Jam pan
Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
Production date
19th Century
Object detail
Production place
Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, Diam: 29cm (Diam: 290mm); 0 - Whole, H: 14.5cm (H: 145mm)
Credit line
Purchase, 1984
Elizabeth Farm Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Elizabeth Farm Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
A brass 'jam' pan, also known as a 'preserving' or 'maslin' pan, with curved swing handle over a round base with gently outward-flaring sides. Handle, loosely threaded into lugs and turned up at ends. Can be distinguished from the similar EF87/43-2 by its handle, which has a flatg ;profile and a distinctive beaten/forged appearance. Is a generic 19th century form. Pans such as these were used for preserving fruits etc into jams or marmalades for use later in the year, and as part of the dessert course. The gardens at Elizabeth Farm contained a wide variety of fruit trees, as recorded in letters and other documents, and were a source of pride to the family. Elizabeth Macarthur wrote for example that "in our own Garden, which is large we have Oranges, Lemons, Olives, Almonds, Grapes, Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Medlars, Pears, Apples, Raspberries, Strawberries, Walnuts, Cherries, Plums. These fruits you know. Then we have the Loquat a Chinese Fruit, The Citron, the Shaddock, the Pomegranate, and perhaps others that I may have forgotten to enumerate, such as the Cherry, and Guava."
Accession number
EF87/43-1
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