The kitchen
Wooden spoon, worn to an angle
Stirred left-handed, judging by the wear.
- Made by
- Probably home made
- Date
- About 1940
- Material
- Beech
- Size
- 31 cm long
- Cost new
- Nothing
- Came from
- Dorothy Merrin’s house, 2009
On view The kitchen, in the jar by the range. Ground floor.
Somebody stirred with this spoon every day for decades, always against the same side of the pan. The bowl is worn flat on its right, which means a left-handed cook, and the only left-handed Merrin we know of was Ada.
It is the object visitors most often ask to hold. They can’t, but the library of things lends a new one, which is not the same thing at all.
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 in the jar by 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.