Sold for A$570
H. Goldsworthy's / "Klondyke" / Patent Butter Cooler / Patd. May 8th 1905. / No 2486 // H. Goldsworthy's / "Klondyke" / Patent Butter Cooler / Patd. May 8th 1905. / No 2486. (Boulder City, Western Australia) Household Dairy Limestone two piece butter cooler with wooden handle. 192 mm across. 1900s
Very Good. Some flakes and chips to the edges as is the nature of this porous type of material that this is made from. Nothing overly large at all. A bit discoloured. Wooden handle is fine. H. Goldsworthy, the patentee was a hardware merchant in Boulder City, Western Australia. The idea was to wet this porous material, and then you could leave the butter inside, with the cooler exposed to the sun for hours and the butter remained rock hard inside. The Perth agents were Foy and Gibson. I have never seen one of these before! Grade: N/A Estimate: $150 - 200
