Garlic Press

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Garlic Press

Entry/Object ID

2017.054.040

Description

Combination food preparation tool -- garlic press/olive pitter/cherry pitter/nutcracker made in two hinged handles from cast grey metal. One part is has a " bucket shovel-shaped" hopper with a perforated screen forming the bottom of the "bucket". The integral straight, thin, handle has a grooved area [nutcracker] and an integral hemispherical open well to hold olive or cherry. The second handle is hinged to the top edge of the "bucket", with an integral plate to press on the garlic clove, the corresponding nutcracker area and the corresponding prong to expel the pit. This handle marked: "FRANCE".

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Lewis, Beverley

Notes

Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

press, garlic press

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

August 6, 2017

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

October 12, 2023