Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 203
S. From a consideration of fenders we aredrawn by a naturaltransition to coalscuttles and coalvases. The scuttle as shownin Fig. 1 is by no meansan ornamental article.It stands on a foot,and is low and open inshape, varying from14m. to i8in. in height,and in price from is. 3d. to 6s. The… … Fig 3 Fig 2. Fig- 1 COAL SCUTTLE, COAL HOD, AND COAL VASE. The Mouse and its furniture. take up less room, but are awkward to handle. Hand-scoops for ordinary coalscuttles are sold at is. Coal-scoops, japanned and enriched with a gold fillet, andhaving hand-scoops to match, maybe bought at prices…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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