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knife Kinfe. Description: Fish knife, bone handle, small.	spooner Spooner. Description: Spooner, pressed glass, goblet-shaped. From the History Information Station: Object: Spoon holder, or spooner, glass. For holding teaspoons, and sometimes other...
spoon Wooden spoon; worn on the end	A New System of Domestic Cooker 1854 Cook Book. Description: Cook-book: "A New System of Domestic (not Reitz collection) Cookery, by a Lady, 1854". From the History Information Station: The full title of the book is"A...
lid lifter Stove lid lifter. Description: Hand forged iron.	flatiron Flatiron. Description: Cast flatiron for smoothing clothes. From the History Information Station: Object: Cast iron flatiron with iron handle. Marked "6," which means it weighs six...
stove 1859 or later Stove. Description: Cast iron cooking range. (Dated 1857 and marked "Buck's Patent"and "Troy, N.Y.".(this was crossed out)) Marked "Buck's Patent McCoy & Clark, Albany Design Pat'd...	doll Doll. Description: Small porcelain doll. From the History Information Station: History: Little china dolls with black hair and immovable limbs were common toys in the 19th century...
muffin pan Muffin pan. Description: muffin pan made of individual stamped sheet iron molds attached to iron strips. From the History Information Station: Many settlers made and ate...	cooking pot After 1874 (G. Hackett 11/89) cooking pot. Description: Cast iron cooking pot. Enameled interior. From the History Information Station: Enameled cast iron pots came into use in the 1880's, for they were easier to...
box knife sharpener Knife sharpener set. Description: Whetstone set in painted wooden box with lid. a-b: Top and bottom From the History Information Station: This whetstone, for knife sharpening, is set...	tea cannister Lacquer tea cannister. Description: Japanned tin cylindrical cannister with conical shoulder and fitted cap cover. Stenciled decoration and "TEA". a: Cannister. b: Lid.
coffee mill Coffee mill. Description: Iron coffee grinder. Clamped on cupboard. From the History Information Station: Coffee was as popular in the 19th century as it is today. But...	nutmeg grater Grater. Description: Tin nutmeg grater. From the History Information Station: Tin Nutmeg Grater. The upper half is a compartment with a hinged lid, for storing nutmegs. Early...
container Conatiner. Description: Large Chinese, brown-glazed stoneware vinegar or soy jar.	churn lid Churn/lid. Description: Gray salt-glazed stoneware (ceramic) churn with blue cobalt decorative "3" to mark capcity.
bucket Bucket. Description: Staved wooden bucket, large. Household water bucket of wooden slats bound with iron ring. The bucket always had some water in it to keep the slats expanded. If the...	scoop Wooden scoop. Description: Wooden scoop or paddle (butter-worker). From the History Information Station: This paddle, probably homemade, was used to beat the excess water out of...
chopping board Chopping board. Description: Wooden chopping board.	container lid Container/lid. Description: a: White porcelain sugar bowl with handles. b:lid. This is not porcelain. It's plain whiteware. - G. Hackett 11/89. From the history information...
fork cooking fork. Description: hand-forged iron flesh fork. From the History Information Station: Object: Pot, cast iron, lined with enamel. Made after 1874, through pots of this sort...	lemon squeezer Lemon squeezer. Description: Hinged wooden lemon squeezer. From the History Information Station: Object: Lemon squeezer, factory made. History: Lemon juice was a common...
table mid 19th century Table. Description: Pine table with round top, drop leaves, and heavy turned legs. History: Probably made in California. From the History Information Station: The kitchen...	box jar Container/jars. Description: Round metal box containing eight spice jars. Round spice box of Japanned tin, holding eight individual lidded round boxes. a: Round metal box. b-i: Eight...