Rotary style egg beater or food mixer, molded metal housed in a glass mason jar. Mixing apparatus comprised of two two-winged bulb-shaped blades, bent sheet metal, connected with bent metal wire, attached at top to two cog wheels which enable the mixing action with the connected crankwheel when turned with attached wooden handle. Molded metal handle at top. Apparatus is attached to metal cap with screw threads to attach to top of mason jar.
Mason jar is transparent blue glass, embossed on front: "Ball/SPECIAL"; bottom of jar is embossed with the number "8", has white sticker with "403" handwritten on it. Crankwheel is debossed: "HOLT'S IMPROVED PATENTED/MADE BY/HOLT-LYON CO TARRYTOWN, N.Y. U.S.A."
Related patent: US 646736 A, April 3, 1900, Thomas Holt, Tarrytown, New York, for "Egg beater".
Jar dates to 1910-1923, based on "Ball" logo.
Maker is Holt-Lyon Company, Tarrytown, New York; Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, Muncie, Indiana.
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