Kitchen Dresser
Laden with chargers, dishes and plates used in the service of food.
Kitchen Dresser
Also on the dresser, to the left, is a shaped trolley with leather ‘beer-jack’ and horn beakers. The concept of a mobile beer station seems to have evolved in the large servants halls of early 18thC country estates like Houghton and Wanstead. Many of the beer-jacks were decorated with armorial crests and the trolleys painted in livery colours.
Huge quantities of beer were consumed on the estates. Lord Fairfax’s household being no exception, for one party alone he had over 5000 pints of beer prepared by a journeyman brewer and some 600 bottles of wine available for the guests.
At the end of the dresser and on the table is a 'draw cloth', used to indicated to the footman that these were finished dishes which could be taken into the Dining Room when required.
Huge quantities of beer were consumed on the estates. Lord Fairfax’s household being no exception, for one party alone he had over 5000 pints of beer prepared by a journeyman brewer and some 600 bottles of wine available for the guests.
At the end of the dresser and on the table is a 'draw cloth', used to indicated to the footman that these were finished dishes which could be taken into the Dining Room when required.
This object is located in the Kitchen
It is categorised as Furniture
This page was last updated on 11 April 2007