51/868

This iron hanger was used for suspending pots and kettles over the fire. It would be hung from a chimeny crane or chimney bar by the two hooks, and the utensils would be hung from the hanger on pot hooks. Nothing is known of its origin.

Hanger: metal

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is an iron hanger used for suspending pots and kettles over the fire. It was used in conjunction with a chimney crane (see 51/163M), or a chimney bar, which was fixed horizontally across the chimney, and was designed to hold two or more utensils. It consists of an iron bar, 10.75 inches in length, with two hooks at right angles, 5 inches above the bar. The hooks would be slipped over the bar of the crane, and the utensils hung on the hanger by means of two or more pot hooks, (see 51/875 L).', Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 159-160. Two hangers on the crane for supporting pots.' (The other one could be 51/869), 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. The descriptions appear on a separate list from the main original one, potentially compiled at a later date?), 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, 51/874 and 51/869)

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