This title features: more than 7000 items arranged by function from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening; classic recipes, tidbits from 18th, 19th and 20th century catalogues and advertisements; updated pricing; and information on collecting, buying and selling on the Internet.

This new edition cooks up three centuries of the most avidly collected domestic tools of the trade. Collectors will find more than 7,000 antique items that dice, measure, filter, or whirr in the kitchen arranged by function from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening. Franklin also offers healthy servings of classic recipes, helpful hints, and fascinating tit-bits from 18th, 19th, and 20th century trade catalogues and advertisements. Features updated pricing, information on collecting, buying and selling on the Internet, and more than 1,600 photographs and illustrations, including a new 16-page colour section.