Fireplace Cooking and Hearth Utensils and Tools
First Floor - Keeping Room
Other Decorative Arts
Objects described date from mid-18th to mid-19th centuries (not including
20th century reproductions). Condition of all is good considering age and use.
Pair of wrought iron andirons, penny feet with spit hooks, 14”h.
(Provenance: Florene Maine; purchase price: $120.00)
3 pewter plates; unmarked, 8 ¼” d. – 16 ½” d.
Wrought iron 3-tine fork with twist handle (reproduction), 48” l.
Wrought iron ram’s horn handle peel, 45 ½” l.
Wrought iron crane, 40” h. x 55” l.
Trammel and two (9”) S-hooks, trammel: 37” l.
Small saw-tooth trammel (15” l.) with copper Betty lamp (5 ¼” l.)
(Provenance: Morris House, Nov. 1977; purchase price: $110.00)
Copper and wrought iron frying pan with long handle, 19” l.
(Provenance: Frank & Mildred Schulka, November 1967; price: $30.00)
Copper (and alloys) ‘gooseneck’ tea kettle, dovetailed construction; 12 ¼” h.
Wrought iron 3-legged kettle stand (reproduction)
(Provenance: Florene Maine; purchase price: $120.00)
Brass and copper ladle and skimmer, each 20 ¼” l. (reproductions)
Bed warmer with turned maple handle, sunburst engraving on lid, 41” l.
Wrought iron tongs, 20 ½” l.
Ansonia Brass Co. brass bucket with wrought iron handle, 10 ½” d.;
Ansonia, CT, patent 1951