The kitchen
Pressed glass sugar bowl
The only green thing in the kitchen, and free with a pound of tea.
- Made by
- Unknown glassworks, Gateshead
- Date
- About 1935
- Material
- Pressed glass
- Size
- 9 cm tall
- Cost new
- Sixpence
- Came from
- Dorothy Merrin’s house, 2009
On view The kitchen, on the table. Ground floor.
Pressed glass made pretty things cheap: the pattern was pressed into the hot glass by a mould instead of being cut by hand. This bowl came free with a pound of tea in 1935, according to a note in the account books.
Sugar was rationed from 1940 to 1953, and for those thirteen years the bowl held a week’s ration at a time.
More from the kitchen.
Copper jam pan
Unknown coppersmith, about 1890The kitchen, on the rangeCost new: eleven shillings
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
Where to see it
The kitchen, ground floor.
You’ll find it on the table. 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.