Early American wooden ware & other kitchen utensils

Earmarks on wooden ware : What the collector finds

Wood : What the early settlers found and how they learned to use it to the best advantage

Tools for making early wooden war

Old New England kitchens : How our ancestors lived and labored

Pantry tools and labor-saving devices : Products of the handy man with an inventive mind

Bowls, plates, mortars and pestles : Production of hand labor and of the early lathes

Common wooden boxes that graced the pantry shelves : Condiments from foreign shores

Buckets, tubs and kegs : The white cooper always found trade brisk

Sieves : From the tiny sieve for medicine powders to the large charcoal sieve

Splint found in the early wooden ware : How obtained and how used

The beginning of paint : Soft mellow colors of the yesterdays

The lyctus powder-post beetle : What it is and how to check it.