Object number
55/30
Description
A hanger used for suspending pots and kettles over the fire. Dug up from a ditch near the farmhouse at Dodwell Farm in Dodwell, Warwickshire.
This wrought iron hanger has a large hook at one end and a smaller hook at the other. It was used for suspending pots and kettles over the fire, and would be hung from a chimeny crane or chimney bar by the one hook and the utensils hung from the other. It was dug up by the donor in a ditch near the farmhouse at Dodwell Farm in Dodwell, Warwickshire.
Physical description
1 hanger: iron
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This wrought iron hanger was dug up in a ditch near the farmhouse at Dodwell Farm. It is 27 ¾ inches long and has a large hook at one end and a smaller hook at the other. Cooking utensils could be hung over a fire by using this hanger.'
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