Curious and curiouser!

A mould for creating the distinctive convex sides of a raised pie.

Raised pie mould - a mould for creating the distinctive convex sides of a raised pie, c1900, private collection. Photo Alysha Buss © Sydney Living Museums

For visitors to our Eat Your History: A Shared Table exhibition the first port of call was the Curio Wall – with object as diverse as punch sieves, raised pie molds and a 1950s donut maker.

In the gallery below are all the objects that were on display – can you guess what each is, and how it was used? Some are obvious, some are fiendish. Tap on each to see if you’ve guessed right and let us know how you went.

A second sitting at ‘A Shared Table’

This is the first stage in putting the complete exhibition content online. Over the coming months we’ll be loading the text from the panels, the various images, and re-tagging older posts that related to the exhibition’s content and themes. A dedicated category icon on the left of the page – the copper jelly mould – will also take you to all the content. It’s a virtual ‘magic pudding’ that you can dip into as many times as you like. Enjoy!