Roaster
Roaster
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- Description
- Bird or small fowl roaster with six hinged wire hooks (one pair over two pairs) inside the reflector and a vertical, tapered, C-shaped strap handle with scrolled lower terminal on the outside that allows it to stand upright. Made from two pieces joined by a folded seam, then cut and folded at a right angle at bottom to create a drip pan and at a shallow or obtuse angle at top to reflect heat. Continuous wire-rolled rim; handle fastened by bent ends of its wire edges. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- roaster
- date made
- 1800-1900
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- iron wire (rims; hooks material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 11 1/2 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 29.21 cm x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388227
- catalog number
- 388227
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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