Culinary Collection

Auguste Escoffier
AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER French Chef. Director of Kitchen for many large Hotels. Known for his culinary innovations

Joseph Berchoux - 2
JOSEPH BERCHOUX French poet who sang the praises of the culinary art in his poem La Gastronomie. Date: 1765 - 1839

Interior of a jacal (shack). 1853. Oil. MEXICO

Susi - with girl, mixing bowl and kitten. 1950s

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

A roast pig on a spit, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

The Queen of Hearts baked some tarts, illustration by Chris G. Temple Date: circa 1920

Art deco Joyeux Avril postcard featuring gourmet fish and a smiling waiter, a perfect culinary image Date: 1920s

Fennel and black cumin
Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare 1, and black cumin, Nigella sativa 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802

Mustard and tarragon
White mustard, Sinapis alba 1, and tarragon or estragon, Artemisia dracunculus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Cupid with baking tray on a Valentine card
Cupid with baking tray and verse on a Valentine card with pull tab. Date: circa 1890s

Cookery classes 1890s
The National Training School of Cookery was established in 1873, it commenced its work at South Kensington, photograph showing women being taught how to cook. Date: circa 1890s

French soldiers eating in the trenches during World War I
Dinner-time for soldiers in a corner of a fire-trench on the French front in the Argonne. The caption reads: The clockwork regularity of the French culinary arrangements at the front

Cannibalism - Humorous postcard - Fiji - Doctor to be eaten
Cannibalism - Humorous postcard - Fiji - Western Doctor, investigating the Culinary Habits of the Cannibal Islands is himself about to become the entrea.. Date: circa 1910s

Victorian 1890s Card Greetings White Ornate Lace
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Cutout advertisement for Birds Egg Powder. Date: early 20th century

Boy scouts at Jamboree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Boy scouts enjoying an outdoor activity at a Jamboree in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 1952

PAUDISS, Cristopher (1630-1666). Still Life. 1660. Baroque art. Oil. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum

BRAUN, George (1541-1622). Civitatis Orbis Terrarum (Theatrum orbis terrarum). 1572-1617. Cadiz (1572). Fishing in an almadraba tuna. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Hungry Peter the pig cooks for a party, watched through the window by the naughty dogs Rags and Forager who are worried that they won t be invited. Date: 1914

Roman cutlery. SPAIN. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Susi - licking the spoon. 1950s

Four cooks inside their work premises, USA
Four cooks inside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Art deco Joyeux Avril postcard featuring gourmet fish and wa
Art deco Joyeux Avril postcard featuring gourmet fish and a smiling waiter, a perfect culinary image Date: 1920s

Whale meat menu and recipe card: 1918
Culinary science applied to the whale: the menu and recipes at a steak whale luncheon given by the American Museum of Natural History on 8th February 1918

Currant Happy Families - box front and card back - Spare the Currants, Spoil the Cake. circa 1940s

Susi - tipping up a mixing bowl, with help from a kitten. 1950s

Susi - baking, assisted by a kitten. 1950s

Girl with kettle and teapot on a Christmas card
Girl in a kitchen with kettle and teapot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Florence Upton playing cards - Making Biscuits. circa 1900s

Dishes, Pans, Funnels, Bottles, Jars, Barrels, Plate 60
Baking Dishes, Milk Pans, Funnels, Bottles, Patent Top Jars, Spirit Barrels and other items, Plate 60, showing a range of items mostly in earthenware. Date: circa 1880s

Old Maid card - Cook. circa 1940s

Culinary moulds 1887
Copper moulds for hot and cold entrees and savories. 1887

Culinary moulds in tin 1887
Page selection of culinary moulds in tin. 1887

Culinary moulds in pewter 1887
Page selection of culinary moulds in pewter. 1887

Cartoon, Split Pea Soup, Valley Inn, California, USA
Cartoon, Little Known Occupations, Splitting Peas for Split Pea Soup, advertising Andersens Valley Inn, Buellton, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

Advertisement for Borwicks Baking Powder - the very best for cakes and pastry. A movable card giving different facial expressions. Date: early 20th century

Kitchen, Grand Hotel, 41 Rue St Jacques, Bruges, Belgium
Kitchen of the Grand Hotel, 41 Rue St Jacques, Bruges, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

Turkey and pudding on a Christmas card
A live turkey with a little boy, and a pudding in a saucepan, on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl with kettle and saucepan on a Christmas card
Girl in a kitchen with kettle and saucepan on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Woman at work in a kitchen, Mexico. Date: circa 1905

Men with mobile field oven and motorcycle, WW1
Men with a mobile field oven, and a Royal Navy motorcycle combo, WW1. The chalked words on the oven, HMS Fred Carno, were a comic saying for chaotic operations. circa 1914

Brewing. Published in The Arts and Industry of all Nations around 1860 by Charles Knight. Engraving

Brewers Vat. Illustration from London (Volume IV) published by Charles Knight in London in 1841. Engraving

Parmentier, Antoine Augustin (1737-1813). Vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. Engraving

Boy scouts cooking at camp, British Honduras
Boy scouts cooking at Loyola Camp, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Dutch boy scout cooking at camp, Holland
A Dutch boy scout cooking at camp, Holland

Dutch boy scout preparing vegetables, Holland
A Dutch boy scout preparing vegetables at camp, Holland

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