Showing posts with label kitchen ware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kitchen ware. Show all posts

Kitchen Ware



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You don't usually hang paintings in the kitchen and the dining table rarely sees works of srt other than perhaps some real repositories for a vast range of collectibles.

The sliced loaf virtually rendered the breadboard extinct. on the other hand collectors are most apt to think that the breadboards can be extremely attractive and collectable.

The main interest centers on their decoration, which is often extremely ornate and sometimes a tribute to the woodcarver's art. you can pick up breadboards with coats of arms, flowers, animals or intricate designs round the edges. Shape too, is varied-they were mostly round, but squares, rectangles and ovals are unusual.

Unlike breadboards, caddy spoons have not been overlooked by the collector's market. these are small spoons used for measuring tea out of the caddy. With their short,stubby handle and large, shallow spoon bowl, they are extremely distinctive. Early caddy spoons, particularly silver ones, are now quite expensive. electroplated spoons of the 1840-1900 should fetch in very good prices.

The kitchen is really a place for cooking, so what better theme for kitchen ware than cooking utensils? in particular you could collect those utensils which were innovative in their time, for examples, many saucepans or accessories which have been designed to prevent milk boiling over. from an aesthetic point of view well-polished copper pans provide a spectacular display, particularly if they have brass fittings.

Then there are items such as fish kettles, tea urns, coffemakers, kettles and even electric toasters. in fact, they have invariably been made with both efficiency and eye appeal in mind, a collection of toasters, from their days until today should prove both attractive and profitable.

Have you ever stopped to think about how much paraphernalia has been attached to the egg over the years? first of all, there's the common egg-cup. silver, ceramic, cooper, electroplate, wood, plastic and of course the double and even triple egg cup.

Egg boilers which had a tiny bell that rang when the eggs are ready.then there are egg-timers, egg poachers and so on.

Graters and mincers have always played an important part in the kitchen, particularly in the pre-electric blender and mixer era.

The humble cheese and general purpose grater has been made in a wide number of shapes and a collection would be quite interesting.

Mincers could fare a little better, but the trouble is that the original design was obviously so efficient that to this day thay are virtually unchanged.

In early days, people used to carry these tiny nutmeg graters in their pockets. They were used to add spice to their food and drink. They were considered indispensable by many.

Most nutmeg graters were wholly or partly made of silver and they are fetching extremely good prices even more so in the future.

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