168, [8] p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 21 cm.non-fictionDomestic equipment - history ofdomestic equipment - history, sheena brooke

Small collection of miscellaneous sewing itemsCollection of miscellaneous items used for sewingsewing

Wood handled iron hair crimpersdomestic objects, hair crimpers

This cake tray is an example of domestic baking equipment used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The mixture would be cooked in a combustion, wood-fired oven, and the convenient handles at each end would be used to remove the tray after baking. The cake tray is an example of domestic kitchen equipment used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its heavy weight indicates that it was used in a wood-fired or combustion oven. It is the forerunner of today's aluminium, non-stock and silicone baking trays. Cast iron cake tray with moulded half-sphere shapes for a dozen (12) cakes, gem scones, drop scones or other small baked items. The pan has handles on the short ends.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, cake tray, cake tin, cake pan, cake mould, cupcake, gem scone, drop scone, baking tray, baking tin, cooking, baking, baking equipment, cast iron cake pan, domestic cooking, cooking equipment, vintage, bakeware

A plastic bag containing 'Traxo' cleaning labels'. 'Traxo' cleaning labels. 'The Great Cleanser.' 'Kitchen Laundry Lavatory.' 'The Tarax Brewing Co. Depot: 4 City Market, Bendigo.'domestic equipment, cleaning, cleanser, lydia chancellor, collection, house cleaning, domestication, cleaning, house work, cleaning agents, 'taraxale brewing, ' bendigo, pethard family, mr. george pethard, industry, industries, domestic equipment

A large device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung); a mangle. American English uses the term 'wringer' whereas UK English uses the term 'mangle'. Later devices were typically electrified.Intact item of household (laundry) equipment.Domestic laundry equipment. Wringer of Mangle. Two rollers in Metal frame. Hand operated."ACME M 14 A WRINGER / ROLLS 14" / ROLLS 14" "THE ACME BRITISH MADE WRINGER / THE WRINGER WITH THE FIVE YEARS GUARANTEE" "USE THIS BOARD FOR MANGLING ONLY / IT FITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WRINGER / CLOTHES SHOULD BE FOLDED CAREFULLY AND MANGLED SLIGHTLY DAMP. EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO IRON IT WILL SAVE HALF THE LABOUR IF YOU MANGLE FIRST." "TESTED AND APPROVED SERIAL No.166 / GOOD HOUSEKEEPING INSTITUTE LONDON / Conducted By GOOD HOUSEKEEPING INSTITUTE MAGAZINE." acme wringer, mangle, laundry equipment

Knife cleaner, round wooden manual machine with 4 holes in top, each surrounded by metal fitting, handle attached to side of barrel, decorative metal stand with holes for fixing to banch. Black brush bristles are fitted inside, surrounding each hole (some bristles have been worn away. Inscribed "DAVIES PATENT EXCELSIOR LONDON", manufactured by Davis's Excelsior Knife Cleaning Company. Ltd, London. c.1877-1916Inscribed "DAVIES PATENT EXCELSIOR LONDON",flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, knife cleaner, knife cleaning machine, davis's knife cleaning machine co., domestic equipment, butchery, cleaning equipment

