he Kitchen as we understand it today was born in the Georgian era with the arrival of early cooking ranges in many homes. Before that, most cooking took place at various types of open fires and hearths with earthen ware.

This is a typical cooking utensil of the Elizabetian Era used in hearths. Vessels were mainly iron works hand forged from old iron with hand tools. At a later period most of the vessels were iron cast and the main sources for cooking was fire hearth. Some of the vessels formed part of the campaign kits and travelled across the globe to help the officers taste Briton wherever they went. Being iron cast, they remain intact even today like this one. This boiler was also used as soup container, primarily to maintain warmth in kitchens that feed large number of people.

This Vegetable Boiler was, sourced from one of the British Planters living in the Shevroyan Hills in Southern India.

This 17th Century open hearth is backed by a beehive oven. These provides a multitude of cooking possibilities along with the main source of heat and light.

This mid-18th Century open hearth fireplace is filled with the many kitchen implements in use during this period.