Posted 6 years ago
CAD1949
(702 items)
THIS LITTLE ASH SHOVEL IS CAST METAL. WEIGHS ABOUT 3 LBS. THE DATE IN THE HANDLE LOOKS TO BE 18-8 NOT SURE. NO MAKERS MARK.15 1/2 INCHES OVERALL LENGTH. UPON ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE NUMBERS ARE APPARENTLY 1626, I GUESS A MODEL NUMBER.
Maybe a "peel/piel" for taking bread etc. out of an oven.
It looks like an old bed/sheet warmer
I never saw an ash shovel without rounded sides to keep the ash from falling off. I sooner think it was used to put perhaps a bread pan in a bee hive oven etc. I have seen and restored a number of bee hive ovens and this is quite similar to implements I have seen folks have set beside it. Just my 2 cents.
Looks like this one may be a copy of yours.
https://picclick.com/Vintage-Cast-Iron-15%E2%80%9D-Coal-Shovel-Scoop-1626-263875398510.html
One more link for you.
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/VINTAGE-14-INCH-CAST-IRON-SHOVEL-COAL-ASH-SCOOP-1926-NMC-CO-Chicago-29-OZ-/232745709982?hash=item3630b9b19e
Frisco - I would say you are correct. The picture is so bad I couldn't see the rolled up edges. I downloaded the picture and changed it to a negative black and white and I can now see it more clearly.
Fhrjr2, I know what you mean. Optical allusions and less than great eyesight can change things for me as well.