The Hughes’ Family Scale No. 48 is a spring balance scale. It uses the Imperial measurements of ounces and pounds. There are 16 ounces (OZ) in one pound (LB), and each pound equals approximately 454 grams in Metric measurements. Scales have been used to measure and compare items for value for centuries. A weight was placed on one side of a balance and the object was placed on the other. Adjustments were made to either the weight or the object until the balance was horizontal, which meant that each side was the same weight. The Salter family business began in 1760 with spring makers, Richard and William Salter. In the late 18th century, Richard Salter invented the spring scale, where the weight of an object on the tray of the scale causes pressure on a spring in the scale. The pressure caused by gravity was then measured to calculate the weight of an object. Spring scales are still used today along with the more recent and accurate digital scales. The company began manufacturing in West Bromwich, England, in 1770. The firm was taken over by William’s sons, John and George. In 1824, after the death of John, the firm became George Salter & Co. The company produced a wide variety of products, including Britain’s first bathroom scale and the first English typewriter. In 1884 the Salter Trademark of a Staffordshire knot pierced by an arrow was registered. After over 100 years of manufacturing, the company was bought out by Staveley Industries, which was bought by Weigh-Tronix, and then that company was bought by HoMedics Company in 2004.This scale was made by Salter, the company that invented the balance scale, the first British bathroom scale and the first English typewriter. The scale represents the domestic equipment used for measuring in food preparation over 100 years ago. Modern kitchen scales are still using the same principal, along with scales used in business and industry.Scale; a domestic spring balance scale for measuring weight from 0 to 20 pounds. The scale’s grey metal case has a round white dial on the front with black markings, an arrow indicator and a round shallow metal bowl on a pedestal at the top. The scale is raised on a rectangular metal base with outward-sloping sides. An adjustable screw is on the dome top. The scale is marked from 0 to 20 pounds, with each pound marked in 1-ounce increments. The scale is named the Hughes Family Scale No. 48 and was made in Britain by Salter.“HUGHES’ / FAMILY SCALE / No. 48” “BRITISH MADE” “TO WEIGH 20 LBS BY 1 OZ” “SALTER” above logo [knotted rope with an arrow through loops]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, hughes, salter, british made, family scale, no. 48, spring balance, scale, weighing instrument, weights and measures, weighing machine, kitchen utensil, baking accessory, domestic equipment, cookware, bakeware, kitchen scale, kitchen accessory, food preparation, recipes, cooking, measuring

This particular small ice chest was once part of the domestic furniture of Dr W.R. Angus and his young family in 1927 when they lived in the Nhill and Ballarat districts. The family relocated to Warrnambool in 1939 and brought the ice chest with them. An ice chest, also called an icebox or refrigerator, was invented by Thomas Moore in 1802 and had become a common home appliance from the mid-1800s until around the 1930s, when electric refrigerators became affordable and safe. The non-mechanical ice chest allowed perishable food to be kept fresh for longer than the food-safe or ‘Coolgardie’ used in colonial days in Australia. It required the use of ice blocks, which were delivered to households by the ‘iceman' and his horse and cart. The ice man would use an ice pick to cut the blocks into the right size for the buyer’s ice chest. The ice came from an ‘ice house’, a factory where the ice was made. The ice chest required a block of ice to be placed into the insulated top section on top of the corrugated iron stand. The ice would cool the air and the cool air would flow downwards through the oval hole under the stand and into the refrigerator compartment below. The water from the melted ice would drain from the sloping floor of the top compartment and into the hooded pipe. The pipe went through the refrigerator and ended below its floor, where the drained water would be collected in the metal bowl placed there for that purpose. The lip on the bowl allowed it to be easily removed and emptied at regular intervals before it overflowed. W.R. Angus Collection- The W R Angus Collection spans from 1885 to the mid-1900s and includes historical medical and surgical equipment and instruments from the doctors Edward and Thomas Ryan of Nhill, Victoria. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1927 at Ballarat, the nearest big city to Nhill where he began as a Medical Assistant. He was also Acting House surgeon at the Nhill hospital where their two daughters were born. He and his family moved to Warrnambool in 1939, where Dr Angus operated his own medical practice. He later added the part-time Port Medical Officer responsibility and was the last person appointed to that position. Dr Angus and his wife were very involved in the local community, including the early planning stages of the new Flagstaff Hill, where they contributed to the layout of the gardens. Dr Angus passed away in March 1970.This ice chest is significant for representing a method of refrigeration and food preservation used in the 19th to mid-20th centuries when people were beginning to afford powered domestic refrigerators. After the second world war, most households replaced their food storage cupboards and ice chests with refrigerator appliances. The ice chest is also significant for its connection with the domestic furniture of Dr W.R. Angus and his family, and its inclusion in the W.R. Angus Collection.Ice chest; single front wooden cabinet with two doors and a flap, and three accessories. The top door is a lid with a metal handle at the front and two metal hinges along the back. The front door has two metal hinges on the right-hand side and has a metal lever catch. A hinged flap fits between the front legs at bottom of the ice chest and swings upwards. The front legs have wheels. The insulated top compartment has a metal lining and its floor slopes towards the centre of the back wall. In the floor are a formed oval air-flow hole and the open end of a pipe that has a hood partly covering it. The front compartment is an insulated metal-lined cupboard with a vertical pipe down the centre of the back wall and horizontal rails in the centre of each side wall. The accessories are a rectangular corrugated iron stand, a rectangular wire grid shelf and a round aluminium bowl with a lip and two sides pushed in. The ice chest was made circa 1927 and is part of the W.R. Angus Collection.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr roy angus, dr ryan, doctor angus, dr angus, ice chest, ice box, antique, food preservation, refrigeration, domestic equipment, kitchen appliance, refrigerator, non-electric refrigerator, non-mechanical refrigerator, w.r. angus collection

