Folio 1, Page 29, Verso
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Title
Folio 1, Page 29, Verso
Subject
Recipe for Best Rose Water
Description
Best Lavender Water
8 pennyweight of oil of Lavender
3┌d┐ram of musk & 3 of Ber-
gamot, put into a Quart of Sprits of
Wine with about an ounce of fine
Sugar- Put them into a well corke’d bottle & shake them often
8 pennyweight of oil of Lavender
3┌d┐ram of musk & 3 of Ber-
gamot, put into a Quart of Sprits of
Wine with about an ounce of fine
Sugar- Put them into a well corke’d bottle & shake them often
Raised (superscript) letters are lowered, contractions are expanded, and added letters italicised retaining the apostrophe. Raised text┌ ┐
Creator
Charlotte Starkie
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1808
Rights
Site licence
Format
Handwritten text on a page of a paper document.
This is the back cover of Folio 1.
This is the back cover of Folio 1.
Language
English
Type
Paper document.
Back cover
Back cover
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Best Lavender Water
8 pennyweight of Oil of Lavender 3 d of musk and 3 of Bergamot, put into a Qt of Sprits of Wine with about an ounce of fine Sugar- Put them into a well cork’d bottle & shake them often A pennyweight is 1⁄20 of an ounce. The pennyweight lost its official status in the United Kingdom in the Weights and Measures Act of 1878.
Spirits of Wine is Ethanol.
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Citation
Charlotte Starkie, “Folio 1, Page 29, Verso,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed October 21, 2026, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/44.
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