The kitchen
Copper jam pan
The one in the kitchen stays; its twin goes out on loan.
- Made by
- Unknown coppersmith
- Date
- About 1890
- Material
- Copper, brass
- Size
- 38 cm across
- Cost new
- Eleven shillings
- Came from
- Dorothy Merrin’s house, 2009
On view The kitchen, on the range. Ground floor.
Damson jam from the tree in the yard, every September from the 1890s. The pan is copper because copper heats evenly and jam catches in anything else.
The house had two. One is in the kitchen gallery on the range. The other is the most borrowed thing in the library of things, and comes back sticky every autumn.
Its twin is in the library of things. Its twin, with a jam thermometer. Best in September. £2 a week, Saturday mornings.
How to borrowMore from the kitchen.
Flat iron
Unknown foundry, about 1900The kitchen, by the rangeCost new: ninepence
Water jug, blue rim
Unknown enamel works, probably Wolverhampton, about 1925The kitchen, on the dresserCost new: one and threepence
Bread knife
Merrin & Sons, Tenter Lane, 1931The kitchen, by the bread crockCost new: one and sixpence
Where to see it
The kitchen, ground floor.
You’ll find it on the range. The kitchen is on the ground floor; the lift is by the front desk.
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:00, and until 20:00 on Thursdays.