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Catalog Number |
BRK.7.66 |
Object Name |
Trough, Dough |
Description |
A rectangular dough box that was originally made with five pine boards. The sides are stained dark-brown and slope out from the base at an obtuse angle. The sides and base are held together with nails. At the end of the box, two battens serve as handles. The lid is made of one board with two grooved battens on top to serve as handles for lifting the lid off the box. The opposite side of the lid is grooved around the edge as a means to fit onto the box and prevent sliding. |
Year Range from |
1820 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Dimensions |
H-23.5 W-84.3 L-61 cm |
History |
Bread was an important source of food for early settlers in Upper Canada. Prior to baking the bread in the morning, the dough would be placed in a dough box, or huche, the night before; and set next to the hearth's low night-fire. The ambient heat caused the yeast to rise. In the morning, the bread was placed in a separate opening in the main fireplace called a bake oven. The doughbox believed to come from the Woodside farm in Port Credit which was home to the Goldthorpe family. |
People |
Belleghem, Mildred Belford Goldthorpe, John Goldthorpe, John Joseph |