51/874

This is an iron hanger for an outdoor fire. It has a point at one end, which was driven into the ground, and an S hook at the other from which a utensil could be hung over the fire.

1 Hanger for outdoor fire: metal (iron); good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This hanger is 3 feet 3.5 inches long and made from iron. The first 1 foot 9 inches from the point being straight, the bar is bent into an S bend from that point.', MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 51/873 – 'These hangers were usually made from a single tubular bar of iron with a point at one end and an S hook at the other. The bar was curved in such a way that when the point was driven into the ground, a cooking utensil could be hung centrally over the fire from the final curve of the hook.', 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 51/515, 51/873, 51/868 and 51/869)

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