Toaster, turnover oven, roasting screen, game oven
During the early part of the Victorian period, food was
cooked on a fire in an open hearth. The open fire was central to
cooking throughout the nineteenth century, and it prevailed in many
rural homes well into the twentieth century.
This triangular roaster would also have been known as a toaster,
turnover oven, roasting screen, or a game oven. The back screen
could be rotated from one side to the other, and had five holes for
hooks (only one hook remains).
Small pieces of meat were suspended from the hooks
situated within the curved reflecting hood and the whole oven would
sit on a trivet in front of the fire. It was also possible to bake
small cakes in the shallow drip-tray
Object no :
DMDM088a-c
Collection :
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
height 295mm, width 420mm, depth 280mm
Materials :
NA
Location :
NA
Accession number :
DUMFM:1977.67.2
Copyright :
Dumfries & Galloway Council