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Shire of Toodyay > Records

POTATO MASHER

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c. 1920 - 1940

Subcollections

Domestic equipment

Overview

Potato masher with curved metal grid attached by insertion into wooden handle. Insertion has been mended with copper wire.
'Rapid Potato masher and Beater' impressed into metal section.
Indistinct pen marks of 'WR' on handle end.

Historical information

Handle has possibly been replaced with a home made version to lengthen the life-span of the utensil.
The wire wrapped around the handle appears to be a later modification to secure it.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.573

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

6 cm

Height or length

21 cm

Depth

6 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Rapid Potato masher and Beater

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Shire of Toodyay

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