The Dazey butter churn was an evolutionary device in the process of churning butter, which dates back to 2,000 B.C. Butter was thought to be the “food of the Gods” in Greece and there have been many “churning” inventions through the centuries. Appearing from the 1700’s to the 1900’s, there are literally thousands of churn patents on record.
In the early 1900’s, a man named John Dazey began to make glass jar churns. These were composed of a glass jar, similar to a canning jar. The lid included a wood churning paddle and crank, and the person would turn to the crank to slowly agitate the milk cream to create butter. These kitchen tools remained popular in rural America until the 1940’s, at which time, all forms of hand churns began to disappear from catalogs. Electric appliances had begun to make their way into the American home, and the hand churn was replaced with an electric model.
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During the production of hand churns, Dazey created churns with stamped flower imprints. Today, it is the flower models that are quite rare, and the most sought after. Dazey worked with other companies throughout the years. Glass churns bearing the name “Taylor” are also linked with the Dazey company, being produced by one of the brothers.
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