Cooking mat
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
1950 - 1963
Materials
Asbestos, Steel
Measurements
234 mm (D)
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652409.1
Summary
Cooking mat. Asbestos. Large, circular. Printed instructions, grey design of sunburst. Steel edge trim.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
printed ; on mat ; RADIANT ASBESTOS COOKING MAT \ FOOD WILL NOT BURN OR BOIL OVER \ FOR JAM MAKING - FRUIT PRESERVING - PORRIDGE - STEWS - ETC. FOR SIMMERING AND SLOW COOKING. KEEP DRY. L.B. LONDON. MADE IN ENGLAND. SAVES FUEL. PROTECTS UTENSILS ; ;