Can anyone identify this contraption?
Jul 1, 2022 08:38:44 #
I have a washboard, for some reason, but I use a washing machine to clean clothes. Then I hang them on the line, usually when it's above freezing outside. When it's cold out, I use the electric dryer, and the heat blows into the house.
Jul 1, 2022 11:07:44 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I have a washboard, for some reason, but I use a washing machine to clean clothes. Then I hang them on the line, usually when it's above freezing outside. When it's cold out, I use the electric dryer, and the heat blows into the house.
My mother had one. Here in the UK it was called a posser.
Jul 1, 2022 11:23:18 #
alexol wrote:
Thanks, appreciate the responses.
How sure are you? I've found agitators online, but nothing that looks even vaguely like this thing.
And why the plate inside the funnel part? What would be the point of the funnel?
How sure are you? I've found agitators online, but nothing that looks even vaguely like this thing.
And why the plate inside the funnel part? What would be the point of the funnel?
Mother used to have exactly like your photo
Jul 1, 2022 11:26:37 #
It's a "Munchkin parade helmet" worn in celebrations where the Munchkins would march and sing before the Great Wizard. It also protected them from alien mind control. I still wear mine on special occasions.😜
Jul 1, 2022 11:56:24 #
jaymatt wrote:
I agree that it is part of an old milk separator.
Laundry agitator.
https://theantiqueslinger.com/products/vintage-laundry-hand-agitator-plunger-w-e-kautenberg-co-illinois
or
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-simplex-copper-washing-1796963386
Same thing, different maker.
Jul 1, 2022 12:53:25 #
Jul 1, 2022 13:55:39 #
I used a toilet plunger. Clean one, of course.
Jul 1, 2022 14:38:55 #
Sendai5355 wrote:
I used a toilet plunger. Clean one, of course.
Since Kyburg is Swiss, it could be possible that this device has some function in the making of cheese.
Jul 1, 2022 15:30:19 #
To me, it looks like an antique sieve. What you mash berries in to get the juice funneled into jars or large pots for making jelly.
Jul 1, 2022 15:43:19 #
Horseart wrote:
To me, it looks like an antique sieve. What you mash berries in to get the juice funneled into jars or large pots for making jelly.
Here's a picture shown of a sieve on Google images but it doesn't have the funnel on it.
Jul 1, 2022 16:17:36 #
alexol wrote:
Made of aluminum, it appears to have a disk of some kind inside it, and is about 10" in diameter at it's widest point and 12-13" high.
It's a mini UFO, of course 😱😱😱😱😱
Jul 2, 2022 02:22:02 #
Yep, looks like a posser to me, too.:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1090267220/lovely-vintage-simplex-no6-copper-and
just search for antique posser
Kyburg is a city in Germany, so German, or made by a German I bet.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1090267220/lovely-vintage-simplex-no6-copper-and
just search for antique posser
Kyburg is a city in Germany, so German, or made by a German I bet.
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