Broiler
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Wire broiler or toaster made of two rectangular racks hinged with three S or figure-8 hooks opposite handles. Racks have 19 parallel vertical bars hooked over crimped top and bottom pieces; two bars at center of each rack form a looped, twisted wire handle, the two handles are held closed with a bent wire ring. No marks.
label: Description
content: Could be used for broiling or toasting food held between the gridirons. An identical example is illustrated in the 1895 Montgomery Ward & Co. catalog, p. 439; it was available in six sizes (9"x6" with 9 bars to 9"x13 1/2" with 19 bars) ranging in price from $.12 to $.20.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Morgantown
label: place used
content: United States: West Virginia, Morgantown
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.329467
label: catalog number
content: 329467
label: accession number
content: 88149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: broiler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wire, iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 14 1/8 in x 21 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 35.8775 cm x 54.2925 cm