#Kitchen antiques, culinary objects, historic kitchen equipment

Encyclopedia of Kitchen History by Mary Snodgrass

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". articles required for the kitchen of a family in the middle class of life. " in 1861 in the UK, according to Isabella Beeton:

• Tea-kettle
• Toasting-fork
• Bread-grater
• Pair of Brass Candlesticks
• Teapot and Tray
• Bottle-jack
• 6 Spoons
• 2 Candlesticks
• Candle-box
• 6 Knives and Forks
• 2 Sets of Skewers
• Meat-chopper
• Cinder-sifter
• Coffee-pot
• Colander
• 3 Block-tin Saucepans
• 5 Iron Saucepans
• Ditto and Steamer
• Large Boiling-pot
• 4 Iron Stewpans
• Dripping-pan and Stand
• Dustpan
• Fish and Egg-slice
• 2 Fish-kettles
• Flour-box
• 3 Flat-irons
• 2 Frying-pans
• Gridiron [girdle, griddle]
• Mustard-pot
• Salt-cellar
• Pepper-box
• Pair of Bellows
• 3 Jelly-moulds
• Plate-basket
• Cheese-toaster [fork]
• Coal-shovel
• Wood Meat-screen [to stop heat escaping from fire while roasting, with shelves for warming plates]
• Total cost: £8 11s 1d