Item SH 850549 Flour Sifter - wood, circa 1920

Summary

Wooden flour sifter used in the kitchen at a mental health hospital, Victoria, Australia, circa 1920

Physical Description

Flour sifter is a square box made from deal wood with a wire mesh bottom. This sits inside a large wooden box with reinforcing strips in each corner, where sifted flour is held. There is also a piece of metal for stirring the flour through the sieve.