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Recipe Book owned by Ann Phelps of Withybush House, 1776 ('Soup & Boulie') [image 18 of 46]
Recipe Book owned by Ann Phelps of Withybush House, 1776 ('vegetable soup' and 'raisin pudding') [image 19 of 46]
Recipe Book owned by Ann Phelps of Withybush House, 1776 ('green pea soup' etc) [image 24 of 46]
  • This is a volume of recipes, herbal remedies and household hints, compiled during the mid-nineteenth century (c.1845) and owned by Lady de Rutzen of Slebech Hall (near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire). It contains an interesting assortment of recipes, including 'calves feet jelly', 'hare soup', goosebery wine and the intriguingly-named 'Staffordshire Yeomanry Pudding'. The herbal remedies include cures for 'corns', 'gnat bites' and 'sea sickness' as well as a medicine which was believed to alleviate whooping cough. Among the 'household hints' we find advice on the cleaning and varnishing of pictures, how 'to take spots out of Marble', how to 'prevent water penetrating boots or shoes', as well as recipes for homemade soap and the removal of iron mould from linen. Prior to the advent of modern, manufactured products, housekeepers and housewives had to devise their own cleaning agents, often using 'recipes', such as these, which had been handed down through the generations.
Recipe Book owned by Lady de Rutzen, Slebech Hall, c.1845 [image 1 of 31]
  • 'Cawl' bowls were made in the Llanelli factory to sell in Wales. 'Cawl' was the staple diet for families in the country or towns; it consists of a clear soup made of boiled meat, vegetables with ample chopped parsley. The bowl is decorated with sponge decoration. The pottery made in the factory at this time was of poor quality, which had a tendency to 'craze' into fine cracks. Dimensions: height 7.7cm, diameter 16cm.
'Cawl' or soup bowl from Llanelli Pottery, early 20th century
  • The pattern on these items is hand painted. Large dinner and tea services were sold at local markets and were popular in south Wales. However, the quality of the pottery and the hand painting was often poor. Green, red, black and blue were the most popular Persian Rose colours but the pattern is also found in blue and white. Dimensions: 24.5 cm high. Made at the Guest and Dewsbury factory, Llanelli.
Soup tureen, cover, stand and ladle, Persian Rose pattern, Llanelli Pottery [image 1 of 2]