Drum bellows
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, leather and wood
Measurements
1160 mm (H)750 mm (W)440 mm (H)1210 mm (Length)
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 106713
Summary
Pair of drum bellows in iron frame, bearing branded mark x2 'Poole RDC'. Wooden lever/handle. Leather bellows with iron studding. Wooden bellows drum top and base. Rubber connecting hose to tuyere (blast pipe).The long handle allowed the bellows to be operated one-handed, freeing the other hand to manipulate the iron in the fire. These bellows are connected to hearth F1 which has a firebrick tuyere. Iron frame and weights, wooden lever/handle.