Domestic object - Bottle and Can Opener, mid-20th century

Historical information

This tool combines the functionality of bottle and can openers. The provenance is unknown, and the age is uncertain - possibly mid 20th century. Dalson Products Pty Ltd were a Melbourne company founded in 1946. Around 1950, they invented the Classic Aussie Peeler. They produced a range of metal and plastic kitchen products under the Dalson Ware name and are still in business.

Significance

This is an example of a utensil used in local kitchens and manufactured by a Victorian company around the mid-20th century.

Physical description

Dalson Ware can and bottle opener with metal end and cylindrical wooden handle tapering to a point.

Inscriptions & markings

On metal end: 'DALSON WARE / F 702'

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