Dutch oven, with basting spoon and cylindrical clockwork jack., c. 1850-1900.

Dutch oven, a device for speeding up the roasting of small meats in front of an open fire, with basting spoon and with brass spring-driven bottle jack by Mather and Armstrong of Newcastle, English, 1850-1900

Dutch oven, a device for speeding up the roasting of small meats in front of an open fire, with basting spoon and with brass spring-driven bottle jack by Mather and Armstrong of Newcastle, English, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Domestic Appliances
Object Number:
1962-322
Materials:
metal (unknown) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 1380 mm x 520 mm x 350 mm,
type:
cookware, dutch ovens and ovens
credit:
Parker, J.F.

Parts

Dutch oven

Dutch oven

Dutch oven, a device for speeding up the roasting of small meats in front of an open fire by the reflection of heat from its brightened interior, English, 1850-1900

Measurements:
height 1380 mm
depth 350 mm
width 520 mm
Materials:
whole, metal, sheet metal construction
Object Number:
1962-322 Pt1
type:
dutch oven
Bottle jack by Mather and Armstrong of Newcastle, England, c. 1850-1900.

Bottle jack by Mather and Armstrong of Newcastle, England, c. 1850-1900.

Brass spring-driven bottle jack from which small meats were suspended for roasting in front of open fire, by Mather and Armstrong, Newcastle, 1850-1900

Measurements:
includes game wheel and hook: height 580 mm
includes game wheel: diameter 195 mm
Materials:
whole, brass (cast) and game wheel, hook, iron
Object Number:
1962-322 Pt2
type:
bottle jack
Metal basting spoon, for use in conjunction with a Dutch oven, c. 1850-1900.

Metal basting spoon, for use in conjunction with a Dutch oven, c. 1850-1900.

Metal basting spoon with half-covered top, for use in conjunction with a Dutch oven, English, 1850-1900

Measurements:
overall: 600 mm x 100 mm
Materials:
whole, metal
Object Number:
1962-322 Pt3
type:
basting spoons