Lot 5•
MANUSCRIPT - COOKERY & HOUSEHOLD Three nineteenth century manuscript receipt books
Ending from 19 June 2025, 12:00 BST
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MANUSCRIPT - COOKERY & HOUSEHOLD
Three nineteenth century manuscript receipt books, written in several hands, the first including some 180 recipes such as "A Drest Crab, either hot or cold", "To make Angel Puddings", "Dutch Flummery", "Fairy Butter", "Floating Island", "To make Indian Pickle", "Small birds in Savory Jelly", "Thatched House Pie", "Purging Pills", "Receipt for a Cough", "Indelible Ink", manuscript armorial of Simon Aris of the Inner Temple affixed to first leaf, c.70 pages, dust-staining and marks, original marbled boards, worn, 4to (230 x 185mm.), first half nineteenth century; the second containing over 160 receipts, such as "Dr Crowthers' Pudding for an Invalid", "Lemon Solid", "Ackworth School Yeast", "Scent Pot", "Treacle Parkin", "Blacking", "Strengthening Jelly", "To make Shoes Water-Proof", "Jenny Lind Pudding", "Directions for keeping Tile Pavement clean, 2 July 1867", "Welcome Guest Pudding", many attributed ("Mrs Speight", "Mrs Woollen", "Mrs Micklethwait"), index, with numerous additional receipts loosely inserted, 30 pages, dust-staining and marks, some leaves loose, original tartan-decorated boards, worn, upper cover detached, lacking spine, 4to (235 x 190mm.); the third dated "July 1875" on inside front board, with some 40 pages of receipts including "Shrewsbury Cakes", "Manchester Pudding", "Jam Sandwiches", etc., many attributed ("Miss Bell", "Mrs E. Lloyd"), index, c.40 pages, dust-staining and marks, original marbled boards, worn with loss, 4to (226 x 178mm.), [nineteenth century] (3)
Footnotes
The second item includes a copy of an "Analysis of Water from our Cistern at the Kitchen Fire", for a Mr Hoyland, Western Bank, Sheffield, and dated 29 March 1851, which declares it "quite free from lead or other injurious impregnation". This may well be the family of portrait painter Henry George Hoyland (1895-1947), whose father George ran a hairdressing business from the family home.