Day 15 #100DaysOfOldDays

My husband found this vintage enamel jug in the old hen house at his grandfather’s derelict house. After cleaning it up, we thought about trying to remove the rusty bits. But we decided not to, as it adds to its old-fangled charm.

Enamel has been around for thousands of years. Coating cast iron cooking pots with enamel began in Germany in the 1760’s. By the early 1800’s porcelain enamel lined cookware had made its way to European countries.

Enamel kitchenware is by no means a thing of the past. The cookware of today is coated in a higher grade enamel. For example; Le Creuset, is coated in a glass enamel made with a ‘secret’ enamel recipe.

The enamel mugs and jugs might not be coated with the same high quality enamel as the pots and pans. The mugs have always been a popular choice for campers, and I see they’re back on the mug stands in many homeware stores. 

The jugs are often used these days as a vase for flowers. They’re really pretty.