51/869

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 iron hanger was used to suspend pots and kettles over the fire in conjunction with a chimney crane or bar, and pot hooks. The hanger was hung by its hooks to the bar, and pot hooks were hung on it in its turn, in order to hold the utensils. // It consists of a horizontal bar 9.25 inches in length with a hook at each end running at right angles to the bar, and reaching 7 inches from it. // See also 51/868L.', 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 51/868), 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, 51/868 and 51/874)

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