Food & Food Preparation: Skillets, Posnets & Pans

8/12/2019 Food & Food Preparation: Skillets, Posnets & Pans

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18th Century Material Culture

Pans & Skillets


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Introduction - Proper Nomenclature

When studying and evaluating 18th Century cookware, it is important tocast aside modern conceptions and 21st century nomenclature. Tocomprehend what was used and not used during this period, we mustproperly identify these vessels and recognize how they were known by the

people who used them. This is particularly important when studying periodinventories, trade cards, newspaper advertisements, cook books, andprobate records.

Often confusing, incorrect nomenclature and preconceived notions have led

to many cookware vessels being misidentified and mislabeled over the years.Even the strictest institutions have been guilty of this practice.

This slideshow hopes to shed some light on this often misunderstoodsubject. It has been organized based on the research of Lynne HowardFrazer and Martha Katz-Hyman.


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Definitions

A General Dictionary of the English Languageby Thomas Sheridan 1780


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From: Calling the Kettle a Pot: Reviving 18th Century Cooking Equipment Nomenclature by Lynne Howard FrazerProspect Books, 1987


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Trade Cards


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Trade Card for Thomas Pickett, Brasier

London, 18th Century(Spitasfieldslife.com)


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Advertisement by Joseph Webb of Boston

by Paul Revere September 28, 1765(American Antiquarian Society)


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Advertisement by Joseph Webb of Boston

by Paul Revere September 28, 1765(American Antiquarian Society)


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Boston References - Joseph Webb

O!ered for Sale:Skillets of All Sizes

Large & Small Spiders

Stew Pans with CoversPudding Pans & BasonsFry Pans & Fry Kettles Fry Kettles for Whaling


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Fry / Frying Pans



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Detail: Sheet Iron Fry Pan with a Hook or Hole to Suspend it from a Bar: Trade Card for Thomas Pickett, Brasier

London, 18th Century(Spitasfieldslife.com)


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LECUREUSE - Note the Short Handled Fry Pan in the Wash Tub

by Jacques Firmin Beauvralet c. 1746 - 1790(The British Museum)


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Detail: Cobblers Hall

by Bowles & Carver 1793(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Long Handled Sheet Iron Fry Pan (Erroneously Labeled a Skillet by the Smithsonian)

From the Gondola, Philadelphia, Sunk on Lake Champlain 1776(Smithsonian Institution)


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Two Long Handled Sheet Iron Fry Pans

Late 18th - Early 19th Century(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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Long Handled Sheet Iron Fry Pan

Owned by Major John Bolton of Colrain, Massachusetts(Memorial Hall Museum)


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18th Century(Private Collection)


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c. 1780 - 1820(New York Historical Society)


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American Long Handled Iron Fry Pan

Marked Walket & Co. c. 1750 - 1800(Winterthur)


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American Long Handled Iron Skillet Fry Pan on an Iron Stand

Marked Walket & Co. c. 1750 - 1800(Winterthur)


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American or European Copper & Iron Miniature Fry Pan

c. 1775 - 1850(Winterthur)


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American or European Copper & Iron Miniature Fry Pan



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English Miniature Tin Lined Copper Fry Pan for a Doll House

c. 1760(Museum of London)


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American or European Brass & Iron Miniature Fry Pan



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The Sausage Woman

by Robert Sayer After Thomas Worlidge c. 1770(The British Museum)


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The Sausage Woman



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Detail: The Sausage Woman



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Detail: LA FILLE CONFUSE

by Francois Robert Ingouf, After Jean Baptiste Greuze 1773(The British Museum)


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English Porcelain Figure of a Man Holding a Fry Pan

Bow Porcelain Factory c. 1770(The British Museum)


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An Individual Carrying a Sack and a Fry Pan

by Thomas Bewick c. 1781(The British Museum)


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Cast Iron Fry Pans with Feet / Spiders


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Detail: THE COOK MAID

by Johann Jakob Haid, After Johann Casper Heilmann 1773(The British Museum)


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Small Cast Iron Fry Pan or Spider



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18th Century(Historic New England)


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Small Cast Iron Fry Pan or Spider with Cover

c. 1700 - 1800(New York Historical Society)


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English Brass & Iron Footed Fry Pan



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The Wrought Iron Spider Enigma

Despite the abundance of documentation justifying the use of cast ironshallow pan spiders during the mid to late 18th Century, there has been littleconcrete primary documentation to support the use of wrought iron shallow

pan spiders until the very late 1790s, and possibly even later. To date, theseutilitarian objects appear to have been used primarily during the 19thcentury. Until one of these objects appears with a strong provenance, theyshould be considered incorrect for use prior to this time.


