Toast Rack
1833-1834 (made)
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Toast racks, designed to hold a selection of toast on the breakfast table, first appeared in the 1780s as part of the general refinement of dining customs among the middle classes. A variety of designs was initially explored (for example, articulated racks) before the simple arrangement of parallel arches became standard.
The manufacturing business of Edward Barnard and Sons was a large and successful firm supplying retailers all over the country with good quality silver.
The manufacturing business of Edward Barnard and Sons was a large and successful firm supplying retailers all over the country with good quality silver.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised and chased, with applied pieces |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1833-34, mark of Barnard and Sons |
| Physical description | Silver, oblong base with gadrooned borders, the corners enriched with shell and leaf ornaments; on four scroll feet, seven arched and reeded divisions, the centre surmounted by a ring handle with shell and leaf decoration. Engraved with a crest. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Reginald Dyson |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 43 / 1020 Bequest - R J Dyson Esq. The manufacturing business of Edward Barnard and Sons was a large and successful firm supplying retailers all over the country with good quality silver. |
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| Summary | Toast racks, designed to hold a selection of toast on the breakfast table, first appeared in the 1780s as part of the general refinement of dining customs among the middle classes. A variety of designs was initially explored (for example, articulated racks) before the simple arrangement of parallel arches became standard. The manufacturing business of Edward Barnard and Sons was a large and successful firm supplying retailers all over the country with good quality silver. |
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| Accession number | M.38-1943 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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