Household Utensil

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Sophistication in Colonial America: Combs

Jason FitzGerald // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 The concept of colonial America being a rural environment when compared to a richly expanding British empire probably sticks in most people’s minds when discussing the finer things of life and items made with elaborate materials. The comb, a very common instrument, holds little value […]

Pots from the Furnace to the Household

Luis Torres Rivera // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 Iron pots were in use in the 1700s. They were used to cook over an open fire given that iron is one of the best transmitters of heat. “During the late seventeenth century and the early eighteenth century, Pennsylvanians imported most of the iron […]