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The Changing Domestic

In 2017 ‘The Changing Domestic’ opened at Cobham Library. It was a display of kitchenware and domestic items, tracing the way kitchens have been used and populated from Victorian times to the 1980s.

The modern kitchen, as we know it, is arguably a product of the Victorian age. The inventions of cast iron, electricity and plumbed water made the kitchen a much more efficient space. People in the Victorian era were also fans of gadgets and time-saving tricks such as soap savers, meat grinders and even the first dish washers.

It is only in more recent decades that the kitchen has become the hub of home life and used for socialising. Before this time, kitchens were usually located at the back of the house, away from reception areas and close to the garden for laundry work.

Below are some kitchen related objects from the Elmbridge Museum collection for you to browse.

Cabbage masher

Type: cabbage masher

347.1967

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Wooden butterpats

Type: butterpats

191.1968

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Steel sugar nippers

Type: sugar nippers

195.1968

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Iron trivet

Type: iron stand

280.1968

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Knife cleaner

Type: knife cleaner

12.1969

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Metal soap saver

Type: soap saver

129.1970

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Mincer

Type: mincer

133.1972

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Toasting fork

Type: toasting fork

216.1972/5

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Yellow laundry soap

Type: soap

113.1974

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Tin of dried egg powder

Type: tin

1.1993

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Wooden wash board

Type: wash board

122.1995/1

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Image of housewife at gas cooker

Type: photograph

26.1997/1

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Image of roast dinner in electric cooker

Type: photograph

26.1997/2

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Image of housewife hanging wallpaper

Type: photograph

26.1997/3

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Image of washing-up at kitchen sink

Type: photograph

26.1997/4

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Image of mother and girl with scraped knee

Type: photograph

26.1997/6

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Image of Hoover washing machine

Type: photograph

26.1997/7

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Image of housewife at gas cooker

Type: photograph

106.1997/1

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Image of Hoover washing machine

Type: photograph

106.1997/2

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Image of roast dinner in electric cooker

Type: photograph

106.1997/3

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Image of washing-up at kitchen sink

Type: photograph

106.1997/4

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Image of mother and girl with scraped knee

Type: photograph

106.1997/5

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Image of housewife hanging wallpaper

Type: photograph

106.1997/6

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