Roasting Jack Model
date: label: date made
content: 1834
label: patent date
content: 1834-04-28
notes: label: Description
content: Part of a patent model (U.S. Patent No. 8,173X) of a roasting jack, made by Ezra Whitman of Winthrop, ME, and patented on April 28, 1834. No marks on object, but a darkened paper tag tied with a red or purple (faded) wove ribbon is printed and handwritten (in ink) with the patent information for the "Roasting-Jack". Based on the patent drawing, several parts are missing from this model.
label: Description
content: Patentee is believed to be Ezra Whitman, Jr. (b. 1812), son of clockmaker Ezra Whitman (1769-1851) and brother of Luther Whitman (b. 1802) who founded Whitman Agricultural Works in Winthrop, ME, where this roasting jack was probably produced.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Winthrop
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251419
label: catalog number
content: 251419
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jack, roasting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 7 in x 5 1/2 in; 32.0675 cm x 17.78 cm x 13.97 cm