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Trammel Hook

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1800-1830

GUSN

GUSN-59896

Description

Ratchet type trammel with a cylindrical hook at the top and a flattened adjustable hook bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hearths
casting (process)
iron (metal)
Tool, Hearth Cooking
Pothook
Trammel
Trammel

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

42 1/2 x 5 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3439

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