Jam pan

Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
 Production date
19th Century

Object detail

Production place
England
Collection
Elizabeth Farm
Measurements
0 - Whole, Diam: 30.5cm (Diam: 305mm); 0 - Whole, H: 14cm (H: 140mm)
Credit line
Purchase, 1984
Elizabeth Farm Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Brass jam or preserving pan, 19th century
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. Can be distinguished from the similar EF87/43-1 by its handle, which has a curved profile and turns up at the ends in distinctive hooks. Is a generic 19th century form, stil in use today. Pans such as these were used for preserving fruits etc into jams or marmalades for use later in the year, and as part of a 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
EF87/43-2

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