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1700-1850
Small Game Roaster
Probably United States
92.0.129.133
Wild game was an important food source for colonial Americans. People ate deer, bear, wild turkey, rabbits and small birds.
This wrought iron roaster, a more specialized piece of fireplace cooking equipment, was used to roast small game like rabbits, fish or birds in front of the fire. Women attached the meat to the rectangular frame by the spikes around its perimeter. A drip pan placed below caught the juices. |
