Early American Wooden Ware
- Author(s): Mary Earle Gould
- Category: Tools
- Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Inc.
- Publish year: 1962
- ISBN: 9678000016775
- Number of Pages: 273
THE charm of a collection of wooden ware comes from the fact that in those early days every man created his own utensils and implements. But to understand such pieces one must visualize the ways of living and the daily labors of those early Colonists.
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COVER
DEDICATION
THE CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER ONE - EARMARKS ON WOODEN WARE
CHAPTER TWO - WOOD — WHAT THE EAERLY SETTLERS FOUND AND HOW THEY LEARNED TO USE IT TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE
CHAPTER THREE - TOOLS FOR MAKING EARLY WOODEN WARE
CHAPTER FOUR - OLD NEW ENGLAND KITCHENS
CHAPTER FIVE - PANTRY TOOLS AND LABOR-SAVING DEVICES
CHAPTER SIX - BOWLS, PLATES, MORTARS AND PESTLES
CHAPTER SEVEN - COMMON WOODEN BOXES THAT GRACED THE PANTRY SHELVES
CHAPTER EIGHT - BUCKETS, TUBS AND KEGS
CHAPTER NINE - SIEVES
CHAPTER TEN - SPLINT FOUND IN THE EARLY WOODEN WARE
CHAPTER ELEVEN - THE BEGINNING OF PAINT
CHAPTER TWELVE - THE LYCTUS POWDER-POST BEETLE
INDEX