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a lot of items that would have been familiar to householders of the last few centuries are illustrated in this book and placed in the context of the domestic life of the period, describing how they developed and how they were used. Such obsolete household utensils now attrat the interest of collectors, but it is still possible to acquire some of them relatively inexpensively; besides providing the owner with a piece of social history, many of them are quite decorative. The bygones describes in this book range from fire irons an the equipment used for cooking on the open fire to the moustache cup and the goffering stick.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780747803928
eBay Product ID (ePID)89049321
Product Key Features
SubjectEngineering & Technology
Publication Year2005
Number of Pages32 Pages
Publication NameDomestic Bygones
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorJacqueline Fearn
SeriesShire Album S.
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJacqueline Fearn