Craftsman's recipe notebook : Alnwick, [ca. 1805].
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Description
- Title
- Craftsman's recipe notebook : Alnwick, [ca. 1805].
- Contributor
- Trotter, Henry.
- Abstract
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Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of recipes for preparing cements and dyes, oils, waxes, varnishes, laquers, solders, metals, ivory, stones, glass, tortoise shell, and other materials used to make and repair clocks and watches; also includes instructions on how to make a seal from any impression, formulas for determining the number of teeth on wheels for an 8-day clock; instructions on making "storm glass" or barameter
The manuscript was possibly a manual that passed down within a family of tradesmen. An entry part, possibly the fourth owner, gives a brief summary of his relationship to the Wardle famiy of Framlington, also Northumberland. Laid in are three leaves (now shelved separately), the first dated 3 June 1810 in which the curate Angus Hutton provides an extract from the Register of Baptism for the Chapelry of Framlington recording the 1726 baptism of Ann, daughter of George Wardle; the second, a copy of a 1725 entry in the Parish Regiser of Alnwick signed by the minister John Johnson recording the christening of Anne daughter of John Marshall, Stony Hills; finally a scrap, not contemporary to the rest of the material, recording the baptism on 2 Oct. 1790, Henry son of Henry and Ann Trotter
Besides recipes related to the watchmaking trade, the notebook includes recipes for dyeing hair and for toothaches; a recipe for making white gunpowder and another for "marking ink"; also a recipe to "brown gun barrels".
- Description
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In English.
On the inside front cover a list of names, James T[rotter], Henry Trotter, Alnwick, and a brief accounting. On back flyleaf: Henry Trotter Oct. 10th, 1805 Alnwick, Northumberland.
1st signature (12 l.) lacking.
Limp vellum, worn, lock broken but clasp in tact, marbled edges.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased from Alex Fotheringham, October 2008.
- Extent
- 1 v. (ca. 50 p.) ; 16 cm.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 179
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Handbooks, manuals, etc
Recipes - Subject (Geographic)
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England.
Alnwick (England) - Subject (Name)
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Wardell family.
Trotter family. - Subject (Topic)
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Clock and watch making
Gilt-bronze clocks
Ivory
Finishes and finishing
Hair
Dyeing and bleaching
Stains and staining
Wood finishing - Subjects
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Wardell family
Trotter family
Clock and watch making > England
Gilt-bronze clocks > England
Ivory > Finishes and finishing
Hair > Dyeing and bleaching
Stains and staining > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Wood finishing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Alnwick (England)
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Craftsman's Recipe Notebook. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8502949
- Object ID (OID)
- 15814274