Name 1
FRYING PAN
Name 2
/
ID number
002.428.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Municipal Museum, Prelovčeva 9, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Municipality of Idrija, Mestni trg 1, SI-5280 Idrija
Local / Original ID Number
510:IDR;EZ-392
Type of Object
Mine, Daily life

Description

Short description
The frying pan has the shape of a pan. It has an extended handle. It has a fixed cover on top and on top of it a small window with a catch. In the middle, there is a formed curved stirrer on a rotating axis, with a wooden handle at the end.
Measures
Length 61.5 cm, diameter 25.5 cm, height 20.5 cm.
Materials
Iron, sheet metal, wood.
Dating
The time of creation is unknown.
Author / Producer
Manufacturer information is not known.
Picture attachments
Original use
The pan was used in the kitchen of mining families. It was inserted in the opening on the cooking plate. It served for roasting coffee and barley grains.
Present use
The frying pan is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is a part of the ethnological collection of Idrija Municipal Museum. Visitors can view it within the permanent museum display exhibition in the Idrija Miner's House. It can also be used for different types of mercury heritage promotions. The items displayed in the Idrija Miner’s House take the visitors to the lives and residential code of mining families in Idrija in housing from the first half of the 20th century.
Original location
Idrija.
Present location
The Idrija Miner's House, Bazovniška 4 (“kitchen”).

STATE OF CONSERVATION

History of conservation:
A conservation procedure was performed on the described object for the needs of the museum exhibition. Therefore, no additional interventions are necessary. Security of the premises is taken care of.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.

DOCUMENTATION

Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- Inventory Book of the Idrija Municipal Museum.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
20. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never