Milk Pan

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About this item

After milking a cow, the milk would be put in a shallow pan like this one and left to sit overnight so that the cream would rise to the top.  It was skimmed off and used in cooking or placed in a churn to make butter. The skimmed milk would be used in cooking as well.

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Item typeHousehold Objects
Food Processing Equipment
CreatorUnidentified
Datecirca 1800
TopicAgriculture, Farming
Food, Cooking, Beverage, Alcohol
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Revolutionary America, 1763–1783
National Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialClay
Dimension detailsHeight: 3.50 in Diameter: 16.75 in
Catalog #K.139
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Unidentified. Milk Pan. ca. 1800. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/k-139/. Accessed on December 7, 2024.

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