The following pages of the Museum of Kitchenalia illustrate items in my collection which I have been acquiring for over 20 years. They are presented in various categories including: Baking&Cooking, Confections & Puddings, Dairy, Eating & Serving, Drinking, Prepapring & Storing, Ices, Books, Pamphlets & Recipes & Misc. Please scroll down, to discover more.
At the end of each category you will find a link to take you to the next.
I have and continue to acquire objects from a variety of sources including donations.
As a former Museum Professional myself, with an HND in Heritage Conservation & an MA in Heritage Interpretation, I have carried out considerable research around historical collectors in similar fields including Pinto, Shepherd, Deeley, Levi, Owen-Evan-Thomas, Linda Cambell Franklin, Annie Marchant, Angela Kay, Brian Hawtin and many others in order to identify, classify and collect effectively and with authenticity and good provenance. You will even find items from some of these actual collections in my own.
The Museum of Kitchenalia is a member of AIM and endeavours to exact best practice in all areas of its provision.
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The museum operates as a small independent business with a social enterprise mission. It is dedicated to empowering communities through engaging and accessible experiences via its collections. The Museum of Kitchenalia understands that objects relating to the kitchen and dining can enhance people’s lives by exploring themes such as food, packaging, environment and wellbeing. The museum seeks to educate, inspire and reinforce an understanding of the past, addressing present and future issues, while ensuring objects of cultural and social relevance are preserved for posterity.
Late 19th/early 20c Griddle. These types of griddles were hung from hooks from a trammel,or wrought iron chimney crane/chain. Their cousin the bakestone was designed to be placed directly over the heat source in regions like Wales and Ireland where coal was of an inferior quality.
With metal prongs for pricking biscuit dough or specifically muffins.
8cm in length.
Blue and white porcelain patty pan.For baking pies, tarts or all maner of puff pastries. 13 cm wide. Chinese. Late 1700s/early 1800s.
An 18th Century English Adjustable Wrought Iron Fire-Bar Roaster, with 4-prong rack. Comes with provenance from The Old Manor, Croscombe, Somerset. The roaster was possibly used for cooking small birds, like larks over an open fire
53.5cm long when extended.
Roasting jacks were used for turning meat while it was being roasted over the fireplace. There is a decorative hook to hang from the fireplace and the meat would hang from the hook at the bottom, usually on a wheel (missing) which came with adjustable hanging loops. There is a clockwork motor inside which is spring driven by using a key
Roasting jacks were used for turning meat while it was being roasted over the fireplace. There is a decorative hook to hang from the fireplace and the meat would hang from the hook at the bottom, usually on a wheel (missing) which came with adjustable hanging loops. There is a clockwork motor inside which is spring driven by using a key (which is missing). Once wound up, the mechanism would slowly have unwound, revolving the jack and thus the meat over the fire
Late 19c shortbread mould with crimped edge. 22.5cm in diameter. From the former collection of Annie Marchant. The mould has retained its Wenderton Antiques label (the farmhouse where Annie lived and stored her objects) and was sold on at The Annie Marchant Collection Canterbury Auction Galleries, 2021 and then again by Fielding Auctio
Late 19c shortbread mould with crimped edge. 22.5cm in diameter. From the former collection of Annie Marchant. The mould has retained its Wenderton Antiques label (the farmhouse where Annie lived and stored her objects) and was sold on at The Annie Marchant Collection Canterbury Auction Galleries, 2021 and then again by Fielding Auctioneers Ltd. Annie Marchant was an antique dealer and a prolific collector of Kitchenalia, which she stored in her farmhouse home in Wingham, Kent. Part of the collection was sold after Annie died in 2020,of which this is one of the items. The rest was bequeathed to Kiplin Hall and Gardens in North Yorkshire.
Made in Bristol anytime between 1788 and 1873. These rolling pins were sometimes used to store salt & were often highly decorative with gold and enamel designs. Hung on walls for good luck & exchanged by sailors as gifts to their sweethearts, as a reminder while away at sea.Glass rolling pins were only used practically for big occasions
Made in Bristol anytime between 1788 and 1873. These rolling pins were sometimes used to store salt & were often highly decorative with gold and enamel designs. Hung on walls for good luck & exchanged by sailors as gifts to their sweethearts, as a reminder while away at sea.Glass rolling pins were only used practically for big occasions & filled with cold water to make better pastry. They were also known as useful recepticals for smuggling liquor.
180cm in length, for removing baked items from a hot oven. This one was rescued from an old bakery in Burton-On-Trent, before it closed down.
Turned wood pork pie mould.
Similar to sycamore but probably poplar wood
Used to form the pastry of the pie before filling.
Turned from a single piece of wood.
Height 6,1/4" or 160mm, diameter 4" or 101mm, weight 466 grams
Small wooden handled pastry cutter,
with bone cutting wheel (probably Whale bone)
Approximately 125 mm long
Crimping/Cutting wheel approximately 28 mm diameter.
Brass implement for browning food. Possibly Dutch c.early 1800s. Many salamanders were iron, but some like this were crafted in brass. The circular head was placed in the fire to get hot enough to toast or brown the surface of foods. They are allegedly named after the amphibius species of salamander called the ‘fire salamander’ wit
Brass implement for browning food. Possibly Dutch c.early 1800s. Many salamanders were iron, but some like this were crafted in brass. The circular head was placed in the fire to get hot enough to toast or brown the surface of foods. They are allegedly named after the amphibius species of salamander called the ‘fire salamander’ with black and yellow spots, shrouded in folklore for its mythical abilities to emerge from fire. Some kitchen salamanders also rested on iron front legs to support the handle, giving it the stocky appearance of the salamander. Typically in use from the 1700s, a similar tool exists today called a caramelising iron.
Copper pan with a tinned interior. Iron handle. Some repairs to the base. Has the initials F.R stamped into main body of pan. Probably the owner’s mark applied so they could keep track of it if it went for repairs or be re-tinned etc. About a 4inch base.
A Scottish or North of England Walnut/Oak Riddle Board. Formerly part of the highly renowned W.J Shepherd Collection sold by Sotheby’s in 1983. The object has retained its original accession number.
Riddle boards were used to fashion oatcakes and bread throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
Width 45cm. Height 50cm
An upright metal Toaster with two fold down trays and a central heating element. Chrome body and bakerlite handles. Manufactured by the Belgium company, Kalorik. This was their first prototype electric toaster, manufactured in 1930.
Round wooden stamp with a thistle design for imprinting the pattern onto rounds of shortbread. Labelled on reverse as being that of the craftsman Stanley Whyte
Stanley used to make and sell his moulds in the Scottish Craft Centre, until a controversial decision was made to withdraw the moulds in the 1970s as they were seen as being too commercial.
Large bread oven with shelf and other items inside, considerably rusted. Dates to the Victorian/Edwardian period.
Cast Iron waffle irons. Marked with the size No.11.Designed to sit over the fire. Possibly French.
May have been used more for straining. Dating to the early 1900s.
Made of copper and aproximately 8cm high, 14cm in diameter.
Marked Denby Greenwheat and signed A.College.
Late 1800s/Early 1900s stamp to mark Hot Cross Buns. W: 6cm (2.4")H: 9.5cm (3.7")D: 6cm (2.4"). Possibly walnut. A similar stamp, dated 1860 appeared in the press in the 1950s, in an article detailing the collections of Peterborough Museum.
Either German in origin, or inspired by similar German rollers. This is a wooden hand carved cookie springerle mould roller from the 1900s. The carvings are clear and crisp and multiple in designs, to create a raised effect on the cookie.