Vintage Cookware

Paul and Elayne are moving to a smaller home in town, and so we are some of the blessed recipients of some beautiful kitchenware.

We're not sure what to call this ~ maybe a dinner carry-all. It's made of aluminum and it belonged to Elayne's great aunts. Phoebe was thrilled to be able to keep this to use someday. It would be from Phoebe's great-great-great aunts?

I had requested a Dutch Oven for my birthday and Elayne did me one better and gave me hers! She had a note taped to the bottom of it:

"Dutch oven - Belonged to Grandma Ferguson

Given to her by her mom = 

Great Grandmother Green. 

She also gave one to Lena and Iva and one to Della.

Grandma Ferguson (Matilda) gave it to my

mother who cooked wonderful roast beef in it when I, Elayne, was a child at home. 

Mom gave it to me around 1999-2000."

I believe Elayne said that Grandmother Green had been a Branstetter.

Elayne also gave us this cast iron skillet. 

I've been using it every morning for bacon and eggs and it is so much better than my other skillet! 

Elayne, Aunt Pat, Aunt Anita, Uncle Earl. 

They came over for supper and we had beef roast cooked in the Dutch Oven. 

Splendid all around.

We are so happy to be able to keep these family pieces now that Paul and Elayne have moved into a smaller home and don't have room for them.

The buffet in the back and the table and chairs were bought in 1927 by Roy and Ethel Gore when they got married. I believe they got it from Waters Furniture in town (which we also shopped at for a rocking chair when Lanaya Elizabeth was born. The store is now closed.). So Paul grew up with this set and Phillip grew up with this set and now our kids get a little taste of it too. It's made of walnut and it's really so well made and well preserved.

The oil lamp on the buffet ~ the glass top is from Elayne's Grandma Ferguson (Tildie = Roger's mother). 

We also received this little set of drawers. It used to hold a washbowl, and we think it came with the dining room set. Elayne repainted it a few years ago using a crackle technique. We may paint it at some point with a different color that matches our room a little better. It holds our games and some homeschool stuff.