18th Century Butter Churns

Last updated: Jan 5, 2024

For detailed thoughts on churns and butter production, read the section on the Butter and Cheeſe Dairy (“The beſt Method of making Butter and Cheeſe, with ſeveral curious Particulars containing the whole Management of the Dairy”) in The Country Housewife’s Family Companion (1750). Pehr Kalm has additional observations on butter production in his Account of His Visit to England (1748).

A page on churns from the 13th-16th centuries can be found elsewhere on this site.