National Bread Museum ~ ~ ~ Home Baking Artifacts
UTENSILS*
*Metals of all sorts, *wire, *wood, maybe some *rubber or *plastic parts, etc.
This page is dedicated to the display of some of the categories of BAKING ARTIFACT items held by the National Bread Museum of Grain-Baking-Bread Culture (NBM) in the overall category of what is generally considered UTENSILS. These would also commonly be called "kitchen tools." They are the hand-held items which have been very helpful in the kitchen (generally mid-1800s to 1999) for all aspects of baking & its related activities. Some have continued to be essential in today's home kitchens, while others have "seen their day." Electricity, especially, & sometimes design & material composition (what the item is made of) have often "modernized" and eliminated the former, more time-consuming work of many bygone-era artifacts found in our grandma-mas' kitchens.
The majority of these utensils have a "circa" patent date of 1870 to WWII (mid-1930s/1940 mfg. time) & were purchased in German flohmarkts, 1988-91. Many that were originally newly purchased in the United States from the late 1800s, till let's say - WWII, were made in Germany and imported into the USA. But in the first half of the 1900s, there were also many start-up companies in the U.S. who began producing these same or similar items.
One of the best resources of identifying many of these items & sometimes their various "old fashioned names in our grandmothers' days" is Linda Campbell Franklin's (LCF) manuals of 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles. In the 4th Edition (below, red), she has 10 pages (out of 31 pages of researching info), double column, probably .8-.9 font, of a bibliography of books recommended or consulted! The only "shortage" is not having a sketch or photo of each of the thousands of items listed in her books (which would then become a set of encyclopedias!!). She told me her books began with her enormous collection of old retail catalogs, & became a HUGE undertaking of years of her time and energy. To this historical documentation and educational museum project, they are of enormous value.
In the listings on this NBM page, whenever I can find resource info regarding an item in Linda Campbell Franklin's 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles books, & I want to give you some specific name or patent date, etc., in order to reference the source I will identify it as the following:
* = that the resource is a LCF book;
_____ = the name/s given for that item;
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th ed. = which edition of LCF's books I'm referencing, and the p. ___ = page)
NOTE: The item/s might also be in LCF's other editions, but just one source will be referenced for this index.
Green 5th Edition = 2003
Alphabetical Index of Utensil Categories
Note that the word in this red color is the alphabetical listing as you scroll down.
~CAN OPENERS, Beer Bottle Openers
Click here and start typing. Illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo nemo enim ipsam voluptatem.
~Mixing SPOONS, Whips, Beaters, Skimmers ~~~ for Batter - Cake - Egg
Bottle & Can Openers ~~~ Beer Bottle Openers ~~~ "Church Keys" ~ ~ ~
Every beer (made with the grain of hops) company gave away these combo can/bottle openers, commonly called "church keys." There are hundreds, if not a thousand of these! Today one is still needed to "open up" a can of evaporated milk by punching 2 holes: 1 large - pouring & 1 small - air.
Jar Openers
A jar opener to crack the rubber ring seal under the lid. Bought in a mkt.- Germany - 1989-90;
(2 were $3.33 & $11.00.)
Some "home canning" jar info:
Above is a blue Ball canning jar.
Mixing SPOONS, Whips, Beaters, Skimmers
for Batter - Cake - Egg
Your Title
Click here and start typing. Illo inventore veritatis et quasi
Click here and start typing. Magnam aliquam
Your Title
Click here and start typing. Illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo nemo enim ipsam voluptatem.
Click here and start typing. Magnam aliquam
Your Title
This is where your text starts. You can click here to start typing. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo nemo enim ipsam voluptatem.