[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
59/244
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This wrought iron kettle tilter, or 'idleback', would have hung from a chimney crane or hanger so that the kettle could be tipped without removing it from the fire. It is Sussex-made and dates from the eighteenth century.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 kettle tilter: metal, wrought iron
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Pre-MERL list / description – [Victoria and Albert Museum] ‘Ironwork objects for transfer to Museum of English Rural Life, Reading ... No. 15. Kettle-tilter. ('Idleback'). Wrought iron. English (Sussex): 18th. century.'
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Sussex
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Eighteenth century
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3101.tif - High resolution image