'Magic cream tube' - device for siphoning off the cream from bottled milk where the cream has risen to the top. Made in England ca. 1940. Original card with instructions for use. Patented.domestic equipment, food storage & preservation

Small pressed glass honey pot with lid & applied handle,flower pattern impressed in base, lid has handle and spoon hole.domestic equipment, food storage & preservation, kitchen

Black tin cannister with lid which has a recessed screw, knob hollow on top. The knob is missing. The tin has coloured pictures of various types of cracker biscuits. The tin was called KRISPY KAN. The crystals which were in the knob are missing.KRISPY KAN, T.B. GUESTS & CO PTY. LTD.domestic items, food storage & preservation

Jar came from Bette Jones flower farmCream ceramic pot with ridged circumferencedomestic items, food storage & preservation

Purchased at a fete by Pat Richardson in the 1990sWidely used in Australian homes to protect milk from insects until the advent of bottled milkWhite crocheted milk jug cover, with blue glass beads at regular intervals around edge to weight the coverdomestic items, food storage & preservation, handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work

A square of plastic 'lace' decorated with yellow ric-rac with a metal ring on three corners and a self fabric loop on the fourth. Made to carry food.domestic items, food storage & preservation

White lace round milk jug cover with white shell on outside edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

White cotton crocheted round milk jug cover. Stand up crocheted cup and saucer in centre edged in red. Red and cream beads around outside edgehandcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Round cream crocheted milk jug cover heavily encrusted with green beads in a triangle pattern.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Square white cotton crocheted milk jug cover. 'Milk' crocheted in centre and white and green beads around the edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

White milk jug cover. Two layers placed diagonally one on top of other to form corners. Red and milky beads.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Round white cotton crocheted milk jug cover with intricate pattern of blue beads.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Triangular shaped white cotton crocheted milk jug cover with a pattern of red beads in each corner.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Round white and blue cotton milk jug cover with blue beads around rdge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

White cotton crocheted milk jug cover edged with yellow. Crocheted stand up cup and saucer in centre and yellow beads around outer edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

White cotton crocheted milk jug cover. Round with crocheted stand up cup and saucer edged in pink in centre. White and pink beads around outer edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Hand crocheted with crystal beadsdomestic items, food storage & preservation, handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work

Hand crochet and decorated with blue glass beads with one in centre.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Betty Jones Collection.Square milk jug cover, crotchet with the words the Sun in the centre. Edge trimmed with eight red and yellow beads in corners.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Square cream crochet milk jug cover decorated with green and red beads.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Square crochet cotton Milk Jug Cover with birds in patternhandcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

From the estate of the late Jean Ord, mother of the donor.Square fillet crotchet in white cotton with blue and pink beads around the edge. Square block pattern with milk written in centre.domestic items, food storage & preservation, handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work

Fine cotton, hand crochet milk jug cover.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Fine cotton double crochet jam pot cover.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation

Ice Cream tin with two children playing with cats on lid. Scenes of children playing around sides of tinEnglish Toffee/Dairy Bell/Two litres/Ice Confectiondomestic items, food storage & preservation

Miniature biscuit tin used as a sample.Steam Biscuit Factorydomestic items, food storage & preservation

Spice Tin, round, 4.5cm diam with special lid; push/press to open.McKenzie & Co Australiadomestic items, food storage & preservation

From the kitchen of Abigail Schwerkolt and used in the Christmas puddings or her grandchildren. This must have been after 1966, because of decimal currency. Donor found these when cleaning out the house in 1994.Six Sterling silver Christmas Pudding Charms.Chardwicksdomestic items, food storage & preservation, metalcraft, sterling silver

Found in the backyard of 19 Lithgow ave, BlackburnSmall square bottle of light green thick glass with a chipped mouth. Embossed with' James Dickenson & Co Shield Brand Coffee Essence' down one side of the bottle.James Dickenson & Co Shield Brand Coffee Essenceglass technology, bottles, domestic items, food storage & preservation