Trammel and Roasting Jack
date: label: date made
content: 1750 - 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Combination trammel and roasting jack consisting of a hanging rod or bar suspended by a swivel hook from an S-shaped crosspiece with flattened ball ends; bar has four keyhole-shaped holes and tab at bottom for the adjustable extension (now missing) along with two hooks. All parts tenoned and peened. No marks.
label: Description
content: The unwinding action of tightly-twisted cords tied to the ends of the crosspiece and up in the chimney created the rotation needed to evenly cook the food.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Sudbury
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Sudbury
topic: label: Subject
content: kitchen
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388236A
label: accession number
content: 182022
label: catalog number
content: 388236A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 15 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 38.735 cm x 31.75 cm