Sieve Collection

Lear / Jumblies / Nonsense
THE JUMBLIES The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve on a stormy day

Geologists Equipment
A geologists equipment includes hammers, a sieve, tweezers and a strong satchel

Range of bakery tools and ingredients
A range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Making Raisins
Drying grapes to make raisins for export at Izmir (Smyrna)

Winnowing Grain, France
WINNOWING GRAIN country girls of Beost

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Gold mining and washing in British Columbia (Canada) in 1866
JAB5037245 Gold mining and washing in British Columbia (Canada) in 1866.; (add.info.: Gold mining and washing in British Columbia (Canada) in 1866.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Australia (1880). The life of the gold diggers in Botany Bay (founded in 1788). Engraving. Private Collection
CUL4855824 Australia (1880). The life of the gold diggers in Botany Bay (founded in 1788). Engraving. Private Collection by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: Australia (1880)

Caribbean Indians wash gold for Spanish conquerors. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4850581 Caribbean Indians wash gold for Spanish conquerors. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Caribbean Indians wash gold for Spanish conquerors)

Tunisia, Maghreb, Bizerte: Merchant of sieves and bird cages. Shoemaker. Craftsmen and shopkeepers in an alley, 1900
LUX4765685 Tunisia, Maghreb, Bizerte: Merchant of sieves and bird cages. Shoemaker. Craftsmen and shopkeepers in an alley, 1900; (add.info.: Tunisia, Maghreb)

Paper making machinery
5311850 Paper making machinery; (add.info.: Illustration depicting paper making machinery: Upper left is reservoir containing prepared pulp which is mixed with water)

Gold Rush in the United States, California: Gold Seekers with sieves in a river (1849-1850)
NWI4834372 Gold Rush in the United States, California: Gold Seekers with sieves in a river (1849-1850). Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Gold Rush in the United States)

Gold seekers in California washing gravel in a stream with a sieve. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4837942 Gold seekers in California washing gravel in a stream with a sieve. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Gold seekers in California washing gravel in a stream with a sieve)

Australian prospectors looking for gold in a river around 1850. Coloured water, 19th century
NWI4833977 Australian prospectors looking for gold in a river around 1850. Coloured water, 19th century.; (add.info.: Australian prospectors looking for gold in a river around 1850)

Gold seeker washing the pebbles of a stream using a sieve to find gold pepites, North America
NWI4832518 Gold seeker washing the pebbles of a stream using a sieve to find gold pepites, North America. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

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Shell, Shirt, Shoot, Shore, Sieve, Skate, Skull, Slate, Slate, Sleep, Sloop, Sloth (engraving)
8651538 Shell, Shirt, Shoot, Shore, Sieve, Skate, Skull, Slate, Slate, Sleep, Sloop, Sloth (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shell, Shirt, Shoot)

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The Turon Gold Field in New South Wales
5311930 The Turon Gold Field in New South Wales; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Turon Gold Field in New South Wales: the man in the left of the picture is raising a bucket of soil which will be)

United States, State of California: Gold seeker sieve on the banks of the American River in Coloma where the gold rush
NWI4964659 United States, State of California: Gold seeker sieve on the banks of the American River in Coloma where the gold rush began; (add.info.: United States)

Gold mine in the United States: Gold researchers finding gold pepites in a quarry in Georgia in the 19th century
NWI4835134 Gold mine in the United States: Gold researchers finding gold pepites in a quarry in Georgia in the 19th century

Greece, Crete: Scene of oriental life, on an area delimited by stones, the treading
LUX4764521 Greece, Crete: Scene of oriental life, on an area delimited by stones, the treading and the threshing of the wheat by women who tread and a man who sifted, 1908; (add.info.: Greece)

A milk sieve
3732522 A milk sieve; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a milk sieve, which was usually made of plain wood with a wired gauze bottom. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Fishing for Cockles at "The Wash", Shaking them through a Sieve to get rid of Sand (colour litho)
8633157 Fishing for Cockles at "The Wash", Shaking them through a Sieve to get rid of Sand (colour litho) by English School

Gold Rush: Gold seekers trying to find a new mine, 1850's. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4833928 Gold Rush: Gold seekers trying to find a new mine, 1850's. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Gold Rush: Gold seekers trying to find a new mine, 1850's)

Washing ore to extract gold, 16th century (engraving)
540732 Washing ore to extract gold, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Water is fed into a sieve containing crushed ore)

Crushing the grapes through a sieve to separate them from the stalks (b/w photo)
8675652 Crushing the grapes through a sieve to separate them from the stalks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine
5311944 A jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine, Cornwall)

Gold diggers by a river with a sieve looking for gold pepites near Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California
NWI4838509 Gold diggers by a river with a sieve looking for gold pepites near Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Chinese men sifting and winnowing rice with sieves, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi
FLO4590504 Chinese men sifting and winnowing rice with sieves, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Making a vegetable cream soup (b/w photo)
8657677 Making a vegetable cream soup (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making a vegetable cream soup)

History of the United States: Gold rush in California. Searchers of gold pebbles in the rivers. 1849
AIS5389750 History of the United States: Gold rush in California. Searchers of gold pebbles in the rivers. 1849. Engraving in colour.; Private Collection.

