Charleston SC iron top stew stove

Aiken-Rhett House's original stew stove, left. Gov. William Aiken added the stewstove with cast iron top to the kitchen in the outbuilding in 1858. I've seen cast iron tops on stew stoves, and each is wonderfully different. Charleston and tea are the focus of three upcoming talks.

The first talk is this Wednesday evening by the always interesting David Shields. I literally just found the talks today, so had to change my planned post, but don't have time to go into great detail on the iron top stew stoves.

Nov 1 Wed 6 An Invitation to Tea with Mrs. D. “some peculiarities of Charleston tea culture, and changes from pre-Revolutionary to post-Revolutionary in tea rituals and consumption.” TEA TIME: Culture, Consumption and Controversy in Colonial America. David S. Shields. The Powder Magazine Museum. Charleston, SC $10 HERE

Nv 8 Wed 6 Hoisted Casks, Teetering Tables, and Broken Cups: A Material Culture of Tea in Revolutionary America. Tea Time series. Part Two. Amy Smart Martin author of Buying into the World of Goods: Early Consumers in Backcountry Virginia. The Powder Magazine Museum. Charleston, SC $10 HERE

Nov 15 Wed 6 Charleston: The Tea Party That Wasn't? TEA TIME: Culture, Consumption and Controversy in Colonial America: Part Three. Dr. James Fichter upcoming book Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773–1776. The Powder Magazine Museum. Charleston, SC $10 HERE

Stew Stove blog posts HERE
Working stew stoves in museums HERE
Tea taped talks HERE


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CALENDAR OF VIRTUAL FOOD HISTORY TALKS HERE


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