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The location of the original kitchen is not known
but would probably have been situated at the rear of the house.
Equipment used in a kitchen during the late 18th century would have
included iron kettles, copper pots, pans and jelly moulds and pewter
plates, as well as wooden and earthen vessels. The insides of copper
pots were kept well tinned to prevent the formation of verdigris.
Sugar was purchased by the loaf and pieces were broken off and pounded
in a mortar and pestle.
There is no formal attempt at recreating a late 18th or early 19th
century kitchen at Bertram House, instead a kitchen dresser and
table are displayed together with a few basic utensils and items
of Sheffield plate.
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