Vintage Enamel Milk Boiler with Anti-Boil-Over Lid – 1950s

✅ Short Description

A distinctive vintage cream enamel milk boiler, finished with dark green rims and fitted with a Bakelite handle and lid knob. Its unusual perforated lid was specially designed to help prevent milk from boiling over.

Milk boilers of this type were once familiar pieces of Dutch kitchenware during the mid-20th century. A museum collection also documents a milk boiler dating from 1960 with holes in the lid specifically designed to prevent milk from boiling over.

📋 Quick Product Details

• Product: Milk boiler / anti-boil-over milk pan
• Period: approx. 1950s
• Manufacturer: Unknown
• Origin: Probably the Netherlands
• Materials: Enamelled metal and Bakelite
• Colours: Cream, dark green and dark brown/black

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Condition: Vintage condition with visible signs of age and use

🛠 About the Milk Boiler

Before packaged and long-life milk became commonplace, fresh milk was often boiled at home before use. One of the problems was that heating milk could cause it to rise suddenly and spill over the rim of an ordinary saucepan.

This milk boiler offers a clever solution. As the milk rises, it can enter the large central opening in the lid, while the smaller holes allow it to flow back into the pan, helping to prevent it from boiling over.

This simple but ingenious design makes the pan an interesting example of practical mid-century kitchenware.

🏭 Manufacturer & History

The manufacturer of this particular example has not been identified. Similar enamel milk boilers with Bakelite handles and lid knobs are generally associated with the mid-20th century.

Its combination of enamelled metal, Bakelite fittings and a purpose-designed anti-boil-over lid is characteristic of practical household kitchenware from this period.

⭐ Special Features

• Original anti-boil-over lid with multiple openings
• Bakelite handle and lid knob
• Classic cream finish with dark green detailing
• Practical pouring spout
• Authentic signs of age, use and areas of enamel loss
• Attractive collectible for enthusiasts of vintage, brocante and historic kitchenware

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