Riddle and grater
Bentall and Company
Category
Agricultural and horticultural equipment
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
2.23 m* (Length)0.74 m* (W)1.50 m* (H)
Place of origin
Heybridge
Collection
Devil's Dyke and Saddlescombe, West Sussex
NT 1516579
Summary
Root chopper or 'riddle and grater'; C.I and angle iron frame supporting feed hopper; rotating drum of open work and contra-rotating bars; chute and revolving feed-screw and chopping blades and belt-drive wheel
Provenance
gift to NT (saddlescombe farm) from Mark Lee, Manor Farm, Poynings (from Charlie Cain, 22.5.02)
Marks and inscriptions
unchokable for steam and WPD Horsepower Bentall and Co. Heybridge Maldon England patent No. 15952
Makers and roles
Bentall and Company