"Chesterman's Patent Lever" Bottle Jack
date: label: date made
content: 1855 - 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Roasting jack or spit engine consisting of a tall, slender, cylindrical shaft with hanging hook mounted on top of a larger cylinder containing a spring-powered mechanism; conical turning tip with small suspension hook extends through opening in the flat hexagonal base plate and rotates the suspended cast iron spit wheel with sliding hanging rings. Rectangular embossed nameplate for "CHESTERMAN'S / PATENT LEVER / ROAST-JACK / SHEFFIELD."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
label: place used
content: United States: New England
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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.388233
label: catalog number
content: 388233
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jack, roasting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: circular box containing winding gear: 56 in x 21 in x 15 3/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 142.24 cm x 53.34 cm x 40.005 cm x 11.1125 cm
label: Measurements
content: metal ring: 2 7/16 in x 6 3/16 in; 6.19125 cm x 15.71625 cm