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Peasant Family in the Kitchen Cooking with a Spider

In the style of David III Ryckaert (1612-1661) Likely 17th Century


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American Wrought Iron Skillet on Legs or Spider from Pennsylvania



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American Wrought Iron Skillet on Legs or Spider

c. 1790 - 1825(Historic New England)


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A General Dictionary of the English Language

by Thomas Sheridan 1780

Skillets


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Skillets



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"Stusnet... a posnet, skillet.""An English Dictionary..."by Elisha Coles 1717

"PO'SNET... a Skillet, a Kitchen Vessel.""An Universal Etymological English Dictionary..."by Nathan Bailey 1731

"Skillet... a small kettle or boiler.""The New Spelling Dictionary..."by John Entick 1780

Skillets / Posnets


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Skillets / Posnets


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American Bell Metal Skillet or Posnet Marked NEWPORT 1710

c. 1710(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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American Bell Metal Skillet or Posnet Marked NEWORT 17

Possibly by Lawrence Langworthy (1692-1739) of Newport(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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American Bell Metal Skillet or Posnet Marked LANGWORTHY 1730

by Lawrence Langworthy (1692-1739) of Newport 1730(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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by Lawrence Langworthy (1692-1739) of Newport 1730(Winterthur)


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by Lawrence Langworthy (1692-1739) of Newport 1730(Private Collection)


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American Bell Metal Skillet or Posnet Marked M MORRISON NJ

New Jersey 18th Century(Skinner)


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American or British Bell Metal Skillet or Posnet Marked SB Warner18th Century

(Private Collection)


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English Bronze Metal Skillet or Posnet Marked Emerson & Co.Bristol 18th Century



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Cast Iron Skillet or Posnet Recovered from the Catoctin Furnace Foundry Site (18FR320) of Frederick County, Maryland18th Century

(Archeological Collection of Maryland)


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Small Cast Iron Skillet or Spider with CoverLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Skinner - The Howard Roth Collection)


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Three Small Cast Iron Skillets or PosnetsLate 18th - Early 19th Century



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Four Miniature Cast Iron Skillets or Posnets18th Century



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Cast Iron Skillet or Posnet18th Century

(Big Daddy West Collection)


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Cast Iron Skillet or Posnet18th Century

(Big Daddy West Collection)


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Cast Iron Skillet or Posnet with Lid18th Century


Saucepans


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Saucepans



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Copper & Iron Sauce Pan Owned by George Washingtonc. 1750 - 1800

(Mount Vernon)


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American Silver & Wood Sauce Pan from Newport, Rhode Islandby Thomas Arnold c. 1759 - 1780

(Winterthur)


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English Glass Sauce Panc. 1770 - 1800

(Winterthur)

Stew Pans


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Stew Pans



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Copper & Iron Stew Pan from theHousehold of Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) of DumfriesLate 18th Century

(Dumfries & Galloway Museums Service)


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German or Dutch Copper & Iron Stew Panc. 1740

(Beauchamp Antiques)


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German or Dutch Copper & Iron Stew Panc. 1740



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French Copper & Iron Stew Panc. 1760



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French Copper & Iron Stew Panc. 1760 - 1780



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French Copper & Iron Stew Panc. 1760 - 1780



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Detail: CORPORAL TRIMS reflections on Mortality in the Kitchen, on the Death of MASTER BOBBYby Carington Bowles 1785

(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Detail: A MACARONI FRENCH COOK.by Matthew Darly 1772

(The British Museum)


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A FRENCH COOK making a FRICASSEEby W, Darling 1771



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A FRENCH COOK making a FRICASSEEby W, Darling 1771



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The ENGLISH GENTLEMAN at PARIS.by Bowles & Carver 1772



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The ENGLISH GENTLEMAN at PARIS.by Bowles & Carver 1772



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Pans


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Sheet Brass Pan with Iron HandlesLate 18th Century

(Louwers Antiques)


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Sheet Brass Pan with Iron HandlesLate 18th Century

(Louwers Antiques)


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English Figure Study with Dog & Panby David Deuchar c. 1782



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Grissets


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Cast Iron GrissetEarly 18th Century

(Elliot & Grace Snyder)


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Cast Iron GrissetEarly 18th Century

(Elliot & Grace Snyder)


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Miscellaneous


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London Cries: "A Man Selling Pots & Pans"

Paul Sandby c. 1759(Yale Center for British Art)


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Cookware Peddlerby Anne Claude Philippe de Tubires, Comte de Caylus after Edme Bouchardon 1746

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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London Cries: A Tinker and His WifePaul Sandby c. 1759

(Yale Center for British Art)


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London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stu!"Paul Sandby c. 1759

(Yale Center for British Art)

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Acknowledgements

The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center greatly acknowledges our friendsJymm Ho!man and Martha Katz-Hyman for their assistance in this slideshow.

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Acknowledgements

The material contained within these slideshows is presented for educational purposes only. The18th Century Material Culture Resource Center does not personally own any of the itemsdepicted herein and is indebted to the countless museums, libraries, and private collectors who

willingly share their collections with the public through the internet. Every attempt has beenmade to credit these organizations and individuals for their contributions as best as possible.

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