Open hearth cooking utensil or candle holder?

[HurleyLane]

14 inches high, iron, flat bottom, found at old homestead with open hearth. Thanks for any help you can give!

 

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[vhs07]

Maybe a homemade tool to raise and lower canning jars in boiling water??

 

[Indian Steve]

I'm thinking it is to scoop ashes out of a wood stove

 

[ARC]

Pooper scooper.

 

[HurleyLane]

I did find canning cars at the site, so this sounds like a real possibility! Thank you.

 

[SkaBa]

Ash scoop.

 

[HurleyLane]

14 inches high, iron, flat bottom, found at old homestead with open hearth. Thanks for any help you can give!

I added two photos because I can see I did not provide sufficient info. The flat triangular part is only a little more than 2 inches deep, so I am not sure it is big enough to hold much or be a an ash scoop. The handle is 14 inches long. Thanks again.

 

[releventchair]

About the right size to load coals into a bedwarmer with?

 

[Indian Steve]

That sounds like the best answer yet.