WINE CLARIFYER - FILTER

1938 - 1949
Overview

In the middle is a metal disk. Above the disk is a metal cyliner with a brass cap on top. Under the disk is a metak cylindrical filter held in place on a metal rod by a butterfly nut.
On the top cylinder is a rectangle brass plaque with raised text and makers mark. The maker mark includes the company name over a oval with the first part of the name inside a floral wreath design. Under this is where the item was made. Under this is five paragraphs of instructions, in English titles [INSTRUCTIONS / to work / DELPHIN CLARIFIERS]

Historical information

In 1894 business partners, and later brothers-in-law, Martin Jull and Mitchell Stewart started a vineyard in the hills overlooking Armadale where they planted several varieties of wine grapes. In 1896 visiting British lord, Sir Arthur Stepney, bought Stewarts share of the vineyard. Three years later he purchased Julls share of the vineyard and named it Derry Na Sura, which reportedly translates from Gaelic to Valley of the wine. Clement Edward Pike was the manager of Derry Na Sura vineyard between 1938 and the late 1940s. Clement Pike was born in Magill, a suburb in the foothills in eastern Adelaide, in 1899. He had come to Western Australia from South Australia where he had been a wine maker in Magill. This collection of instruments was used by Mr Pike at Derry Na Sura to test the quality and the alcohol content from the wines that they produce. In 1949 Clement took Derry Na Sura Pty Ltd to court for breach of contract which he won and was awarded 72 pounds. He then moved to East Bullsbrook were he ran another vineyard until 1954 when it is thought he returned to South Australia. He died in Margill in 1981, aged 93 years.
The wine clarifier was used to remove solid materials from batches of wine before bottling. The vigneron would pour the wine needing clarifying into the top cylinder of the clarifier. The wine then moves to the second and larger cylinder ready to be re-filtered or bottled through a tap, whilst any material remaining in the first cylinder is removed and washed.
The Delphin Filter company was founded in 1905 in Austria and manufactured a wide range of water and other filtration products for the international market. Their water filtration products were very popular as they were used to help prevent the outbreak and spread of water born diseases such as cholera. The company closed down in 1961.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1984.650b
Material
Width
8 cm
Height or length
35.2000 cm
Depth
8 cm
Inscriptions and markings

on brass label [DELPHIN FILTER COMPANY / DELPHIN / TRADE MARK / VIENNA/XIV, Austria]

Place made
Vienna
Austria
Year
1938
Year End
1949
Statement of significance

This object is a part of a collection that represents the skills and scientific knowledge required to produce wine and fortified wines in a commercial vineyard and how the products of the wineries were sold and marketed across Western Australia. The collection also represents the important role wine making played in the agricultural development of the City of Armadale from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. During this period several large and small commercial vineyards operated along Albany Highway and the South West Highway.

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
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Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
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