VINTAGE HOMEWARE

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www.vintagehomeware.co.uk

where there are lots of interesting items for sale.

I am not an antique dealer (I have another full time job), this is just a hobby. Therefore I cannot guarantee that everything described here is totally accurate (is it ever?). However, if you do buy an item and are not happy with it for any reason please do return it and I will refund whatever you paid for it.

I specialise in kitchenware and items connected with tobacco. I sell a wide range of such vintage items which could be classed as antiques, collectables or to some just junk! However, I think all the items are affordable, unusual and look great in any kitchen or household setting. I can therefore help you equip your kitchen or home, or help you to start or swell your collection of kitchenalia and tobaccana.

ITEMS

I have listed a very few items from my huge collection on these pages, so if you are looking for something specific do please get in touch with me (I can often pick things up for people on request).

If you would like to purchase any of these items or want further information or pictures of them, please visit my website or email me.

I will try and add to and change these items regularly so do please call again. Hope you enjoy this stall, please do feel free to email me about anything connected with it.

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AMONG THE MANY VINTAGE HOMEWARE AND KITCHEN COLLECTABLES ARE:

•A large selection of wooden and brass pastry jiggers

•Herb and vegetable choppers

•Various Victorian spice and salt containers

•Brass and wooden pestles and mortars dating from 18th centuary

•Early bottle and can openers such as those shaped like bulls heads,

•Wooden, steel and brass nutcrackers dating from the 18th century

•A range of implements including brass skimmers and tongs and toasting forks

•19 cent hallmarked silver pepperetts, caddy spoons, jugs etc.

•Fancy cooking implements such as Victorian potato mashers, whisks and flour sifters

•Wine related items including a silver plated Georgian wine funnel, corkscrews and champagne tap

•Various copper kettles, coffee jugs, cream jugs and cream churns

•Victorian mechanical kitchenware such as spits, knife cleaners, mincers etc.

•Brass and cast iron pot hangers, fire-place brackets, game hooks etc.

•Dairy items such as butter moulds, stamps, rollers and hands

•Pipe tampers and racks

•Tobacco jars, boxes and cutters

•Smokers cabinets and compendiums

•Snuff boxes and mulls

A FEW OF THE ITEMS I HAVE INCLUDE:

A Kenrick & Sons Patent COFFEE MILL: made of cast iron & brass on wooden plinth & wooden knob on the handle. There is a slight piece missing on the drawer in the right hand bottom corner but it is no major problem, this really is a great interesting piece in lovely condition.

COPPER KETTLE with dovetail joints: measures 12.5 " tall 9" wide to the spout, It does have 2 very slight dents, you have to look hard to notice, over all this Kettle is in excellent condition.

Lovely Victorian CORK-SHAPER: this was used for compressing corks of varying sizes to fit into bottles in kitchens and chemist shops. It is decorative and beautifully cast in iron with acanthus leaf. It bears both the merchant's name and the manufacture's initials - WB & CO - William Bullock & co of West Brom, England. C1840. Has four feet with holes for screwing to bench - but would also make a very unusual door knocker!

CITRUS JUICER (or reamer): this wonderful contraption comes from America. It is made of aluminium and probably dates from the 1920s or 1930s. The orange half is placed in the middle and the handle lowered onto it and turned. The juice is collected in a bowl underneath.

Wood and ceramic LEMON SQUEEZER dating from around 1850s. Unusually this one has no chips or cracks although the hinge is showing it's age, one screw needs replacing.

SUGAR CUTTERS: This cast iron tool was used for breaking up sugar loaves. they were used in the kitchen in the late 18th Century and were still in use during the 19th Century.

An extraordinary wooden PESTLE AND MORTAR: this was probably made to crush pepper corns. The pestle has somehow been carved into the bowl from a single piece of wood and can not be removed. The wood curves towards the central opening of the pestle so that grains fall into it automatically. I do not know the origin of this beautiful object although it is probably continental. It is 14 cm high, 6,5 cm in diameter.

A BRASS MORTAR that looks like a tower bell and is dated 1590. There are 2 handles attached to it on each side. There is a text across the top rim which says: "C. Linck Anno 1590, niet te verwint". This mortar is in excellent condition and measures nearly 3 inches high.