This new edition cooks up three centuries of the most avidly collected domestic tools of the trade. Collectors will find more than 7,000 antique items that dice, measure, filter, or whirr in the kitchen arranged by function from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening. Franklin also offers healthy servings of classic recipes, helpful hints, and fascinating tit-bits from 18th, 19th, and 20th century trade catalogues and advertisements. Features updated pricing, information on collecting, buying and selling on the Internet, and more than 1,600 photographs and illustrations, including a new 16-page colour section.
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A Packrat's Delight!,
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This review is from: 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles (Paperback)
This is packrat Linda Campbell Franklin's fifth edition...for many good reasons!
What first seems like a hodgepodge of items to a beginner-collector or student, has a certain logic or shorthand to those in the know, and to those getting acquainted with kitchen collectibles, it's an eye opening education! All sorts of pointers, reproduction alerts and historical notes are placed throughout the book, to avoid being duped by many fakes. Yes as one reviewer noted, there is scant information on items less than 75 years old, and that's just fine with me..these 890 pages are going to keep me interested and learning for quite a while! The little color section isn't terribly helpful...more smaller photos of items could have been placed in these expensive pages. Still for most of these mechanical items, color is not the key in identification. I'm just tickled to be able to recognize what a peculiar gadget is/was used for! So if someone realistically wants more black and white pictures/drawings, bring them on..and yes there could be sharper photos of some blurry items taken for better clarity in a future edition-it's not a problem for me! She lists many references for those seeking more information, and addresses to contact specialized collectors or clubs. Well worth the price of admission, alone! This is a delightful "must have" for the "kitchen curious" and beginning collectors!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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most comprehensive book on kitchen collectibles,
By Sonny "gadget lover" (ct coast) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles (Paperback)
I bought this book about a year ago, I saw a lady using it at an auction bidding on kitchen items. The next day I ordered this book and it has been my guide ever since, with so many kitchen items out there, fakes and repros, it's good to have a helper to guide you thru a maze of online auctions and fleamarket finds.
The description are accurate, there are plenty of pictures, the index and glossaries are very well organized, it also gives marks, how the items have changed over the years, who made them, where when and how they were used. I love it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is missing pages.,
By george (TXK, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles (Paperback)
Just received my second copy (replacement copy) of "300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles" and it also is missing pages 401-432 and has duplicate pages 433-464. That makes two books missing the same pages.
Otherwise the book has a lot of information.
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