Bottle Jack
date: label: date made
content: ca 1810 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Roasting jack or spit engine consisting of a tall, slender, cylindrical shaft with astragal-arched hanging loop mounted on top of a larger cylinder containing a spring-powered mechanism that winds up with the attached key; conical turning tip with small suspension hook extends through opening in the flat hexagonal base plate and rotates both clockwise and counterclockwise for even roasting. Keyhole with swing cover on front above a semicircular nameplate embossed "JOHN LINWOOD" in a scroll-ended, beaded band arched over an oak tree and "WARRANTED" across bottom. Underside of base plate struck incuse "10" with "WARRANTED" curved below.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Linwood of Birmingham, England. He is believed to have started making roasting jacks around 1800 and registered his oak tree mark at the Birmingham assay office in 1807. He was succeeded by E.B. Bennett & Co. (active mid 19th century) who continued using his name and trademark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
topic: label: Subject
content: Cooking
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Kitchen utensils
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0090.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0090
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0090.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jack, roasting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (housing material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (hook; key; hardware; clockwork parts material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (spring and other clockwork parts material)
label: Measurements
content: jack, bottle: 4 1/16 in x 4 1/16 in x 15 in; 10.31875 cm x 10.31875 cm x 38.1 cm