Introduction to the Collection

Joel Schiff was essentially an anthropologist. He devoted 40 years of his life assembling a vast collection of antique and vintage cast iron cookware. His lifelong wish was to establish a museum of the hearth and kitchen from 1600’s to 1950’s.

The express purpose of the collection was intended for the potential acquisition by a 501 c3 institution.

– Jeffrey Schiff, Sole Trustee. Photo: English teakettle c. 1840

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Photos on Home page:  European Waffle Maker c. 1890’s  .  Two Tetsubin teapots (left) Village hut haystack design, (right) Arare Hailstone pattern   .  Enameled Griswold No. 5 Skillet  . Ebelskivers and Platt Pan  .  American coffee roaster with clockwork drive, very scarce, c. 1890’s  .  English and American Porringers c. 1810-1830’s  .  English and American Spiders c. 1790’s- 1830’s