Scullery maid

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.

[3] Duties of the scullery maid included the most physical and demanding tasks in the kitchen[1] such as cleaning and scouring the floor, stoves, sinks, pots, and dishes.

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.

[6] Scullery maids would rarely have handled fine china, stemware, crystal or plate silver; these were cleaned by housemaids and footmen.

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.