Fire-irons and cookery  Book III, Chapter 14, Section 1b
 



Stand
 19. He beareth a stand, or a stand for a dish. This is to set on a table full of dishes, to sett an other dish vpon; which kinde of stands, being so sett, make the feast looke full and noble, as if there were two table, or one dish ouer an other. These stands are made round, or six or eight squares: the top and bottome both alike streight, so that either end may be sett highmost. Now when they are thus squared, they are termed a square, or hexagon, or octagon stand for a dish. If they be hollow in the midle, they may passe for round salts.


Candlestick
 20. He beareth a Low footed candle stick. This was the old way of makeing the candle holder,


Extinguisher
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In the dexter cheife is that excellent geomatricall Instrument called, an extinguisher: a thing much used by schollars that read in their beds, to put out the light of the candle, by putting it ouer the flameing end.


Candlestick
 21. He beareth a candle stick betweene a sockett and a saue-all or a prolonger. This is the forme the candle stick as are now in use, onely it is left to workemen to adorne his worke the best he can to sett it the more splendidly forth: whithere by raised worke, corded, or twist worke, or by makeing the bottome and flower part round, square, Hexagon, or octagon like, with chased worke, &c.


Save all
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These prolongers or saue-alls These are things made after the forme of a candle sockett, and are set in the stick as the sockett is, and the candle that is almost all burnt is set vpon the point of Iron, set in the midle of it, where it will burne, to the last sight of the wick, and drop of Tallow, and much better and Longer then if it remained in the stick.

Related text(s)   Candlestick parts

Lanthorn
 22. He beareth a Lanthorne. In the lanthorne, which some terme a sconce, there are these parts which haue distinct names, as
The top or couer, the handle to carry it by being a wyer or string.
The aire Hole.
The pillars. The rigget in the pillars.
The Horns. The Joynts in the horns.
The sliding Horn, and drawer which lifts it up and down.
The bottom.
The Sockett, to set the candle in.
The Joynts, which holds all the work together.


Spoon
 23. He beareth a spoone. Spoones are made plaine, but with wrought shanks, and heads with diuerse devises, others haue flat, or round cube heads, and many no heads at all.


Cups
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In the dexter side stands a cup (or Bowle, if made of siluer, or standing cup, if that it will hold a good quantity of Liquour) a thing much borne in Armes, as I haue shewed, in Cha 13. numb:61.


Cup
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In the sinister side of this square, is a kind of couered cup with a flat top: thus couer when taken of the cup is an other little cup and doth serue for that use to tast strong liquore in, as the vnder part common drinkes.

Related text(s)   Liquid measure   Cup parts

Skimmer
 24. He beareth a scummer, and a cake padle, or Back spittle. These are two usefull things about the getting of meate; the one for the pott the other for Bread or cake Bread. The scummer is a large round plate made of either Tyn brasse copper or siluer, 10 or 12 Inches in the diameter, set orderly with holes that a rush may goe through. With this Instrument cookes take away all the filth and scume from off a Boiling pott the liquor runing throw the holes, and the dreggs remaineing on the scummer.


Egg spoon
 There is an other little Instrument of this nature used by cookes called an egge spoon or slice, it is made much after the same maner, but more ovall, yet some are round at the handle and square at the other ovall end. With this they turne anything that is either fried in the ffrying pan, or stewed in a stew pan: as eggs, fish, flesh, or fritters.


Back spittle
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The Back spittle is a Iron made flatt and thinne at the streight side for the more easie goeing vnder the thing it is used about. It is of some called a cake padle, and is chiefely used about all sorts of Bread, or cakes baked on a side to side, as they bake.


Ladle
 25. He beareth a Ladle betweene a paire of Racks. The Ladle is an Instrument of housholdry made either of wood or any other mettle, and is of great use and so generally knowne that I need say noe more of it,


Racks
 The Racks are things as much Known, and their use as the former for no Kitchen can be without them. Some call them broach Racks or Fire Racks, or Goberts: by the help of them, Broaches or spits are turned about with meate on them, and are set higher or lower, neerer or further from the fire, as necessity requireth.


Fire shovel
 26. He beareth a Fire shouell.
In the Fire shouell there is no other termes, than the pan, or fire shouell pan: and the handle: which are both well knowne. In the dexter side, is a long belly bottle, with neck and foote, haueing 2 round eares proceeding there from.


Standing cup
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In the sinister side is, a long plaine standing cup with a couer: or of some called a standing Bowle cup.


Tongs
 27. He beareth a paire of Tonges, or fire Tonges. Some terme these chamber Tonges.


Tongs
 28. He beare a paire of Tonges closed in ye tanges. This is the old plaine way of making the fire tonges which for that cause are now termed, vseing Tonges, or Kitchin Tonges, the former being for ladyes chambers and seldome used there, but hung by the grateside more for shew and ornament, then use.


Drinking jug
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In the sinister cheife is a drinking Jugg, or a Tickney Jugge.


Bellows
 29. He beareth a paire of Bellowes. This is an Instrument invented to make wind and is used to blow vp fires for their more speedy Kindling, the invention whereof is ascribed to Anacharsis, as Strabo saith, which was more witty then that conceit of the poets, that Boreas kept his winds in bottles.

Related text(s)   Bellows parts

Trevit
 30. He beareth a three square Trevett.
These Kinde of Instruments are made all of Iron, and are used to be set ouer great fires, for Large potts, or pans, or caldrons, to be set vpon, to boile things in. They are also called Brandretts Brand Irons, Iron crowes, with three feet.


Trevit
 31. He beareth a Trevet.
A Trevett seemes to be so called from its three feete, or a Tripode.


Crow
 32. He beareth a Triangle crow with two scrowle feete.
This is a Duch beareing, and I suppose is ment for Iron Brandretts, or crowes, lesse then Trevett which are put ouer chimney fires, haueing the two feete fixed on the higher bars of the grate, and the other point resting on the back of the chimney, and so a pot or pan is set stiddy vpon it ouer the fire.


Stand
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In the cheife of this square is an other sort of stand for dishes, much like those before in num:9, 19. but this is round in the top and bottome, Some haue affirmed this to be the Foot of a cup, before the Bowl or drinking part be fixed upon it.


Trevit
 33. He beareth a square Trevett, or a Trevett with foure feete.
The square Trevett hath euer a crosse barre, or more ouer the midle of it, as it is in largnesse.


Basket
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In the cheife of this square is a round twiggen Baskett with a circle or hoop of wreathen worke about the bottome and top of it. Some terme it a wool Baskett. Se lib.4. ca.4. num:24 [not transcribed].


Jack
 34. He beareth an Engin rack, or a standing Jack, or a rack with an Annulet, or ring at the end of it and an oval drippin pan.


Dripping pan
 The ovall dripping pan is made either of potters earth or Iron; some are guttered at both ends, others but at one: these serve to set vnder meate, while it is roasting at the fire.


Dripping pan
 35. He beareth a square dripping pan with handles:


Earthen dish
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In cheife an earthen dish raised vp in the sides after the maner of a round pye, of some termed a Marmalett dish or box.


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