﻿April, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  143 
  

  

  below. 
  Among 
  the 
  cooking 
  

   utensils 
  his 
  inventory 
  describes 
  

   "tin 
  ware 
  to 
  bake 
  sugar 
  cakes" 
  

   and 
  "a 
  marsepyn 
  pan." 
  The 
  

   latter 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  sweet 
  con- 
  

   fection 
  made 
  of 
  almond 
  paste 
  

   and 
  sugar 
  in 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  

   forms, 
  known 
  as 
  marzipan, 
  or 
  

   marchpane, 
  an 
  old 
  European 
  

   sweetmeat, 
  and 
  a 
  particular 
  

   favorite 
  in 
  Germany 
  at 
  Christ- 
  

   mas. 
  The 
  "marchpane 
  pan" 
  

   frequentlv 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   inventories, 
  which 
  also 
  men- 
  

   tion 
  apple-roasters, 
  chocolate- 
  

   pots, 
  cake 
  and 
  pie 
  pans, 
  sugar- 
  

   cake 
  pans, 
  posset-pans, 
  strain- 
  

   ers, 
  kettles, 
  fish-kettles, 
  skillets, 
  

   numerous 
  kinds 
  of 
  pans, 
  spits, 
  

   jacks, 
  pots, 
  funnels, 
  colanders, 
  

   spice-boxes, 
  steel 
  to 
  strike 
  fire 
  

   with 
  and 
  tinder-box, 
  candle- 
  

   box, 
  rack, 
  kettle 
  -bench, 
  

   ''boards 
  to 
  whet 
  knives 
  upon," 
  

   spoon-rack, 
  sand-box, 
  tobacco- 
  

   box, 
  "thing 
  to 
  put 
  spoons 
  in," 
  

   hour-glass, 
  weather 
  glass, 
  roll- 
  

   ing 
  board 
  for 
  linen, 
  foot- 
  

   warmers, 
  and 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   measures. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  interesting 
  to 
  learn 
  

   furniture 
  of 
  Captain 
  Kidd 
  consisted 
  

   newly 
  married) 
  pirate 
  lived, 
  in 
  169 
  

   Nassau 
  Street, 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  His 
  nouse 
  

   luxuriously 
  furnished. 
  His 
  kitchen 
  contained 
  

   three 
  pewter 
  tankards, 
  four 
  kettles, 
  three 
  chaf- 
  

   ing-dishes, 
  two 
  iron 
  pots, 
  one 
  skillet, 
  one 
  spit, 
  

   one 
  jack, 
  one 
  gridiron, 
  three 
  pairs 
  fire 
  irons, 
  

   one 
  flesh 
  fork, 
  one 
  brass 
  skimmer, 
  one 
  brass 
  

   pestle 
  and 
  iron 
  mortar, 
  five 
  pewter 
  basins, 
  two 
  

   and 
  a 
  half 
  dozen 
  pewter 
  plates, 
  thirteen 
  pewter 
  

   dishes, 
  three 
  box 
  smoothing 
  irons, 
  and 
  five 
  leather 
  

   buckets. 
  In 
  the 
  cellar 
  were 
  three 
  barrels 
  of 
  cider 
  

   and 
  one 
  pipe 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  of 
  Madeira 
  wine. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  prosperous 
  merchant 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   generally 
  consisted 
  of 
  two 
  stories 
  containing 
  seven 
  or 
  

   eight 
  rooms. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  kitchen 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  base- 
  

   ment, 
  sometimes 
  it 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  building, 
  and 
  over 
  it 
  

   were 
  the 
  servants' 
  rooms. 
  This 
  is 
  made 
  perfectly 
  

   clear 
  by 
  the 
  advertisements 
  of 
  houses 
  for 
  sale. 
  For 
  

   instance, 
  in 
  1754, 
  a 
  dwelling-house 
  on 
  Pearl 
  Street 
  "is 
  

   two 
  stories 
  high 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  rooms 
  on 
  a 
  floor 
  with 
  a 
  

   kitchen 
  back." 
  Another 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  is 
  built 
  of 
  

   brick 
  and 
  stone, 
  had 
  three 
  rooms 
  on 
  a 
  floor, 
  seven 
  fire- 
  

   places, 
  and 
  "a 
  good 
  kitchen." 
  In 
  1761, 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  

   Duncan's 
  house 
  "in 
  the 
  Broad-Way" 
  is 
  two 
  rooms 
  

   deep 
  and 
  has 
  "a 
  good 
  cellar 
  and 
  a 
  cellar 
  kitchen 
  

   underneath." 
  

  

  Another 
  arrangement 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Peter 
  

   Jacob 
  Marius, 
  a 
  Dutch 
  merchant 
  who 
  lived 
  on 
  Pearl 
  

   Street. 
  He 
  added 
  a 
  large 
  kitchen 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  in 
  1700, 
  with 
  cellars 
  below 
  and 
  rooms 
  for 
  the 
  

   servants 
  above. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Abraham 
  Lodge, 
  a 
  lawyer, 
  had, 
  in 
  17^0, 
  a 
  two 
  

   story 
  brick 
  house 
  with 
  basement. 
  The 
  dining-room 
  was 
  on 
  

   the 
  first 
  floor, 
  and 
  was 
  handsomely 
  furnished 
  with 
  mahogany 
  

   and 
  blue 
  china. 
  The 
  kitchen 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  basement, 
  in 
  the 
  

   front, 
  while 
  the 
  cellar, 
  wine 
  cellar, 
  and 
  general 
  storeroom 
  

  

  were 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  basement. 
  The 
  house 
  

   de 
  Peyster 
  built 
  in 
  1695 
  in 
  Pearl 
  Street 
  had 
  

   a 
  two-story 
  extension, 
  appropriated 
  to 
  the 
  

   Kitchens 
  are 
  often 
  mentioned 
  in 
  advertisemen 
  

  

  that 
  Abraham 
  

  

  the 
  kitchen 
  in 
  

  

  negro 
  slaves. 
  

  

  ts. 
  The 
  news- 
  

  

  