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Kettle Tilter Hook

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2527

Description

Small iron hook on twisted shaft with a turned and incised wood handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hooks (fasteners)
cookware
incising
iron (metal)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
wrought
Wood
Iron
Wrought
Turned
Incised
Hook

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/2 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.577

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