This early 20th-century chest of drawers is unique. It was made from recycled timber kerosene boxes and metal tins. The case was made in South Australia between 1905 and 1927 by the British Imperial Oil Company Ltd, which was the first business to import bulk petroleum products into Australia. Before this, ships carried crates of kerosene as cargo. Items salvaged from the 1880 wreck of the vessel Eric the Red included kerosene boxes. Kerosene replaced plant and animal-based fuel, such as whale oil, for lighting in homes and for the lamps in lighthouses and on marine vessels. It was also used for cooking and heating and as engine fuel. The last kerosene-fueled lighthouse lamp was transferred to solar power in 1985. The chest of drawers is one-of-a-kind. The original uses for the components of the chest of drawers, the wooden box and metal tins were for containing and transporting kerosene. Kerosene was used from the late 19th century for fuel in lamps, heating, and cooling. Previously whale oil was used for the lamps in lighthouses. The company providing the kerosene was the first to import it into Australia in bulk quantities. The set of drawers is one of the many ways that inventive Australians were able to repurpose materials.Chest of drawers; wooden frame and rails, metal drawers with vertical metal handles. The frame has been constructed from the wooden panels of a vintage oil and kerosene box. The three drawers have been created from empty kerosene cans that were cut in half from top to bottom, some with the round opening closed over. Inscriptions from the original box and cams are stencilled on the top and base of the frame and impressed or painted on the metal cans. The frame has provision for a further drawer. The wooden case and metal tins were made in Australia.Top and base of frame; "THE BRITISH IMPERIAL OIL CO. LTD." "OIL ENGINE KEROSENE" "CASE ANDTINS AUSTRALIAN MADE" On tin; "POWIRIN" "BIOCO LTD" Logo [cross} with inscription on horizontal bar "CROSS" Impressed in timber drawer dividers (indecipherable text) Side of drawer, painted in orange on black; "TY -, REG U S - TIDE - "flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, antique, domestic equipment, chest of drawers, tool box, furniture, storage, recycled tin, recycled box, kerosene, fossil fuel, lighthouse lamp fuel, british imperial oil company ltd.

Large round rattan Chinese food basket with lid and handle (6.5 cm).Double layer of woven can and bamboo, inner section in herringbone pattern and outer layer in horizontal pattern. Red and green decoration around the basket and on the handle.domestic equipment, food storage & preservation, chinese

Object. John Brown Industries Ltd.,tag for clothing?. Circular tag with 9cm string attached.domestic equipment, tag -clothing

Object. Tomlins Simmie's Growers Mash analysis tag. No 04338. Manufactured by Tomlins Simmie, 87 Charleston Road, Bendigo.domestic equipment, clothing tag

