Yesterday, Easter Monday, my parents and I visited the Dutch bakery museum that is situated in a little town called Hattem. Our main reason for the visit was of course to find out more about waffle irons, but as it was also a very nice day, we took the opportunity to have a wander around the town.
The following is a photo impression of our day in Hattem and the bakery museum.
Hattem is still partially surrounded by protective walls, which were built in the 15th century. The centre of the town is focused around the church.
The picturesque square around the church.
One of Hattem’s remaining gates.
Interior of the bakery museum.
One of the waffle irons on display in the museum. It has a similar decoration as the Rabbers waffle iron. To compare see the picture in the post The Waffle Iron.
Another of the museums waffle irons, this one with a decoration of flowers, birds and double loops.
This waffle iron seems to have a lion in the middle surrounded by stylised flowers and double loops.
From the pictures of the museum waffle irons, it is clear that double loops are not an unusual form of decoration. This seems to put a bit of a dent in my cousin’s theory about the loops depicting our ancestor Radbod. I do however need to find out more about the age of our waffle iron and other forms of decorations, so this story has a way to go yet.
More pictures of our trip to Hattem are posted on my Facebook Page.
What a lovely little village Hattem is!
Is there some waffle iron expert who could decipher the various designs and give you more history on the patterns themselves? I know that on a few antique items I own (mostly china) the designs actually tell a story about where they are from and sometimes which family they belonged to originally, but it takes a lot of digging to find someone who knows how to “read” the patterns.
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Yes, you’re right, Trisha, it is very well possible that our iron tells a story as well.
Unfortunately the curator of the museum had a day off on Easter Monday, so there was no one who could tell me more about the waffle irons. But they gave me the curator’s email address, so I’m going to send him some pictures of the decoartions on our iron, in the hope he can shed some light on it.
What a charming town. Good luck finding out more about the Rabbers waffle iron. Interested to see what you find out.
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It really does just look like sweet little charming town from the photos, and good luck finding out about your own waffle iron! :-)
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