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This is an adjustable wrought iron meat hook for suspending meat in front of a fire for roasting. The height was adjusted by the hook and eye mechanism. It dates from the eighteenth century.

1 meat hook: metal (wrought iron)

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is an adjustable meat hook for suspending meat in front of the roasting fire. The height of the hook could be regulated on the hook and eye principle over a range of 6 inches up or down. // It is made of wrought iron and when fully extended measures 20 inches.', No Victoria & Albert Museum No. recorded.

1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31

Eighteenth century