Domestic
Metalware and
Kitchenware by
Margaret G.
Powling.
'Looking at the
great kitchen in
Lanhydrock,
gazing perhaps
in awe at the
ingenious way in
which the
clerestory
windows were
opened and
closed by a
complicated
system of gears
connected to a
hand wheel, or
at the elaborate
arrangement of
roasting-spits
operated by a
large fan fitted
in the flue
above the fire,
it is not
difficult to
appreciate that
this really was
a state-of-the
art kitchen a
little over a
century ago...'
Domestic Pleasures; The joys of Bristol
Kitchenware by
Clare Blake
'Just like an
old-fashioned
sweet shop,
Nigel Collin’s
collection of
Bristol
Kitchenware
includes display
shelves filled
with row upon
row of gleaming
storage jars in
childlike
colours –
buttery primrose
yellow, fresh
leafy green, sky
blue and
delicate
lavender, while
the printed
names act as an
inventory of
just what you
might find
inside a typical
housewife’s
cupboard of that
period,
conjuring up a
nostalgic
picture of
“Mother” in
frilled apron
deftly rolling
out pastry as
the tantalising
aroma of a
Victoria
sandwich wafts
from the enamel
cooker. Aah –
those were the
days....'
Toni Raymond; Originally
only available from shops in Devon and Cornwall
– Chris Marks traces the history of this bright
and cheerful pottery
.
'friend first
introduced me to
Toni Raymond
back in 1998.
They had been
struck by their
kitsch, bright,
individual style
and ended up at
the time buying
several jars
from a car boot
sale. This
inspired me to
start looking
out for Toni
Raymond myself
and before too
long my keen eye
was discovering
a whole array of
diverse shapes,
patterns and
objects with a
wide range of
uses...'
