Name/Title
Soap Saver BasketEntry/Object ID
2023.1.1913Description
A soap saver with rectangular basket for the pieces of soap. The basket is made of wire mesh, and a sliding wire clasp allows you to open and close the basket. Has a wire handle.Use
This would have been used to collect all the final small soap scraps until enough was collected to form a new soap bar or swish them in dishwater for washing dishes (before the advent of liquid dish soap). Money was tight and this was just another way to pinch every penny.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1930 - circa 1940