A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . ANTIQUE TABLE. tables, chairs, desks, drawers, side-boards, etc., were of solid mahogany,or some of it was veneered, thin stripsof mahogany being used to coverless costly woods. Plates and disheswere commonly of pewter, sometimesof earthenware, and wooden plates and trenchers were used by the poor. Cups, mugs, tumblers, tankards, salt cellars were of pewter,v\ and cups of horn were sometimes used. Spoons were of pewter and alchemy. Even among those of moderate means many of these vessels were of silver, and among the wealthy, plates,dish
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . ANTIQUE TABLE. tables, chairs, desks, drawers, side-boards, etc., were of solid mahogany,or some of it was veneered, thin stripsof mahogany being used to coverless costly woods. Plates and disheswere commonly of pewter, sometimesof earthenware, and wooden plates and trenchers were used by the poor. Cups, mugs, tumblers, tankards, salt cellars were of pewter,v\ and cups of horn were sometimes used. Spoons were of pewter and alchemy. Even among those of moderate means many of these vessels were of silver, and among the wealthy, plates,dishes, candlesticks, snuffers and spoonswere of the same material. Knives wereof steel with silver handles for the rich,but of cheaper material, for others. Forkswere not in general use at the close ofthe seventeenth century. The kitchen utensils were of ANTIQUE ANTIQUE STAND. 106 History of Virginia and Virginians. brass, tin, pewter, iron, earthenware and wood. Largeiron pots were swung on movable racks firmly fixed inthe chimney; gridirons, skillets, and spits of iron, pansof tin or earthenware, chafing-dishes of brass, woodentrays, tubs, piggins, noggins, etc., formed in part theequipment for the exercise of that culinary skill for whichVirginia became famous. Baking-ovens were often ofbrick, and heated by fires built in an arch underneathconnected with a flue or chimney. The dwellings werelighted by candles of myrtle wax, made from the berriesof the myrtle, which grew in profusion, or made of deer
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