    Record Type: Object

    Yellow-ware stoneware mixing bown
  16. 2012.37.34 - Print, Photographic

    Small black and white photographic print of a kitchen interior.

    Record Type: Photo

    Kitchen Interior
  17. 2015.31.14 - Table, Kitchen

    A kitchen table from Dr. Frederic Wersebe's barn that is made of well-worn light wood or light stained wood. Legs have rounded etching designs. Rectangular pieces under table top connecting legs have horizontal line etching.

    Record Type: Object

    _mg_3920_wersebe-table-side-view
  18. F 045a-b - Stuffer, Sausage

    Sausage gun in two parts: plunger(a) and case(b). Handled wooden plunger, body cylindrical and flat at the end; handle, pierced and fitted with a wire hanger. Body of plunger(a) is crude/rough, handle is smooth and polished (possibly from use). Tin case(b) is a long cylindrical tube with a vertical seam, tapering to a long snout (over which the intestine or gut fitted). Opening of snout is angled.

    Record Type: Object

    Stuffer, Sausage
  19. F 064 - Trammel

    Small iron S hook commonly used for hearth cookery to hang pots or kettles from a crane or chain trammel. D.S.

    Record Type: Object

    metal "S" hook - top
  20. F 066 - Skimmer

    Brass skimmer with a black metal handle which has a hole at the end of the handle for hanging. Note: Skimmers usually made by blacksmith but unlike other hardware pieces, skimmer handles were usually "draw" filed to a smoother finish therefore originally appeared as silvery and bright not dark metal. - Doug Schlicher

    Record Type: Object

    Black handled brass skimmer - Side/top

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