Bedford Public Library

Early American wooden ware & other kitchen utensils

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Early American wooden ware & other kitchen utensils

514354

An authoritative and comprehensive history of wooden ware, including old New England kitchens, pantry tools, bowls, plates, mortars, buckets, tubs, the early uses of paint, means of identification, and much more

Earmarks on wooden ware : What the collector finds -- Wood : What the early settlers found and how they learned to use it to the best advantage -- Tools for making early wooden war -- Old New England kitchens : How our ancestors lived and labored -- Pantry tools and labor-saving devices : Products of the handy man with an inventive mind -- Bowls, plates, mortars and pestles : Production of hand labor and of the early lathes -- Common wooden boxes that graced the pantry shelves : Condiments from foreign shores -- Buckets, tubs and kegs : The white cooper always found trade brisk -- Sieves : From the tiny sieve for medicine powders to the large charcoal sieve -- Splint found in the early wooden ware : How obtained and how used -- The beginning of paint : Soft mellow colors of the yesterdays -- The lyctus powder-post beetle : What it is and how to check it