| The close juxtaposition of
old and new items enables the visitor to see the advances in technology of domestic
kitchen and laundry items. Key
features are the still for making illicit alcohol, the iron stove and the
wooden sink.
A significant item of old Devon kitchens
was a cloam oven which was heated up by a fire within. When hot, the fire was raked out
and a bread mix put in and the door sealed up with clay. |