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Sieve

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-25074

Description

Circular form w/ overlapping straight nailed seams and loosely woven splint sieve screen. Attached flap of muslin.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sieves
cookware
ash (wood)
splints (lighting devices)
Ash
Splint
SIEVE

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 (H), 20.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.328

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