Object. Tomlins Simmie's Growers Mash analysis. Manufactured by Tomlins Simmie , 87 Charleston Road Bendigo. No 04351domestic equipment, mash

Pressed glass cake stand with embossed floral decoration & crenalated rim on a column with circular base.domestic equipment, table setting, cake stand

2 small china Japanese Saki cups with floral design, black & gold banding and gilding inside.Made in Japandomestic equipment, food consumption, cups

2 china Japanese tea cups with floral design, black and gold banding and gilding inside.domestic equipment, food consumption, cups

Small lustre ware vase made in West Germany in tones of brown, gold and lemon.West Germany 923 65domestic equipment, ornaments, vase

Grindley trio of cup saucer & plate, brightly coloured floral design with black bands, a note included reads this cup, saucer and plate belonged to Lydia Chancellor ''Taraxville'' Golden Square Vic.W.H.Grindley & Co Ltd Ivory England Reg No 714550domestic equipment, table setting, cups, lydia chancellor collection, collection

Round Rolfes tea tin with lid, blue & black background with gold lettering. Rolfe & Co was established at Melbourne in 1854.Rolfes Teadomestic equipment, containers, tin, k215.2

Tin plate Bushells tea tin with lid, blue background with depictions of Kookaburra, Emu, Kangaroo & Koala on sides.Bushells Tea of flavour 1lb netdomestic equipment, containers, tin, k216.2

Tin plate Bushells tea tin with lid, blue background with depictions of Kookaburra, Emu, Kangaroo and Koala on sides.Bushells Tea of flavour first grade 1lb netdomestic equipment, containers, tin, k216.1

Tin electric bed heater with 2 pin plug.domestic equipment, heating, bed heater, k78

Rectangular tin with hinged lid containing used pastels, black and gold with depictions of 2 Greyhound dogs a banner reading Reeves Greyhound Pastels British Made, 2 names scratched into lid, Daphne Roberts & J.T.Lyons, J.T.Lyons also on base.Reeves & Sons Ltd Dalston. London.domestic equipment, containers, tin

Tin spice set & wall mounting holder 5 tins of spice with contents, labelled Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Ginger, Pepper & Mace, painted blue with dard blue & silver chequered pattern.Invicta brand Henry Berry & Co Pty Ltd Melbourne Adelaide Perth Sydney & Brisbane 2ozs netdomestic equipment, containers, tin, k223.1.2.3.4.5.6

In the 19th century butter pats were used to shape butter into bricks, making butter ready for sale and use. The excess moisture would be squeezed out of the butter which was then transferred to a wooden board. The butter maker would hold one of these pats in each hand and work the butter into shape. The inside of the pat was usually serrated to grip the butter and squeeze out any further water. The butter was often stamped with a wooden stamp or print. Butter was sold from a number of commercial premises in Bendigo, however it was also common for families to produce their own butter. In 1895, Mr. Mark Twain visited Australia. The New South Wales Government 'engaged him to lecture through the provinces on How to Make Butter for export' (Weekly Times, 28 February, 1895). Fifty nine tons of butter were exported on the S.S. Orient in 1895, being the first consignment for the years 1895/6. (Kyneton Observor, 17th October, 1895)Pair of wooden pats for forming butter, rectangular with handles and grooved insides, bevelled edges.domestic equipment, food preparation, butter pats

Pair of cream china jugs with black rims and handles, floral decorations in tones of green, purple & blue.Made in Japandomestic equipment, food consumption, jugs, k144.1 k144.2

Large cream pottery jug with handle.domestic equipment, food consumption, jugs

Blue china basket weave biscuit barrel with rose handle on lid and a wicker handle.Superior Quality made in Japandomestic equipment, containers, biscuit barrel

Large oval shaped silver plated meat cover with handle and a Lion rampant clutching a sheaf of wheat engraved on one side.Mappin Brothers 222 Regent Street and London Bridgedomestic equipment, food storage & preservation, meat cover, di500