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OLD WEST SURREY 



The iron rack with three hoops was used for cleaning the 

 long clay pipes. When the pipes had become foul by use, 

 they were laid in the rack and put into the fire, from which 

 after a time they came out perfectly white and clean. 



The box-iron has a brass case, with a door at the back to 



Some Very Old Kitchen Implements 



allow a heated iron that just fitted to be put in. The iron- 

 ing stand is a pretty piece of work, with dainty scroll feet 

 and fretted edges to the parts on which the iron rests. The 

 whole make of it shows the workman's pleasure in the 

 fashioning of a thing that shall be of beauty as well as 

 of use. 



The wicker bird-cage is still made, though not so often 



