Object of the Month
Object of the Month
The object of the month for October 2022: the minnow carafe
The object of the month for October 2022: the minnow carafe
October 20, 2022
Jug fishing is a method of fishing that uses lines suspended from floating jugs to catch small fish in lakes or rivers.
Guérand Gautier - curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
The object of the month for July 2022: the grain sorter
The object of the month for July 2022: the grain sorter
July 19, 2022
In the 19th century, grain cleaning was gradually carried out with a sorter. The sorter eliminates the impurities, stones, seeds of weeds, which the tarare could not separate; it sorts the beans according to their shape. This cleaning is carried out before milling or to purify the seeds intended for sowing
Jean-Jacques Van Mol
The object of the month for June 2022: the spinning wheel
The object of the month for June 2022: the spinning wheel
June 15, 2022
A spinning wheel is a spinning machine that winds yarn automatically. The basic principle is that a belt goes around a large wheel and around one or two pulleys (on the spool, flyer or both). If you turn the Ferris wheel - usually by pedaling - the belt causes the flyer to spin around the spool and thereby twist the fibers. If bobbin and flyer are rotating at the same speed, the thread is only turned, but not wound. For winding, a difference in speed is required.
Pierre Cattelain, Curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum (2003-2022)
April 2022 Item of the Month: Chocolate Easter Egg Mold
April 2022 Item of the Month: Chocolate Easter Egg Mold
April 12, 2022
The metal mold bears on one of its long sides the stamp of its manufacturer, the German company Anton Reiche, established in Dresden in 1886 and specializing in the manufacture of molds and sheet metal packaging. Germany's leading manufacturer of colored cans, it was the manufacture of tinplate molds for chocolate that guaranteed its success.
Claire Bellier, Honorary Curator of the Museum of Despite Everything, Treignes
Pierre Cattelain, Curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
Object of the month for March 2022:
The astronomical clock of Nismes (Viroinval) or how to fix the Equinox...
Object of the month for March 2022:
The astronomical clock of Nismes (Viroinval) or how to fix the Equinox...
March 15, 2022
How to calculate the moment of the Spring Equinox, one of the days of the year when the duration of the day is equal to that of the night, and which naturally marks the true end of winter? With an astronomical clock, of course!
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
Object of the month February 2022
The Ecomuseum has many assets, it also has heart!
iron baking molds
Object of the month February 2022
The Ecomuseum has many assets, it also has heart!
iron baking molds
February 09, 2022
These pastry accessories, which date back to the second half of the 19th century, are mainly used for the preparation of Valentine's Day, but also for engagements and weddings, not to mention golden and other weddings.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
The object of the month for January 2022:
A fève micro-clog, in red porcelain
The object of the month for January 2022:
A fève micro-clog, in red porcelain
January 20, 2022
At the beginning, the themes of the subjects were Christian: Baby Jesus, figures of the crib, figures of Saints... and small clogs, also linked to the Christmas party.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
Object of the month for December 2021:
The bread oven of the Farm-castle of Treignes and the cougnoux
Object of the month for December 2021:
The bread oven of the Farm-castle of Treignes and the cougnoux
06 December 2021
The south room, the closest to the tower, has, in addition to the staircase leading to the attic, a very beautiful bread oven built in refractory bricks on a wooden frame and with a very long vault, still functional and recently restored.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
Object of the month for November 2021:
The Foundries & Forges St-Joseph de Couvin toy cooker, 1921-1922
Object of the month for November 2021:
The Foundries & Forges St-Joseph de Couvin toy cooker, 1921-1922
November 16, 2021
This miniature cooker, in cast iron with turquoise enamel, reproduces a life-size model from the same foundry. Its non-dyed cooking plate, with three cooking places equipped with reduction rings and pads, works with wood, charcoal and charcoal.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
The object of the month for October 2021:
My Dad's Donnay Racket
The object of the month for October 2021:
My Dad's Donnay Racket
October 13, 2021
A few years ago, I gave the Écomusée du Viroin this wooden Donnay snowshoe, belonging to my dad, Paul Cattelain. This is the Gold model, with a small screen, created in 1937 and whose production continued for several years.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
The object of the month for September 2021: The cream separator Mélotte
The object of the month for September 2021: The cream separator Mélotte
September 04, 2021
Our hanging bowl creamer invented by Jules Mélotte bears the serial number 5925UI. Dating from before the war, it was donated to the Écomusée in 1996. On the technical side, a tank mounted on a sheet steel frame distributes the milk to a funnel which feeds the suspended bowl rotating at high speed.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
The object of the month for June 2021: the spoacher's or smuggler's abot
The object of the month for June 2021: the spoacher's or smuggler's abot
June 14, 2021
Mr. Claude Simon, clog maker in Camors (Morbihan - France) gave us a pair of "poacher's" or "smuggler's" clogs for Christmas. They are characterized by an inverted sole in relation to the hoof: the heel is below the toe, and the front of the sole below the back of the uncovered sole.
Pierre Cattelain, curator of the Viroin Ecomuseum
The object of the month for May 2021: the miniature backrest cooker with a side chimney - 1986
The object of the month for May 2021: the miniature backrest cooker with a side chimney - 1986
May 14, 2021
Stove in white enamelled stamped sheet metal. Black hob with one real location and two dummy locations, marked with gold concentric circles, and a black boiler with gold plastic valve, partially integrated.
The object of the month for February 2021 – the stove
The object of the month for February 2021 – the stove
February 15, 2021
After the decline of the charcoal steel industry, the Couvin region experienced a second period of economic prosperity during the second half of the 19th century with secondary iron foundries and the manufacture of heating appliances. ( ... )
Object of the month for December 2020 – the glider (the shaper)
Object of the month for December 2020 – the glider (the shaper)
December 15, 2020
The Baudin moulder at the Écomusée du Viroin, dated + or – 1925, is still functional and comes from Maurice Delabie's clog factory in Hentendres (Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut, Belgium)._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_