Mincer

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Mincer

Entry/Object ID

2009.041.001 a-o

Description

a) Cast aluminium grinder body of SPONG meat grinder. b) Base of grinder. White enamelled metal moulded in two parts. Top front side reads: “SPONG & CO LTD/ BASILDON ESSEX”. Black knob below this screws tight to attach main portion of grinder to base. Top of backside reads: “PATENT NO 850035/ MADE IN ENGLAND”. Lever with round black plastic knob with seam around middle on end of lever. One side of lever stamped with “LOCK”, the other with “RELEASE”. Uses grey suction cup to attach to smooth surfaces. c) Cast aluminum auger. Lathed ends. d) Handle. Cast metal shaft with rotating wooden handle approximately perpendicular to shaft. “5” stamped into top inner side of shaft. e) Flanged, triangular, eye bolt. Attaches handle to auger. f) Wingnut. Cat-ear shaped wings. Attaches cutters to auger. g) Stationary cutter. h) Coarse cutter. i) Medium cutter. j) Fine cutter. k) Orange instruction sheet folded in half along left side. Stylized image of main body of grinder on front; reads: “SPONG/ 701/ MINCER” in black centered in bottom half of front. Assembly, use, and care instructions inside. Back, white, reads: “[thick black horizontal line]/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ SPONG [in oval]/ SPONG & CO LTD/ CROMPTON CLOSE/ BASILDON ESSEX/ [thin black horizontal line]/ BASILDON 3341[/]2[/]3/[thick black horizontal line]”. l) Homemade rectangular pressboard box. Held together with carpenter’s glue and finishing nails. Bottom panel slides into grooves cut into long side panels. Smaller front panel applied last. Grooves cut into inside top of long sides allow lid to slide on and off. m) Flat, light coloured plywood lid for box. Smaller, darker plywood rectangle glued on top slightly off-centre using carpenter’s glue. Lid attaches top box by sliding into grooves on sides of box. n) Dirty white facecloth used to line bottom of storage box o) Red handle found in box – was originally glued to bottom of front of box. Likely used for pulling box off of a shelf.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Boyd, Margaret

Notes

Accession Date: 09-Sep-09 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

mincer

Class

Materials, Tools & Equipment for - Food Processing & Preparation T&E - Food Preparation Equipment

Created By

Brunckhurst, Elise

Create Date

November 30, 2014

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 15, 2025