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A hanger used to suspend cooking utensils at varying heights over an open hearth.
This wrought iron hanger was used to suspend cooking utensils at varying heights over an open hearth. There is a large hook at one end from which it would be hung, and three hooks at the other from which the cooking utensils would be hung. Nothing is known of its origin.

1 hanger; metal [wrought iron]; fair condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'The hanger was used to suspend cooking utensils at varying heights over an open hearth. It usually consisted of an upright with a hook at either end and a varying number of hooks welded onto the upright. // This hanger has an upright 17.5 inches long and .6 inches wide. There is a large hook at one end by which it hung from the chimney bar and three smaller ones at the other, from which the cooking utensil would hang. It is made of wrought iron.', Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // The Fire and Hearth // 17. Hanger for chimney. . Thomas Belcher // 18. small hanger . . . Sally Stoter // 19. another . . . Turner found on the dump’ (These 3 descriptions could potentially be in reference to any of the hangers in the collection – 51/874, 51/873, 51/515, 51/868 and 51/869), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 65 // Hanger // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/874, 51/873, 51/868 and 51/869)

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
Belcher, Thomas
Stoter, Sally
Turner, Albert