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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 12:21:34 PM
This is before my time, but I have always been curious to it. What is it exactly called?
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| meggy2 |
Posted - Apr 12 2012 : 7:02:45 PM
I'm not sure, but I think it is a flour bin. The funnel part is a sifter that sifts flour on the table while you knead the bread. My grandma had tip-out bins on the bottom of the cabinet that held sugar and flour. Lucky You! |
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Posted - Apr 12 2012 : 07:17:46 AM
Lorena, I think that is for either coffee grinds or flour
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| queenmushroom |
Posted - Apr 12 2012 : 05:51:44 AM
Oh that is so cool. I've seen alot of neat things done in the construction of old houses such as "china" cabinets and bureaus built into the walls. I suppose if I baked as much as my ancestors did, it would be very handy.
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| Okie Farm Girl |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 5:36:49 PM
Lorena, that is a sifter. The flour was put into the top (could hold bunches) and then as the cook needed flour, she would sift it into a bowl. Some are in the center like that one and some are like mine and on the side. On one of mine, the sifter holds about 25 lbs of flour and can be pulled out away from the cabinet and over the floor to load. In the possum belly cabinets, they also had drawers with round bottoms to hold cornmeal and other grains.
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| queenmushroom |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 4:53:53 PM
Ok, this may sound dumb as I am not knowledgeable about antique furniture, but what is that white funnel shaped thing under the top part of the cabinet? I've seen them in these type of pieces but never knew what they were or what they were used for.
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| Okie Farm Girl |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 4:26:02 PM
Emily, you might actually find one on Ebay or Craigslist by searching for only those near you. If you can't, you might go to Van Dyke's Restoration website and they have kits that you can make yourself.
Mary Beth
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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 4:20:43 PM
Okie-G, I love that post. I wanted to get this cabinet in my home just because of the vintage feel and the fact of having a "bread station". I would love to have one that was really vintage, but we will see.
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| Okie Farm Girl |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 04:52:18 AM
Emily, yep, this is an early kitchen cabinet work station generically known as a Hoosier cabinet. How lucky are you!! I'd love for you to see two of the three that I have. I am very proud of them because they were in terrible condition and I refinished them back to original. They are my pride and joy! :-) You can see them at my blog at http://www.oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog/?p=3513 It is a post on The Vintage Kitchen and shows some early utensils and the cabinets. Have fun with yours! I love mine.
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| sherrye |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 7:07:37 PM
yes thanks
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| Simple Living |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 1:29:59 PM
What information on the Hoosier cabinet....excellant job ladies.
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| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 1:20:23 PM
These were called Hoosier Cabinets, but just like Kleenex, Clorox, etc. (products who adopt the name of a manufacturer), not all Hoosier Cabinets were made by Hoosier. They were very popular and were made by numerous different companies. I have both a Hoosier baking cabinet like the one in the picture and a Hoosier cupboard that just has shelves. The baking cabinet came off my grandparents farm in Vermont. The tin baking tray is a bit "bowed" in the middle from my mother and me both sitting on it as children!
Enjoy it - they are hard to find and very expensive if you do find one in decent shape.
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Luanne
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 1:19:14 PM
"Hoosier" is the common name for them but was actually also a brand--Hoosier, Boone, and Seller's companies, mostly out of Indiana and Illinois were the most popular. These were items built before the 1940's, when most families had installed cabinets in their kitchens. Prior to that, kitchen's had mostly free standing items like the hoosier pictured.
My mil has my husband's Great Grandmother Murphy's from 1910. They put it to the curb in 1970 for the rubbish man, with all the jars and grinders in tact! She had just married my fil and being from a farm in a small town, she snatched it up. I'm grateful--it's going to be mine when they downsize :)
I actually have a pantry closet from the Seller's company circa 1920. I've been looking for a pantry closet for YEARS and finally found one at the last Burlington Antique show in October, two years back. They are difficult to find in good condition--lots of use of the years, they've gotten and the doors can become bowed with humidity, water damage, etc...so I waited to find "just the right one" and did--and the dealer was anxious to not have to pack it up so the price was REALLY right!!!
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 1:06:01 PM
I just love it!!!!!!
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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 1:00:19 PM
No, but he has a good friend, she is an expert in 1700's furniture and might be able to draw up some. I will keep you posted. I found this in my search on the internet http://www.kennedyhardware.com/hoosier-cabinet_plans.html
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Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 12:36:33 PM
Emily does your DH have a written out blueprint to share? If so, I would love to have a copy cause my DH is handy also and could make that for me also. I didn't even think about that lol. Brain dead! lol
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| Simple Living |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 12:34:26 PM
Me tooooo! Julie - you and I just posted the same thing! How funny is that lol.
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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 12:34:00 PM
okay... My DH wanted to know if there was anything I truely wanted for him to make and it was the first thing to come to my mind. I did not know what the name was but I knew it would be a very neat piece in my kitchen.
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| treelady |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 12:30:08 PM
I think it is called a Hoosier Cabinet, I know I have always wanted one!
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| Simple Living |
Posted - Apr 10 2012 : 12:29:32 PM
OOOOOh Emily, I have been looking for that for years here in New York, no one has it. It's called "Hoosier Cabinet" and they are old school! Love it....lucky girl :)
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