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Objekt 1

Kitchen stove

Description

Closed stoves appeared in the second half of the 18th century and gradually replaced the open fire in the kitchen
gradually replaced the open fire in the kitchen. With them, cooking could be done with less consumption of firewood, since the heat was better utilized inside the stove.

Object description

End of 18th/beginning of 19th century

Clay, fired

Inv. 1894.270. Gift Mrs. Weiss-Bieler, Basel

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