Spit jack
Category
Brassware
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Lead, Textile, Wood, Wrought iron
Measurements
312 x 290 x 350 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333506
Summary
Spit jack of wrought iron and brass, complete with wooden pulleys to drive the spit. Lead fly wheel. Decorative brass front. Fixed to chimney breast. Rope from the main body pinned to beam over metal pulley and held by a cast iron weight.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.