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href="/wiki/Jean-Sim%C3%A9on_Chardin" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Siméon Chardin">Jean-Siméon Chardin</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Great_house" title="Great house">great houses</a>, <b>scullery maids</b> were the lowest-ranked and often the youngest of the female <a href="/wiki/Domestic_worker" title="Domestic worker">domestic servants</a><sup id="cite_ref-Modern_girl_too_'soft'_for_1900s_life_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Modern_girl_too_'soft'_for_1900s_life-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and acted as assistants to a <a href="/wiki/Kitchen_maid_(domestic_worker)" title="Kitchen maid (domestic worker)">kitchen maid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span 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Along with the junior kitchen-maid, the scullery maid did not eat at the communal servants' dining hall table, but in the kitchen in order to keep an eye on the food that was still cooking.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Duties of the scullery maid included the most physical and demanding tasks in the <a href="/wiki/Kitchen" title="Kitchen">kitchen</a><sup id="cite_ref-Modern_girl_too_'soft'_for_1900s_life_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Modern_girl_too_'soft'_for_1900s_life-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as cleaning and scouring the floor, stoves, sinks, pots, and dishes. After scouring the plates in the <a href="/wiki/Scullery_(room)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scullery (room)">scullery</a>, she would leave them on racks to dry. The scullery maid also assisted in cleaning vegetables, plucking fowl, and scaling fish.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Book_of_Household_Management"><i>The Book of Household Management</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scullery_maid&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Book of Household Management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote> <p>The duties of the scullery-maid are to assist the cook; to keep the scullery clean, and all the metallic as well as earthenware kitchen utensils. </p><p>The position of scullery-maid is not, of course, one of high rank, nor is the payment for her services large. But if she be fortunate enough to have over her a good kitchen-maid and clever cook, she may very soon learn to perform various little duties connected with cooking operations, which may be of considerable service in fitting her for a more responsible place. Now, it will be doubtless thought by the majority of our readers, that the fascinations connected with the position of the scullery-maid, are not so great as to induce many people to leave a comfortable home in order to work in a scullery. </p><p> —<a href="/wiki/Mrs._Beeton" class="mw-redirect" title="Mrs. Beeton">Mrs. Beeton</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Household_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="The Book of Household Management">The Book of Household Management</a></i>, published 1861<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_duties">Additional duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scullery_maid&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Additional duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/440px-Dutch_-_Scullery_Maid_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5001" data-file-height="3546" /></a><figcaption>Scullery maids cleaned metallic and earthenware kitchen utensils, but not fine <a href="/wiki/Porcelain" title="Porcelain">china</a>, stemware, <a href="/wiki/Crystal" title="Crystal">crystal</a> or plate <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The scullery maid provided hot water for the <a href="/wiki/Scullery" title="Scullery">scullery</a>, kitchen tasks, and household. In addition to her other tasks, the scullery maid had to keep the scullery clean by clearing away meat and vegetable garbage, scrubbing work tables, and swilling the floors. The water was carried through a drain outside the house.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scullery maids would rarely have handled fine <a href="/wiki/Porcelain" title="Porcelain">china</a>, stemware, <a href="/wiki/Crystal" title="Crystal">crystal</a> or plate <a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">silver</a>; these were cleaned by <a href="/wiki/Maid" title="Maid">housemaids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Footman" title="Footman">footmen</a>. Before the advent of central heating systems, scullery maids were required to light the fires on the kitchen stove and supply hot water for tea and washing. She performed these tasks in the morning before the cook came down to the kitchens.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Household" title="Household">household</a> with no <a href="/wiki/Between_maid" title="Between maid">between maid</a>, the scullery maid may also have waited on staff in the <a href="/wiki/Servants%27_hall" title="Servants' hall">Servants' hall</a>, although this may have been assigned to another maid or a junior footman. In the days before the indoor <a href="/wiki/Water_closet" class="mw-redirect" title="Water closet">water closet</a> she may have been required to empty and clean the servants' <a href="/wiki/Chamber_pot" title="Chamber pot">chamber pots</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This work has, in modern (i.e. the nineteenth century) times, primarily been performed by women, but in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval</a> households female domestics were relatively rare. A male servant performing the tasks described above would be called a <b>scullion</b>. In 1386, when the <a href="/wiki/English_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="English Parliament">English Parliament</a> requested the removal of certain of <a href="/wiki/Richard_II_of_England" title="Richard II of England">Richard II</a>'s ministers, the king infamously responded that he would not dismiss so as much as a scullion from his kitchen at parliament's request.