EditorialBaker's guild from Deventer, guild token from Jan Henrick van Stockem, Brass oval token with hole at the bottom. Front: round cake, on which pretzels lie under a crown, around it different types of bread, cakes and pastries. Reverse: inscription, Deven...
EditorialThe capital and pastries of the Corinthian order, Sections of the capital, the upper end of a column and the adjoining Cornice or entablature according to the Corinthian order, Tab. 32, p. 85, Sturm, Leonhard Christian, 1725, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola...
EditorialChef's and pastries' guild from Middelburg, guild token with no. 7, Brass token. Obverse: peacock, with a floral wreath and a coat of arms on the neck, lying on a pie dish, the edge of which bears three coats of arms above the compartment with the year...
EditorialEngland's Newest Way in cookery. England's newest way in all sorts of cookery, past. London: Chr. Coningsby, 1708. The title page to England's Newest Way in cookery outlines the objective of the book, which is to introduce the reader to 'England's newe...
EditorialDish (one of a pair) (part of a set), Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), 1714/15, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 2 1/8 ? 8 5/8 ? 8 5/8 in., 17 oz. 1 dwt.(5.4 ? 21.9 ? 21.9 cm, 530.99g), Metalwork-Silver, Lewis Mettaye...
EditorialDish (one of a pair) (part of a set), 1714/15, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 1 5/16 ? 13 1/2 ? 7 1/2 in., 23 oz. 2 dwt. (3.3 ? 34.3 ? 19.1 cm, 718g), Metalwork-Silver, When Sir Paul Methuen embarked on his ambassadorial mission to ...
EditorialDish (one of a pair) (part of a set), 1714/15, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 2 1/8 ? 8 5/8 ? 8 5/8 in., 17 oz. 13 dwt. (5.4 ? 21.9 ? 21.9 cm, 548g), Metalwork-Silver, When Sir Paul Methuen embarked on his ambassadorial mission to S...
EditorialDish (one of a pair) (part of a set), Lewis Mettayer (British, active 1700, died 1740), 1714/15, British, London, Silver gilt, Overall (confirmed): 1 5/16 ? 13 1/2 ? 7 3/4 in., 23 oz. 2 dwt. (3.3 ? 34.3 ? 19.7 cm, 718.486g), Metalwork-Silver, Lewis Met...
EditorialRussian festival of the Peace Treaty with Sweden, 1790. A mob attacks two covered mountains of roast beef and pastries 1, and cannons of red and white wine are fired at the mob near the fountain in front of the Winter Palace 2. Handcoloured copperplate...