Gold Rush: Gold seekers wash sediments in order to find a golden pepite in a California river
NWI4836215 Gold Rush: Gold seekers wash sediments in order to find a golden pepite in a California river. Engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Gold Rush)

Apple roses, made simply from puff pastry and thin slices of fresh apples. Denisa VLAICU

A Barn Interior, 1830/35. Creator: William Henry Hunt
A Barn Interior, 1830/35

Sifted Summit - Snow Sugar on Mountain Peak
Vertigo Artography

The International Exhibition: "Fetching the Old Mare Home" by F. W. Keyl, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The International Exhibition: "Fetching the Old Mare Home" by F. W. Keyl, 1862. Engraving of a painting. This carefully and powerfully painted picture tells its simple story well

Kitchen utensils, from a trade catalogue of domestic goods and fittings, c
STC174291 Kitchen utensils, from a trade catalogue of domestic goods and fittings, c.1890-1910 (colour litho) by English School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Woman and vegetable stall, East End of London
Woman selling vegetables from a stall in a market in Londons East End. The prices are in old currency, with D for penny. Date: circa 1950s

A Finer Screen Needed, cartoon of the US immigration policy printed in the
PNP256602 A Finer Screen Needed, cartoon of the US immigration policy printed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1904 (litho) by American School

Women Miners Victorian period

Portrait of two workers at the Tredegar Iron Works, Wales, 1865 (albumen print)
5962634 Portrait of two workers at the Tredegar Iron Works, Wales, 1865 (albumen print) by Clayton, William (fl.1865); 16x13 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

St Benedict mends the broken sieve, 1415-20, (tempera on wood)
7146406 St Benedict mends the broken sieve, 1415-20, (tempera on wood) by Pietro, Nicolo di (fl.1394-1430); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

An elderly winged man with a long beard walking with crutches, possibly representin... ca. 1510-27
An elderly winged man with a long beard walking with crutches, possibly representing Time gesturing towards a young child holding a sieve, ca. 1510-27

Handmade Sieves in Brittany (photo)
1730067 Handmade Sieves in Brittany (photo) by French Photographer; (add.info.: Handmade sieves in Brittany)

Wheat Screeners, Oil Painting On Canvas by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Photography, KIM Youngtae, Nantes
YOU4419381 Wheat Screeners, Oil Painting On Canvas by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Photography, KIM Youngtae, Nantes, Musee des Beaux Art de Nantes

Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in Ceremonial Costume, c. 1583 (oil on canvas)
ALG183354 Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in Ceremonial Costume, c.1583 (oil on canvas) by Massys or Metsys, the Younger, Quentin (c.1543-89); Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Tuscany

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"Sieve: Filtering through the Layers of History and Daily Life" From Lear's whimsical Jumblies to geologists' essential equipment, sieves have played a role in various realms. Beyond their practicality, they symbolize much more - a gateway to separating truth from nonsense. In the world of baking they can indispensable tools for creating fluffy cakes and pastries. They effortlessly blend a range of bakery ingredients, ensuring that every bite is perfection. Just like Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey's meticulous process of making raisins by sifting them through sieves, these utensils bring out the finest qualities in our culinary creations. But sieving goes beyond kitchens and bakeries; it has been an age-old practice across cultures. In France, winnowing grain using large sieves became synonymous with harvesting seasons – a celebration of abundance and hard work. Even during the Victorian period, women miners relied on sturdy sieves as they delved deep into dark mineshafts in search of precious minerals. Across continents, sieve-like screens were used for plumbago preparation in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). This delicate process involved extracting graphite from raw materials – an art form requiring precision akin to St Benedict mending his broken sieve centuries ago. The Tredegar Iron Works captured workers' portraits against the backdrop of towering machinery in Wales back in 1865. Amongst this industrial revolution tableau stood trusty sieves - silent witnesses to progress and innovation shaping society. Even everyday scenes find solace within the humble sieve's embrace. A bustling vegetable stall at London's East End showcases how these simple tools help sort fresh produce while adding charm to daily life. From kitchen utensils featured in trade catalogues to political cartoons critiquing US immigration policies - all emphasize that sometimes "a finer screen is needed" when navigating complex societal issues. As we reflect on history's tapestry woven around this unassuming tool, the sieve emerges as a powerful metaphor.