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KITCHEN ICON MASON CASH

I t isn’t every kitchenware company that gets its products photographed with four generations of Royals but Mason Cash has that honour. The traditional cane mixing bowl and white pudding basins Mason Cash are known for, were used by The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince George, to prepare puddings for the Royal British Legion’s Together at Christmas charity appeal last year. The same iconic mixing bowl also appeared in official photography, released by Kensington Palace when Royal Baker Claire Ptak chose it to create the lemon and elderflower buttercream- adorned wedding cake for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018. “Mason Cash is a brand steeped in British heritage and we were honoured when Claire Ptak chose our iconic bowl to use in the making of the Royal Wedding Cake and again, when they were used by the Royal Family as part of a charity initiative last Christmas,” says Paul Donnelly, Senior Brand Manager of Mason Cash.   The origins of the brand date back to 1800 and a pottery in Church Gresley. This Derbyshire village was seen as the heart of the English ceramics industry at the time. It was located close to all the raw materials and fuel services required to make ceramics, with the advantage of good transport links. The pottery in question created kitchenware, sometimes known as ‘yellow ware’, due to the colour of the clay. Numerous Master Potters oversaw production; the most colourful character being known as ‘Bossy’ Mason, which is where the Mason name originated. In 1901 Tom Cash acquired the pottery and added his name, creating Mason Cash & Co. During that same year, the pottery designed and manufactured the very first iconic Mason Cash mixing bowl, one that has barely altered since and has gone on to become an enduring classic. Made from high-quality, chip-resistant earthenware, it was designed to be heavy enough to stand when mixing, yet light enough to hold comfortably in one arm. The distinct patterned exterior and rim help bakers grip and tip the bowl and it has become synonymous with baking ever since. The business expanded its range, moving into petware in 1947 and continued to produce Causing a stir

RIGHT: A worker digs up the clay used to make the iconic mixing bowls in this photograph, believed to date back to 1977. BELOW RIGHT: Another image from the late 1970s – here a mould is used to create the iconic pattern of the mixing bowl. The machine, which was known as a rolling machine with an attached ‘jigger’, creates the smooth inner surface of the bowls.

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