Strange butter keeper??

[bellalaundry]

I picked this up the other day. What exactly was it made to do? It tells me that it uses 7 watts. Has anybody seen one of these before?

Guy

 

[bellalaundry]

Seems like

a thermostat of sorts...it has an on/off click at a certain point.

 

[bellalaundry]

The bottom,

reads...

Any ideas?
Guy

 

[whirlcool]

It looks like it should reside inside a refrigerator with that type face on it.
It probably is a unit designed to keep butter soft enough to cut easily. With a cord, I would say it is designed to be used outside of a refrigerator.

 

[bugsyjones]

I've never seen one of these.

Although the name Servel, Inc. was an appliance manufacturer. I know they made gas powered refrigerators, but that's really all I've seen by that brand.

~Tim

 

[westingman123]

I'm not sure about Servel,

but my International Harvester has a butter keeper with a similar thermostat. Butter is hard to spread when kept very cold, one kept it somewhat more spreadable in the butter keeper.

 

[bellalaundry]

So I wonder...

if this was meant to sit inside a particular fridge that would have a receptacle?

Guy

 

[norgeway]

Servel!

The fridge did indeed have an outlet inside, you plugged this in and you had softened butter!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Our GE 18.8 Spacemaker has a butter compartment in the door with sort, medium and hard settings. Your is from an earlier era. I found one like it a few years back. It is a beautifully made artifact, now perfect for sitting on a desk to store treasures. You could even put them in a butter dish for easier removal.

 

[bellalaundry]

Ok

then. I think the mystery is solved! I like the idea of using it to store stuff on the desk!

Guy