MILL, APPLE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- APPLE STRAINER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- GALVANIZED STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19930040000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- APPLE STRAINER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- GALVANIZED STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 25.0
- Length
- 47.0
- Diameter
- 28.2
- Description
- METAL BOWL WITH CONE SHAPED STRAINER IN BOTTOM. BOWL IS WIDE AT TOP (28.2 CM) AND NARROWS IN HOUR GLASS FASHION TO A FLAT BASE (16.7 CM D). CONE SHAPED STRAINER RISES FROM BASE INTO BOWL. ATTACHED TO TOP OF STRAINER IS A BROAD CRESENT SHAPED MIXING BLADE WITH METAL CRANK. BLADE IS STAMPED WITH "TO CLEAN - REMOVE THUMB SCREW - LIFT OUT MASHER - FOLEY FOOD MILL FOLEY MFG. CO. MPLS., MINN. PAT. 1921936". HANDLE OF CRANK IS MADE OF COILED WIRE. ON SIDEOF BOWL ARE TWO FLATTENED HOOKS. A HANDLE MADE OF A MOLDED STEEL ROD IS BRACKETED AND SOLDERED TO SIDE OF BOWL AS WELL. MILL HAS NUMEROUS SMALL SCRATCHES AND SLIGHT DISCOLORATION INSIDE OF BOWL AND ON BLADE, POSSIBLY RESIDUE FROM USE(?). SEAM WHERE BOWL AND STRAINER MEET HAS SLIGHT AMOUNTS OF RUST CORROSION.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- APPLE SAUCE STRAINER/FOOD MILL WAS USED BY DONOR'S MOTHER IN THE 1940'S. ILLUSTRATES THE EVOLUTION AND CHANGES IN KITCHEN TOOLS, USES, AND NEEDS.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930040000
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-06
- Collection
- Museum
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