Book Description
Linda Campbell Franklin’s long-awaited new edition cooks up three centuries of the most avidly collected domestic tools of the trade. Collectors will find more than 7,000 antique items that dice, measure, filter, or whir in the kitchen arranged by function from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening. Franklin also offers healthy servings of classic recipes, helpful hints, and fascinating tidbits from 18th, 19th, and 20th century trade catalogs and advertisements. Features updated pricing, information on collecting, buying and selling on the Internet, and more than 1,600 photographs and illustrations, including a new 16-page color section. • More than 7,000 listings and prices for collectible kitchen items • More than 1,600 photographs and illustrations, including an all-new color section • Author has established herself as THE expert in this collectibles field
300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles ANNOTATION
The collector is sure to see the diligent research that went into the 3rd edition of this reference and will agree that it was well worth the four-year wait. Nearly twice the size of the 2nd edition, Kitchen Collectibles contains a wealth of information on values and identification of more than 300 years' worth of kitchen items. Photos. (Books Americana)
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Whether you collect things that dice, measure, filter or whir, if they belong in the kitchen you'll find them in this guide to three centuries of domestic tool of trade and offers healthy servings of classic recipes, helpful hints, and fascinating tidbits from 18th, 19th, and 20th century trade catalogs and advertisements. More than 7,000 antique items are arranged by function, from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening, and then valued. Nearly 5,000 Whet your appetite for homestyle collectibles, then enjoy a full-course feast of Americana in 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles.
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