An antique, French, cheese press. Duck/fruit/meat/juice press. An all round multi-purpose press it would have been used to make cheese, press curds, press meat, to extract juice for broth/stock. Also to press fruit, for juice and walnuts too, for oil. This table top press is the perfect rustic farmhouse kitchen accent. It is really stable, weighing a heavy 5.5kgs/ 12.1 lbs! It has four feet, each with a hole so it can be bolted to a worktop for stability. In amazing condition, it works perfectly. The screw mechanism, tin strainer, and press block are in excellent condition. The frame, weights, screw and outer bowl section are cast iron. The strainer is tin. The outer bowl section, with the pouring lip/spout, is enamelled cast iron, the enamel has worn down, consistent with its age and use, but is still perfectly functional and usable. It oozes authenticity and rustic charm and still has many, many years of service yet to offer.
From the feet to the top of the screw (maximum height) it stands 42cms/ 16½" tall. It is 20cms/ 8" wide. The tin strainer is 8.5cms/ 3¼" diameter x 8.5cms/ 3¼" deep. The outer bowl is 11cms/ 4¼" diameter x 6cms/ 2¼" deep, the spout is 4cms/ 1½" long.
A genuine, authentic, rare find!
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