Blue and White Pitcher
White Pitcher with blue flowers painted on.
Cherry Hill
English
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Blue and white spongeware pitcher
Used by the Riley family at Cherry Hill farmhouse.
Cherry Hill
c. 1860-1870
English
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Box
Made of tin.
Cherry Hill
English
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Broom
Made at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
Cherry Hill
English
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Brown splatterware bowl
Bennington type.
Cherry Hill
c. early 20th century
English
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Bucket Bench
Pine. Primitive. One shelf. Two doors. Old latch with more recent hinges.
Cherry Hill
c. 1830-50
English
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Butter Churn
Reproduction butter churn painted white with blue stripes
Cherry Hill
English
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Butter Mold
The wooden butter mold on the table is typical of the period. Farm wives would make butter and then press the cold butter into molds and stamp the butter with their own signature design. Women would make extra money selling their butter. This butter mold has a pineapple design on the stamp.
Cherry Hill
English
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Butter worker paddle
Woman used their hands, washed in cold water, for taking the butter out of the churn (if they didn't have a scoop). The butter was then put into a wooden tray and worked with a paddle, called butter workers, until it was free from water.
Cherry Hill
19th century.
English
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Candle mold
Eight tubed. Was used with tallow, a mixture of the, whitish, tasteless solid or hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle, sheep, or horses and used in food or to make candles, soap, leather dressing and lubricants.
Cherry Hill
c. 1850-1870
English
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