Description: This early, out-of-print book is one of the most comprehensive texts ever written on antique EARLY AMERICAN WOODEN WARE & OTHER KITCHEN UTENSILS. By Mary Earle Gould, The Pond-Ekberg Co., MA, 1942. 131 black-and-white illustrations, picturing several hundred items of this ware, supplement an extremely rich text which covers this subject by chapter: 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 Ware; 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; and Lyctus Powder - Post Beetle – What It Is and How to Check It. Given an extremely rich text supplemented by numerous photographs, this scholarly book is an indispensable reference text for the permanent library of the serious collector, dealer, or historian of antique early American wooden wares. 6.25” x 9.4” color-imprinted hardback in very good condition (former library book with minimum markings). 243 pages. FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for international mailings.
Price: 32 USD
Location: Phillipsburg, Kansas
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Brand: reference book
Type: Boxes
Country/Region of Origin: United States
Color: reference book
Style: Antique
Features: reference book
Age: 1900-1940
