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Flour Sifter
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Description
- Silver, cylindrical flour sifter. Has silver aluminum handle bolted to the side. Mesh dome inside near the bottom turns to sift the flour by means of a wire crank with a green wooden handle. Pressed into metal in the front is 'GEM' surrounded by a rectangle. The top has a wide spout that is hig…
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- FOOD PROCESSING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Silver, cylindrical flour sifter. Has silver aluminum handle bolted to the side. Mesh dome inside near the bottom turns to sift the flour by means of a wire crank with a green wooden handle. Pressed into metal in the front is 'GEM' surrounded by a rectangle. The top has a wide spout that is higher than the rest of the rim.
- History Of Use
- Metal flour sifter used for sifting flour for baking. A sifter such as this one can be found in 1936-1937 Sears Roebuck Catalogue.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Inscriptions
- Pressed into metal in the front is 'GEM' surrounded by a rectangle
- Height
- 15
- Diameter
- Base: 11
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1992.10.7
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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