Pothook

A pothook (or pot hook) is an S-shaped metal hook for suspending a pot over a fire.

Not to be confused with Pothoek.

Usage

While one extremity of the pothook is hooked to the handle of the pot, the other is caught upon an iron crane moving on a pivot over the fire. Later stoves obviated the necessity for this arrangement, but in the early twentieth century it was still to be seen in great numbers of country cottages and farmhouse kitchens all over England, and in small artisan's houses in the West Midlands and the North.

Writing

In the elementary teaching of writing, a glyph of similar shape is called a pothook.

Gallery

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  A dining room illustrated in American Homes and Gardens (July, 1913)[1]
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  A Japanese Irori with Jizaikagi
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  A camp cooking pot hook
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  A wrought iron pot hook
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  A steel nib with a sample of writing (A b c: the ascender of the "b" is an example of a pothook)

References and notes

1. The dining-room ... chimney in great patches as it did of yore. The Dutch oven is still intact, and over the chimney breast the fowling pieces are suspended, while on the pot hook and trammels, huge iron pots and kettles hang. The rabbit broiler, waffle iron, toasting fork and skillet rest conveniently near. Before that monstrous fire place, the family used to sit ...

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pothook". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

See also

• Jizaikagi - Irori's pothook.