Mystery Objects at No. 1 Royal Crescent

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Mystery Objectsat No. 1 Royal Crescent
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Cheese Toaster

• Located in the Dining Room. Water would be poured
  into the inner compartment of the toaster with a
  rack placed on top. Bread and cheese would be
  placed on the rack, the lid closed and the
  toaster placed on the fire to heat. The hot water
  would cook the bread and cheese.

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Trivet

• Located in the Dining Room. This object would be
  used as a place to rest a kettle or saucepan near
  the fire.

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Flintlock Lighter

• Located in the Study. This would have been used
  to light pipes or candles.

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Tea Caddy

• Located in the Drawing Room. This is where the
  lady of the house would keep her tea. Tea was so
  expensive that it had to be locked away in case
  the servants tried to steal it.

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Sugar Nippers

• Located in the Kitchen. This object was used to
  break up lumps of sugar into small pieces. The
  lumps of sugar would have been broken off from a
  sugar loaf using a small hammer.

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Spice Box

• Located in the Kitchen. Each compartment of this
  box would have held a different kind of spice.

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Iron

• Located in the Kitchen. Solid irons like this had
  to be heated in the fire before they could be
  used to iron clothes.

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Bottle Jack

• Located in the Kitchen. This device contains a
  series of springs, cogs and gears which allow the
  bottom section of the jack to rotate around. This
  section would have been attached to a meat hook
  holding a joint of meat and placed next to the
  fire. The meat would then turn slowly so that it
  cooked evenly.

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Jelly Mould

• Located in the Kitchen. Jellies and deserts were
  very important during the Georgian period. The
  Kitchen has a number of very elaborate jelly
  moulds that were designed to impress!