Circa late 1800s. Wooden domestic butter-churn. This is a paddle churn, a barrel that contains a paddle, which is operated by a handle. The paddle churned the butter inside the container when the handle was turned. Early settlers had to be self sufficient, growing their own vegetables, making tools and clothing and usually had a house cow to produce their milk supply. An unsigned note states it was used by a Chinese market-gardener’s family. From the mid 1800s into the1900s, there were numbers of Chinese market gardeners working in Bentleigh, Moorabbin, Mc Kinnon, and Cheltenham in the Shire of Moorabbin. After the sale of land following 'Dendy's Special Survey' 1841 many Chinese settlers rented allotments and established market gardens in the area and sold their produce to the increasing population of Melbourne at the markets in St Kilda and Melbourne.Circa late 1800s. Wooden domestic butter-churn consisting of a wooden barrel with a lid and a crank that manually turned a paddle inside to separate the butter fat from the butter milk 'BUTTER CHURN' written in chalk undated, unsignedchinese, melbourne, brighton, moorabbin, butter, cows, milk, pioneers, dairy, settlers, fruit, bentleigh, markets, mckinnon, cheltenham, vegetables, dendy henry

Domestic item, well used. Heated on the stove top and used to iron clothes.Interesting domestic item that shows how ironing was done prior to electricity.Black, heavy, triangular shaped with handle attached. Handle rounded smoothed metal.domestic, iron, cast iron, iron flat

Domestic Cutlery - Collection of Salt & Mustard Spoons (11)stawell

Domestic Iron Very Heavy with unusual twisted handlestawell

Domestic Containers Mustard (Glass 4) two pairstawell

Domestic Oblong shaped Salt Cellars (Glass 4)stawell

Domestic Glassware – Pair of Ornaments Green Tall Vasesstawell

Domestic White and Red Onion Shaped Glassware Ornamentstawell

Domestic Glassware - Yellow and Green Glass Ornament (Basket)stawell

Domestic Glassware - Red and Clear Glass Ornament (Basket)stawell

Domestic China - Small Bowl with woman's image on Lidstawell

Domestic Decorative Ornament with small lady figurine and bowlstawell

One Domestic Iron with black Bakelite Handle (Tilley)stawell

Donated by Mrs Parkin, Daisy & used by her in the early days of her marriageBeater made of wire with wooden handle, for domestic use

Four Domestic Bowls, Stoneware fired Temaku Glazejilliby pottery, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, mixing bowls, russell thorpe

Red metal scales. Square shaped dish. Dial weighs up to 16oz. Has knurled knob for adjustments.On dial says "To weigh 16oz by 1/8oz" and "domestic use only"

Domestic Containers Mustard (Glass 6) Assorted Sizes and designstawell

Domestic Pottery - Blue Ornament (Vase) with Birds and Flower designsstawell

Domestic Pottery Vase Deep Royal Blue Fruit Designstawell

Domestic Cream China Bowl with silver edge and floral designstawell

Domestic Red Glassware - Ornament Jug with bowl shaped basestawell

Cast iron sad iron for domestic use - probably 19th century.sad or flat iron

Domestic Glassware Decanter. Pale Green Bands, Dainty Flower Design.stawell

Domestic Glassware - Clouded white Glass Ornament Vase Floral Patternstawell

A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. The traditional washboard was usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. In the 19th-century, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th-century, ridges of metal were more common. Later examples substituted corrugated glass of plastic for the metal.A domestic glass and wood wash board designed for use with a wash tub. Annotation: "Donated by Mrs Grove (daughter of Dorothy ( Allan) Edwards-Flint".wash boards, laundry equipment

A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. The traditional washboard was usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. In the 19th-century, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th-century, ridges of metal were more common. Later examples substituted corrugated glass of plastic for the metal.A domestic glass and wood wash board designed for use with a wash tub. laundry equipment, wash boards