- Title:
- Hackney Workhouse pewter bowl
- Object name(s):
- Bowl
- Brief description:
- This pewter bowl was used in the Hackney Workhouse, where people who were unable to support themselves could work in exchange for food and a bed. Supported by the local parish, authorities tried to keep the cost of running the workhouse low, and were slow to upgrade facilities. In a report on Hackney Workhouse in 1866, the pewter plates are described as "old and repulsive" . A female resident of the workhouse remembers pewter utensils still in use between 1910 - c.1920, before being gradually exchanged for white enamel.
- Collection:
- Hackney Museum
- Object name:
- Bowl
- Object number:
- 1989.104
- Object production date:
- 1880 = 1910
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f29ea205-2a6f-3eef-8ebf-92dab559045d, Hackney Museum, CC BY-NC
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