Object number
51/1252
Description
Sieve used in the kitchen for straining soup or sprinkling flour. Used at Papplewick Hall, from 1860 and then at Goldwell Newbury, from 1916.
This tinned iron sieve was used in the kitchen for straining soup or sprinkling flour. It is conical in shape, with large holes and a hook on one side so that it could be hooked to the rim of a basin or jar. It was used at Papplewick Hall, Nottinghamshire, the donor's family home, from 1860 and then at Goldwell in Newbury, Berkshire, from 1916.
Physical description
1 sieve: metal (tinned iron); good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This sieve came from Papplewick Hall, Nottingham, where it was used from some time after 1860. After 1915 [documentation for other objects from the donor states 1916] it was used at ‘Goldwell’, Newbury, (Berks). // It is made of tinned iron. It may have been used to sieve or strain various commodities in cooking, such as soup, or as a dredger to sprinkle flour. // It consists of an inverted cone with fairly large holes all over the bottom half. It has a rim half way down with a hook on one side so that the sieve could be hooked to the rim of a basin or jar, and a handle on the other side. The sieve is 7 inches in height.'
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