Kitchenalia
Practically anything involved in cooking or food preparation, from cast iron cauldrons to copper or creamware jelly moulds, can fall into the category of kitchenalia.
As many pieces have now been superseded by modern, power-driven equipment, antique or vintage items such as ribbed wooden butter pats, copper kettles, pierced ladles to skim cream, kitchen scales or flat irons, are also prized for their decorative appeal.
Some examples also cross over into the category of folk art.
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Barrie Lewis biscuit tins up for grabs in Glasgow
19 August 2024On August 28, Glasgow auction house McTear’s is conducting a single-owner, single-subject sale titled The Art of the Biscuit Tin: The Lewis Collection.
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Pressing concerns: Novelty swan-form iron attracts bidding battle in US auction
05 August 2024The swan-form sad iron is a favourite of iron collectors and has been much reproduced.
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Possible Dresser Minton majolica box takes flight in Sussex sale
02 August 2024Appearing at Gorringe’s in Lewes, East Sussex this week was a small Minton majolica box and cover catalogued as ‘possibly after a design by Christopher Dresser’.
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Dickens’ gin jug packs punch at auction
24 June 2024The final tranche of items from the Tony Chapman collection of pewter offered at Bishop & Miller of Stowmarket on June 19 included this capacious Victorian lidded jug once owned by Charles Dickens (1812-70).
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Latest brews: ninth Brandt tea-infuser emerges
06 May 2024It has often been said that no other work of art encompasses the spirit of the Bauhaus more perfectly than Marianne Brandt’s tea-infuser or Teeextraktkännchen MT49, as it was officially called.
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Easter Bunny and Santa moulds choc full of appeal
01 April 2024Chocolate moulds do not get much better than the two ‘showpiece’ models offered for sale at Leonard Auction in Addison, Illinois, on March 24.
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Kitchenalia: Demand increases for Victorian jelly moulds
18 March 2024In the world of kitchenalia, jelly moulds are in demand.
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Maltese marvel – silver coffee pot stars as auction best seller
26 February 2024Eighteenth century coffee pot made on the Mediterranean island stands out as best-seller in an extensive and varied auction array.
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Eye on an Object: a 17th century spice cabinet
12 February 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Maltese silver coffee pot shines at auction
01 February 2024An exceptional Maltese silver coffee pot took six-times estimate at auction.
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A corking vernacular selection on offer in South Yorkshire saleroom
15 January 2024A large collection of corkscrews and all things vernacular were major features of the two-day sale held by Wilkinson’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Doncaster.
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An auction format that proved to be the right time, right place
18 September 2023Specialist Bleasdale says his sewing antiques and Tunbridgeware timed online sales are working out well
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Interview: A collector happy not to break the mould
26 June 2023Caroline Tremlett is a marketing and business development consultant and collects antique and vintage jelly moulds
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‘Earliest standard measure’ is the weigh to go
22 May 2023The Oak Interior sale at Bishop & Miller in Stowmarket on June 1-2 includes this ‘important and exceptional’ Edward IV bronze measure.
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No market wobble here as jelly mould sets new auction record
10 April 2023This rare Victorian copper jelly mould shaped as a tortoise or turtle on rockwork sold for a remarkable £2000 at Brighton & Hove Auctions.
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The web shop window: 18th century cheese mould
06 February 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Maltese coffee pot at Salisbury auction shows appeal of island life
30 January 2023Italianate coffee pots and covered sugar basins are the most recognisable domestic forms in Maltese silver. And they are much coveted.
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European items abound in big collection
09 January 2023On January 15-16 Andrew Jones in Los Angeles will offer over 550 lots of paintings, furniture and works of art comprising the collection of Jack and Ellen Phillips of California.
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Collector Interview: Book written for the grater good
03 October 2022A wider interest in kitchen-related antiques sparked a specialist collection
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Collector Interview: I am just nuts about nutcrackers
26 September 2022Nutcracker collector and author aims to open a museum in his home country.
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