Broiler

1750-1825

Measurements

4-1/4 in x 24-1/8 in x 12-3/8 in (dia)

Materials

Iron

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3633

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The wrought-iron broiler, historically called a gridiron, has a rotating grille set on a tripod base with a long, flat handle.  The circular grille has quadrants of stylized anthemia.

Bibliography

Donald L. Fennimore, Iron at Winterthur (Winterthur, Del.:  The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2004), p. 236, no. 116.