William Jones Inventory, Birmingham, 1789
List of Food Products
- Room over the Kitchen: some salt
- In the Garret: 2 Casks with dryed Apples
- In the Kitchen: pewter salt 2/
List of Cooking and Serving Utensils
- East front room up Stairs: Walnut dressing Table; small Shovel & tongs
- West front room up stairs: Glass & other ware on the breast work
- West back room below stairs: 1 pair Andirons 10/
- In the west front room down stairs: 1 Large Oval Table 30/, 1 Smaller Ditto 10/; 1 Walnut Tea Table 20/ 1 painted Table 5/; China ware in the Cupboard; 6 silver Tea spoons, 1 pair Tea tongs 35/, 4 Table spoons silver; 1 Large Table in the East front room down Stairs; 1 Pair And Irons; shovel & tongs; 1 Large Pewter dish; 2 Ditto next size @ 8/4 each; 2 do next size @7/6; 2 Soup dishes @ 5/; 2 small dishes @ 3/; 18 large pewter plates @ 2/6; 6 Soup plates @ 2/4 2 Pewter basons @ 6/ each; 3 Chocolate dishes @ 2/ each; 1 pewter porringer @ 1/, soup spoon 1/6; 2 pint decanters @ 2/6 each; 1 Copper Coffee pot 10/ 1 Stone ditto 2/; 2 Queens ware dishes @ 1/ 1/2 dozen ditto plates; 1/2 ditto smaller 6/; 6 small bowls 2/; 2 Quart muggs 1/6; 6 small ditto 1/6; 6 Teacups handles 6 Saucers 3/9; 3 delph bowls 2/3; 3 small sugar bowls 0/9; 1 Tin Canister 1/6; 1 Stone Jugg 2/6; 15 beer bottles 3/9; 1 Earthen pot 0/8d; 4 Knives & 4 forks W handles 5/ 1 pair scales & weights 18/
- Little room down stairs: 1 Pine Table; 1 Coffee mill
- Room over the Kitchen: 1 Wire sive; 1 Cask
- In the Kitchen: 1 Large pewter dish; 1 small old ditto; 6 pewter plates; 16 Tin pattee pans; 1 Cullinder; 1 Tin Kettle 2/ 6 pewter spoons 1/; 1 Tin Coffee pot & funnel; 3 Old pewter Chocolate dishes 3/; Earthen ware on the dresser; 6 Trenchers 1/ small brass kettle wore out & sauce pan 3/; Bread Toaster, spit Skewers, & Ladle 6/, 4 Iron Candlks 6/ 1 Largest Iron pot 12/, 2nd ditto 7/6 3rd ditto 4/0; 1 small ditto & skillet 1/6 each; 1 Iron Kettle 3/9; 1 Brass Kettle 7/6; 3 pair pot hooks & Griddle 5/ Chafing dish 2/; 1 pair Steelyards 7/6, choping Knife 2/6; 1 pair And Irons 20/, shovel & Tongs 7/6, oven peel 2/; 1 Kneeding Trough 7/6, 1 Table 2/6; 3 pair pot racks @3/9 each; 3 Ceder tubs 1/ each 2/
- Old Kitchen: 1 Large brass Kettle; 1 Tub 1/, 1/2 Bushel measure, 2/ beef tub 2/ 2 sickles 2/; 1 spade & dung fork 8/; Grindstone- hangings
- Back Cellar: 7 Hogshds at 3/9 each; 3 barrels @ 2/6 each; 3 open head Hogshd @ 1/ each; Frying pan & bake Iron 11/3 2 Keggs 2/ 1 Funnel 1/; 1 Cedar Tub 1/6 1 Cheespress 12/ pestal & mortar 7/6; 5 flour bbs 1/3 5 old Hogshd 5/ 68 1/2 lbs of flax at 6d Pr. lb.; 1 Hogshd part full of Vinegar 30/ 1 Tub 2 pails 1/ each; 2 Churns 4/ 1 brass milk pan 12/ Earthen ware 6/; 5 Cheese Vats 10/ 2 Keggs 4/; 2 Sets window Curtains 20/ Omited upstairs
- Old Store: 3 Napkins @ 1; 6 ditto @ 2/6; 2 Diaper Table cloths @ 15/ each; 1 Damask ditto @ 15/ 6 fine damask Napkins @ 5/; 4 small Napkins @ 2/6
Source: Chester County, Pennsylvania Inventories: 1684-1850 p328-331 (See Bibliography)
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