PAN, MUFFIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- APPLE SKEWER
- Date Range From
- 1880
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- STEEL, IRON(?)
- Catalogue Number
- P19960002001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- APPLE SKEWER
- Date Range From
- 1880
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- STEEL, IRON(?)
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 4.9
- Diameter
- 22.9
- Description
- STEEL METAL PAN HAS SEVEN HALF CIRCLE OPENINGS IN WHICH TO PLACE MUFFINS. SIX ARE IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PAN, AND ONE IN THE CENTRE. BOTTOM OF PAN RESTS ON BOTTOM OF THE HOLLOWED OUT MUFFIN SECTIONS. NEAR TOP OF MUFFINS HAS A FLAT SURFACE WHERE THE EDGES ARE RAISED SLIGHTLY AROUND TIN TO PROTECT INGREDIENTS FROM SPILLING OVER. TWO HOLES OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ARE DRILLED THROUGH THIS EDGE AND A STEEL HANDLE FITS THROUGH AND RISES IN AN ARCH FROM THE INNER SIDE OF EDGE OVER PAN. SHOWS SOME CORROSION, HAS BLACK CHARRED FLAKES OVER ARTIFACT.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- PURCHASED IN MINNESOTA OR N. DAKOTA IN EARLY 1900'S. PARENTS IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1910. MOTHER WAS SWEDISH, SHE MARRIED IN CARMANGAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR HAS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE AREA ALL HIS LIFE. PARENTS FARMED AT IRON SPRINGS, THEN RAN THE POST OFFICE. HE WAS A STEAM ENGINEER. ARTIFACT ALSO CALLED AN "APPLE-SKEWER" AND MADE PANCAKE BALLS.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960002001
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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