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GRATER, FOOD - BENCHTOP ELSA

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1909 - 1975

Overview

Cylindrical metal body. Inside is a round metal drum grater with rows of small holes. Top edge of hole slightly raised. One side of main body open for food to fall out off. Opposite side closed with a green metal handle with a wood grip. Handle turns drum grater. At top is a hole with a circular feeder tube. At base of body is a green metal clamp. A small round plate that screws upwards is at bottom of the clamping mechanism. Raised metal text above handle

Historical information

Bench top grater either collected by or owned by Mrs Lois Turner who was a member of the Armadale Kelmscott Historical Society and collected and donated a large amount of 'olden days' objects for the museum in the year before it opened in 1976. Some of the items were owned by her or her family when they first lived in the Armadale and later on farms near Brookton.
Lois's father, William Tidbury Mills came to Western Australia in the 1890s to try his luck on the recently discovered Goldfields, In c1905 William returned to South Australia and married Victoria Maria Mason. The newly married couple then returned to Western Australia and settled in Armadale in 1906. Loise Adelaide Turner was delivered by local midwife Mrs Bodicoat in 1908 at the family property on the corner of Eleventh Avenue and Gull Street. Lois would have spent her first few years of schooling attending the Armadale State School. While in Armadale the family had four other children, Avon William 1909, Hartly Mason in 1911, Sydney Eric in 1913 and Victor Glenn in 1914.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1975.60A

Material

Metal

Wood

Width

6.3000 cm

Height or length

22 cm

Depth

10.2000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Text on back of cylinder [ELSA]

Keywords

Kelmscott

TURNER Lois Adelaide Mrs

Year

1909

Year End

1975

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection with provenance that represents the type of items that were used by individuals and families in their daily life. These objects can range from items used every day through to special objects that were treasured and brought out for special occasions. This collection also represents the type of objects that were once commonly used in the home and overtime have either gone out of fashion or evolved in design, material or into a different type of object that does a similar function.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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