Rare Victorian Etiquette and Recipe Book- Ladies' Handbook and Household Assistant circa 1888 cucina magra cucina sana you'd stop into the housewares

you'd stop into the housewares section of your local discount store and find one just like this

green and orange Golden Acacia pattern

of rosy-cheeked dinner mates and a table set full of color and candlelight and all the good cheer one could muster

And there is what looks to be a small blemish in the glazing (less than 1/4" inch in length) that occurred during the manufacturing process near the inside rim

loose threads or pulled fabric

Rare Victorian Etiquette and Recipe Book- Ladies' Handbook and Household Assistant circa 1888 cucina magra cucina sana you'd stop into the housewaresA Manual of Religious and Table Etiquette; A Selection of Choice Recipes For Plain and Fancy Cooking and a Compend of Rules, Tables, and Suggestions of Infinite Value in Every Household (from the title page) {HISTORY} Before church cookbooks came in spiral bound form printed on thin paper and stuffed to the gills with recipes fresh from the typewriter, they came in hardbound covers with gold gilt lettering and artfully displayed ads tucked between