General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

METAL; GLASS; WOOD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

22.2 cm

Height

48.9 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Dairying

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

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Canada

The deep setting method separating skim milk and cream were being pattented and put on the market by the 1860s. While larger dairy operations may have used cabinets that contained multiple cans kept in cold water, most farm families would have used the relatively inexpensive alternative of a cream can like this one. General Steelwares of Winnipeg continuted to make cream cans well into the 1940s for those farm families who kept only one cow.

Function

Used to separate milk into cream and skim milk.

Technical

This cream can works on the principle that cream is lighter than the skim milk and rose to the top. A tap at the bottom of the can allowed the skim milk to be drained off. A viewwing window next to the tap let the use see where the contents changed from skim milk to cream.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

no

Finish

CREAM CAN: 8-3/4" DIA. & 19-1/4" HIGH MADE OF LIGHT ALLOY METAL; SPIGOT NEAR BOTTOM, ALSO 4" GLASS WINDOW AS GAUGE WITH GRADUATION NUMBERS OF 1, 2, 3, & 4; A SWING HANDLE NEAR TOP WITH A YELLOW WOOD HAND GRIP

Decoration

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