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The #1 Jaquette Eggbeater  This is the hardest to find of the 4 or 5 different size and configuration of beaters that this company made.  Some feel the largest one with wood handles is tougher to find, but we have seen numerous and owned a few of those.  This is the first of these we have ever owned, and just one of several that we have ever seen.  The complete and interesting history behind their design is chronicled in the book by Don Thornton.  I remember getting my first Jaquette beater about 20 years ago at a show where it was laying on the table and the fellow thought it was a paint mixer.  I didn't know what it was, but was pretty sure that was not right so I talked him out of it and my career in buying early and rare eggbeaters was begun.  The condition is super, and this one obviously led an easy life.  One of the best.       SOLD!

 

The Double Triple Clockwork Egg Beater   This unmarked eggbeater is a one of a kind never before seen oddity that nearly defies description its design and operation are so strange.  The name we have given it tries to capture the essence of the operation, but that can only really be done when the operation is seen and the 3 main horizontal gears housed within the lower circle, just above the 3 lower paddles or dashers all begin moving in unison, much like a clockwork mechanism, surely creating the desired effect of whipping up a superior egg.  The basic design of the handle and main drive gear could be attributed to any number of classic makers from near the turn of the last century, but the bottom portion is a completely new and novel idea that I have never seen anything similar to compare it to.  The main drive wheel shows faint layout lines that the maker used during the design and fabrication of this, and there are others on the paddles and frame which indicate that this was a prototype or first in a series that never quite got past the design stage as this is the only one known or that has ever been seen.  A true one of a kind eggbeater that just can't be BEATEN.     SOLD!

 

The Thompson Apple Parer / Corer / Sectioner   The Thompson may not be the rarest of peelers, but it is certainly one of the most graphic and highly sought after.  I attempted to make these look common a few years ago by buying, selling, or trading off 5 of them over a two year span.  It was an amazing string of coincidences with a large amount of luck mixed in.  I actually got two of them in one day.  Another I drove 8 hours to get and then traded it for a sewing machine the same day.  We recently acquired another after a 7 or 8 year lapse.   Most patented apple peelers worked with gears and cranks and various designed cutters and knives, but with this one you lift the arm on the geared arch, load it up, and then swing the arm down to quickly peel and at the bottom the cutter sections and cores it for you. Quick, fast and no fuss, and just a little muss.  A neat piece!     SOLD!

 

2 Dover Clamp-on Eggbeaters  These hotel size beaters were made for commercial use in hotels, bakeries, schools and the like. The larger one on the left is hard to find, but they are available, and I even have a couple variations of these hotel sized beaters available for sale on the Kitchen / Beater page on our sister site (link below).  The one on the right is a different story and its complete story is not known or told in even Don Thornton's great book  The Egg Beater Chronicles.   It is the beater with the single 1870 patent date marked on the beveled wheel.  He has the beater pictured, but other than the mention of ours with the table clamp few others seem to be around, and I have only seen one other in all of my travels.       SOLD!

 

The Sanitary Patented 1912 Butter Churn  This bow and cord powered butter churn demonstrates antique alternative technology at it's most inventive!  The inventor of this device must have dreaded the time consuming drudgery and monotony of turning a Dazey churn style crank, and the back-breaking up-and-down-for-half-an-hour method of a conventional  dasher churn, so he decided to take advantage of the power of the lever, and the speed of a bow.  The way this thing works is that you mount the colorful bracket to the wall and then loop a cord around the shaft of the dasher that hangs from the bracket. ( You provided the crock )  The end of the cord is connected to a lever, one pull of which produces a number of twirls of the dasher on the front swing and then the same number of twirls in the opposite direction on the back swing. Effortless and efficient if you could keep up.  

We bought this piece as one of our very first purchases over the Internet, back in the days not that long ago when not everyone was watching and bidding.  It wasn't long before it seemed not only us but the whole world had discovered ebay, and I bet if this were to come up for auction again the bidding would be a whole lot more competitive and the result a bit different.  The condition of this vintage churn that dates  from 1912 is spectacular---it has never been used and sports original blue paint and yellow stenciling with the patent information.  We have the original paperwork that came with the churn which indicates the manufacturer was located in Stanton, VA and it also touts the benefits of this great labor-saver!  Somehow I just don't think it was a marketing success as I have never seen another.  The instructions also say that the main bracket affair makes for a great plant shelf when not in use.  Marketing at its best!!     SOLD!

Unusual Double Hole Cast Iron & Walnut Nutmeg Grater  We've handled a lot of nutmeg graters over the years, but this is the first of this model that we have ever seen.  As with many categories of antiques and collectables, collecting  nutmeg graters was a lot of fun and quite a challenge.  They demonstrate a learning curve in the collectibles field, as I can still remember my first Edgar, and my second and third, and I was still thinking of them as rare, and still did not know that there were at least three different versions available.  After a time it seemed as  though we just kept on seeing the same 20 or so different nutmeg graters and then the minute variations among them began to take on meaning.  Soon the rarity factor amongst these became blurred, and  after a period of time we realized that we rarely or never had the opportunity to buy a truly  new or different one and something was lost.  It was found again when we walked up on this at 5:45 PM after a long day at a show with little to show for our efforts---then Bingo!  I guess that is one big reason why we all still keep at it.   It is hard to see in the picture, but the bottom of this tabletop nutmeg grater is walnut and the top is cast iron with remains of original red and green paint.  The upper portion consists of two separate chambers and a wooden plunger to hold the nutmeg against the surface of the revolving grating drum.  We have seen several of the biggest and best collections of these unusual devices, and this one was not in any of them.  It is a good one!     SOLD! 

 

Hunter's Toy Sifter  This is the little one, the toy or salesman sample version of the classic Hunter tin flour sifter.  Measuring just 2 1/4" high it was made exactly like the full size model.  It is stamped in relief "Hunter's Toy Sifter  Pat. May 16 71  Apr. 7 74  Buy a Large One".  According to advertisements of the day this was a promotional item offered for free (plus 2 cents postage!) to anyone who mentioned where the ad was seen, and was meant to show how the large sifter worked and also to "afford amusement to any little girl".  This example is in very nice overall condition noting a very small tear in the mesh screen.  This is the first of these we have ever had the pleasure to offer for sale.   SOLD!  

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