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The root of the word scullery is the 1300–50 French word "escuelerie" (pronounced <i>squillerye</i> < equivalent to <i>escuele</i> -dish (< L scutella, dim. of scutra pan) + <i>rie</i> -ry.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_scullery_maids">Fictional scullery maids</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scullery_maid&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fictional scullery maids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fairy_Tales">Fairy Tales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scullery_maid&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fairy Tales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Cap-o%27-Rushes" title="Cap-o'-Rushes">Cap-o'-Rushes</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Catskin" title="Catskin">Catskin</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Katie_Woodencloak" title="Katie Woodencloak">Katie Woodencloak</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Mossycoat" title="Mossycoat">Mossycoat</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Allerleirauh" title="Allerleirauh">Allerleirauh</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Donkeyskin" title="Donkeyskin">Donkeyskin</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_and_Her_Destiny" title="Catherine and Her Destiny">Catherine and Her Destiny</a></li> <li>The heroine of <a href="/wiki/The_Fish_and_the_Ring" title="The Fish and the Ring">The Fish and the Ring</a></li> <li>The title character of <a href="/wiki/Maid_Maleen" title="Maid Maleen">Maid Maleen</a></li> <li>The prince of <a href="/wiki/Iron_Hans" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Hans">Iron Hans</a>, as a scullion</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Works">Other Works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scullery_maid&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Becky in the 1905 children's novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Princess" title="A Little Princess">A Little Princess</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_White_(Disney_character)" title="Snow White (Disney character)">Snow White</a> in the 1937 film <i><a href="/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)" title="Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)">Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</a></i>.</li> <li>Katerina in the 1938 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_Downstairs_(film)" title="The Girl Downstairs (film)">The Girl Downstairs</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(Disney_character)" title="Cinderella (Disney character)">Cinderella</a> in the 1950 film <i><a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(1950_film)" title="Cinderella (1950 film)">Cinderella</a></i>.</li> <li>Lavinia in the 1970 children's novel <i><a href="/wiki/Thursday%27s_Child_(Streatfeild_novel)" title="Thursday's Child (Streatfeild novel)">Thursday's Child</a></i>.</li> <li>Ruby Finch in the 1971–1975 television series <i><a href="/wiki/Upstairs,_Downstairs_(1971_TV_series)" title="Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)">Upstairs, Downstairs</a></i>.</li> <li>Annette in the 1973 novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_(novel)" title="The Princess Bride (novel)">The Princess Bride</a></i>.</li> <li>Evangeline in the 2005 film <i><a href="/wiki/Nanny_McPhee" title="Nanny McPhee">Nanny McPhee</a></i>.</li> <li>Lady Tremaine and Drizella in the 2007 film <a href="/wiki/Cinderella_III:_A_Twist_in_Time" title="Cinderella III: A Twist in Time">Cinderella III: A Twist in Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Mason" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisy Mason">Daisy Mason</a> in the 2010–2015 television series <i><a href="/wiki/Downton_Abbey" title="Downton Abbey">Downton Abbey</a></i>.</li> <li>Bridget in the 2016 animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Trolls_(film)" title="Trolls (film)">Trolls</a></i>.</li> <li>Demelza in the 2015–2019 British television series <i><a href="/wiki/Poldark_(2015_TV_series)" title="Poldark (2015 TV series)">Poldark</a></i>.</li> <li>Robyn in the 2020 animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfwalkers" title="Wolfwalkers">Wolfwalkers</a>.</i></li> <li>Arabella in the 2006 children's novel <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rebel%27s_Daughter:_The_1837_Rebellion_Diary_of_Arabella_Stevenson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson (page does not exist)">Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson</a></i></li> <li>Bridget in the 2022 TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gilded_Age_(TV_series)" title="The Gilded Age (TV series)">The Gilded Age</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elora_Danan" title="Elora Danan">Elora Danan</a> in the 2022 TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/Willow_(TV_series)" title="Willow (TV series)">Willow</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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