Antique Early Metalware 18thc Full Set Of Meat Skewers And Holder Dated 1722 Engraved TH

A rare set of 18thc English iron meat skewers complete with original shaped holder....these would have been used by the "down-hearth" fire , when cooking meat and would have helped keep the meat together on the spit as it cooked slowly...it is very unusual to have a complete set of skewers as usually they were discarded or lost over the years of constant use in the large household....and even rarer to have such an early date 1722 with the owners initials T. H. ....for an illustration of early meat skewers see "Iron and Brass Implements of the English House" by J.Seymour Lindsay , first illustration in the book of a sixteenth century Surrey down-hearth. English. C1722.