51/690

This copper pan with two handles is a preserving pan, for making jams and the like, and comes from Culham Manor in Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire).

1 preserving pan: metal (copper); good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘Pan // DATE ACQUIRED: March 1951 // GROUP: Domestic cooking // NEGATIVE: 35/617 // PERIOD: Unknown // PLACE OF ORIGIN: The Lavinia Smith collection // NUMBER: 51/690 // DESCRIPTION: This preserving pan came from Culham Manor (Berkshire). It is made of copper and has two handles. The pan is 10.75 inches in diameter and stands 2.5 inches high.’ , Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 198. A copper preserving pan from Culham Moanor [sic]', MERL ‘Conservation Record’ form – ‘Class: // Name: Pan // Acc. No.: 51/690 // Conservator: // Date: 3.4.54 // part/whole: treatment: method: // part/whole: repair: Handle repaired. Soldering method: // part/whole: finish: method: // [tick box, unticked] tick when noted on catalogue sheet’

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)