Antique German Gottschalk Kitchen

Kitchens have been on my mind lately. I have been isolating at home for more than a year and during that time I have rediscovered cooking and baking. I am still working full time remotely, but with more home time I have been pulling out old recipes and discovering new ones.

 I have always been attracted to the wonderful doll kitchens that were given to little girls in past centuries so they could learn about "women's work".  In today's world "women's work" means much more than kitchens, but I feel the charm of these antique miniatures holds to this day.

This lovely example from around 1900 is done in blue and white. The metal stove has painted blue trim, and there is a variety of blue enamelware to go with it..

 

I particularly love the blue delft design wallpaper with border.

The kitchen furniture, consisting of a two piece cupboard, wall shelf, and table with four chairs, is wood painted white and trimmed in blue

Accessories include 18 pieces of blue hard to find enamelware, a wonderful cast iron hand grinder trimmed in blue, and other misc kitchen pieces, including a rather large napkin in its holder.

The rolling pin in it's fancy holder is painted with fruit and the utensils hanging below it are also decorated. I love this piece.

There are a few pieces, like the ceramic "Home Sweet Home" bucket that don't seem to be original to the kitchen, but as they came with it I will leave them be.

I hope you enjoyed your visit. Happy cooking to you all.