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Toasting Fork

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-58725

Description

Toasting fork with a turned chestnut handle, three wrought iron tines with an elevated center tine, and a cylindrical cast iron shaft.

Details

Descriptive Terms

toasting forks
chestnut (wood)
iron (metal)
Tool, Hearth Cooking
Fork, Toasting
Fork, Toasting

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

30 1/2 x 2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2907

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