FOOD SAFE: WOODEN FRAME WITH WIRE GAUZE
Food Safe: Box shaped cupboard with green painted wooden frame with two shelves. The cupboard door has plastic covered gauze wire; sides have ordinary gauze wire; the back is a thin metal sheet. A thin wooden board is used as a top surface. The cupboard rests on four 84cm high square legs. It opens with a bakelite handle and has one shelf. These safes were used in every home to keep food safe from flies.
These safes were used in every home to keep food safe from flies.
This is an example of a food safe common in houses in the early twentieth century in Australia prior to the arrival of refrigeration. The gauze on the sides and front allowed air flow to keep food cool, while also preventing flies from reaching the food.
The source of this example is unknown, but it is likely to have been made in the early twentieth century.
Details
Details
Domestic equipment. These safes were used in every home to keep food safe from flies.
Other items from Subiaco Museum
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BUTTER CHURN
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HEATER: ELECTRIC
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GRAMOPHONE: HIS MASTER'S VOICE PORTABLE
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ICE CHEST: WOODEN FRAME; ENAMELLED WINDOWS
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KITCHEN DRESSER: WOODEN
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GRAMOPHONE: MUSGROVES LIMITED
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COFFEE POT: BROWN, ENAMELLED
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DRESS: EDWARDIAN COSTUME
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COFFEE POT: DARK BLUE AND WHITE ENAMEL
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WASH TROUGHS: PINE
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CLOCK: MANTEL, SQUARE DESIGN IN POLISHED WOOD
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FONT: ST HUGH'S BAPTISMAL FONT
