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Clock Jack

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1780-1830

GUSN

GUSN-59920

Description

Spool winch at the center with a rectangular frame on two trestle feet and a scroll top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spits
casting (process)
iron (metal)
Tool, Hearth Cooking
Jack, Roasting
Jack, Roasting

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 9 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.3465

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