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Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Fire tongs

Fire tongs
Iron fire tongs with a spherical finial, from a set of fire tools manufactured in England c.1840-1860. Date: 1840-1860

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Tea caddy

Tea caddy made from mahogany with two internal compartments, inlaid with brass and zinc marquetry, lined with red silk and with a baize base, possibly made in England or France c.1840. Date: c.1840

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Tea caddy

Tea caddy
Burr yew tea caddy of rectangular form with canted corners (bevelled or slanted corner), banded with tulip wood and casuarina and an inlaid design of a sand-shaded conch on a green oval ground

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Pewter plate

Pewter plate
Large pewter plate with a reeded edge, marked with the initials FHM and various hallmarks, made in England before 1735. Date: pre 1735

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Set of fire tools

Set of fire tools
Cast polished steel fire poker with a twisted brass handle and a floral finial, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a shovel

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Fire dog

Fire dog
One of a pair of wrought iron fire dogs with turned brass finials, arched legs and tapered uprights, decorated with raised decoration of Xs and carved feather motifs

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Vase

Vase
One of two clear glass vases with a spreading foot and a long slim stem rising to a pinched neck opening with a serpentine three lobed rim. The glass has twisted ridges and dates from c.1870-1910

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Vase

Vase
One of two clear glass vases with a spreading foot and a long slim stem rising to a pinched neck opening with a serpentine three lobed rim. The glass has twisted ridges and dates from c.1870-1910

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Fender

Fender
Blackened copper alloy fender with scrolling foliate decoration and four gadrooned feet, made in England c.1840-1860. Date: 1840-1860

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Armchair

Armchair
Black painted elbow chair made from mahogany and beech, with a curved bar back over an X-splat, between scrolled arms, with brass lions mask decorations

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Fender

Fender
Sheet iron fender with half-round beaded brass decoration, an overall fretted design of octagonal interlocking forms, and applied circular and octagonal steel studs, painted black

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Armchair, detail

Armchair, detail
Black painted elbow chair made from mahogany and beech, with a curved bar back over an X-splat, between scrolled arms, with brass lions mask decorations

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Armchair

Armchair
Black painted elbow chair made from mahogany and beech, with a curved bar back over an X-splat, between scrolled arms, with brass lions mask decorations

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Armchair

Armchair
Black painted elbow chair made from mahogany and beech, with a curved bar back over an X-splat, between scrolled arms, with brass lions mask decorations

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Ladderback chair

Ladderback chair
Chestnut ladderback chair with oak and birch stretchers, carved shell decoration on the top rail and a rush seat, possibly made in France c.1800-1900. Date: 1800-1900

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Ladderback chair

Ladderback chair
Chestnut ladderback chair with oak and birch stretchers, carved shell decoration on the top rail and a rush seat, possibly made in France c.1800-1900. Date: 1800-1900

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Sofa

Sofa
Mahogany sofa carved with scrolls and an anthemion cresting, upholstered in modern red damask, made in England c.1830. Date: c.1830

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Sofa

Sofa
Mahogany sofa carved with scrolls and an anthemion cresting, upholstered in modern red damask, made in England c.1830. Date: c.1830

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Mahogany chair

Mahogany chair with a galleried rectangular back with an arcaded and vertically railed back between reeded uprights and modern blue silk upholstery

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Cookery book

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Fender

Fender
Blackened copper alloy fender with scrolling foliate decoration and four gadrooned feet, made in England c.1840-1860. Date: 1840-1860

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Fender

Fender
Sheet iron fender with half-round beaded brass decoration, an overall fretted design of octagonal interlocking forms, and applied circular and octagonal steel studs, painted black

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas postcard

Christmas postcard printed with a design of four red-breasted birds in a pine tree, sent to Mrs Dick and Miss Hudson from Jugederd Gedulof, manufactured in Sweden and postmarked 22 December 1947

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas card

Christmas card from the Valentines series printed with a snowy scene of cottages and a church, sent from Dan and Mary, printed in England and thought to date c.1930-1940. Date: 1930-1940

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas card

Christmas card embossed and printed with a design of the courtyard of a manor house with a milk maid carrying two buckets on a yoke, with a paper insert secured with a lilac ribbon

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas card, inside

Christmas card, inside
Christmas card printed with a design of three children ice-skating, including two boys and a girl wearing a bonnet and fur muff, sent from Mrs Dick and Ninna, manufactured by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas card

Christmas card printed with a design of three children ice-skating, including two boys and a girl wearing a bonnet and fur muff, sent from Mrs Dick and Ninna, manufactured by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: The Complete Practical Cook

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Delftware plate

Delftware plate
Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in blue with a central floral design, three sprays of flowers on the rim, and an outer border of crosses and dashes in two concentric lines

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas card

Christmas card inscribed Christmas Thoughts with a message printed in black on a cream ground, with an illuminated letter I in manuscript form

Background imageGeffrye Museum Collection: Christmas card

Christmas card from the Salmons Ambassador Series embossed and printed with a design of a stagecoach in a snowy scene with a church and houses in the distance



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