Wooden ice cream maker with three green metal bands around it. Bottom band forms base with a cast iron three feet stand and hand-cranked wheel. Cast iron locking mechanism on top. Wire and wooden handle to carry. Within a metal drum for freezing cream.Original Model 2ice-cream churns

Frank Bryant married Susie Voutier in 1908, and for many years they ran a popular shop in Sussex Street, which sold pies, confectionery, hand-churned ice-cream, hot drinks and other refreshments.Black and white copy of original photograph showing Frank & Susie Bryant's shop with a horse and buggy outside, and three people standing underneath the shop's verandah.frank thomas bryant, bryant's shop sussex st linton

Cream is put in the metal drum, and in the surrounding space within the wooden bucket. A mixture of ice and salt is packed, turning the crank wheel rotated and paddle in the drum and mixed the cream as it froze within the encircling ice.Wooden assay barrel with two galvanised metal bands around it. Sealed inside is a cast iron drum for freezing the cream, with a cast iron hand-cranked handle and a wooden knob. Mechanism is attached to barrel with bolts and screws. Shepard's Lightning made in USA 6 oz. (On the churning mechanism) Pat. Sept 25 88, March 17 91, Feb 23 92 (On the Drum) 713 (On the Crank handle)

This item resembles historical hand-crank butter churns; however, it does have the notable difference of using a whisk-like structure rather than a paddle-based churn. It is possible it was used for another similar application requiring faster spinning, such as whipping cream, and it has been suggested it could be an ice-cream maker (though ice-cream makers also tend to use paddles). There are no visible corporate logos or manufacturer's marks, limiting our ability to determine its true origins and indicating it may have been purchased from a local manufacturer.This is a unique example of food procudtion tools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.This item is in two parts, both made with metal heavily rusted on the outside and mostly clean on the inside. The larger section is the empty cylindrical container. The smaller section is both the lid to the container and a whisk for the butter churn; it has a whisk section which protrudes into the cream in the container, which is turned by the hand-crank and gears.N/Atools, agriculture, domestic life