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AN ANTIQUE SALTER'S BRASS CLOCKWORK BOTTLE JACK 1800'S

13 3/4" IN TOTAL LENGTH. THIS WAS USED TO TURN MEAT WHEN COOKING OVER AN OPEN HEARTH. LISTED IN THE BOOK "300 YEARS OF KITCHEN COLLECTIBLES" AS "JACK, TYPE CALLED BOTTLE JACK, BRASS WITH FORGED IRON HOOK. ROTARY ACTION PROVIDED BY A CLOCKWORK MOVEMENT, SPRING WOUND, CONCEALED WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL BOTTLE SHAPED DRUM ABOVE THE HOOK. THE KEY HOLE FOR WINDING IS IN THE SIDE, NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CYLINDER. 'SALTER'S WARRENTED ECONOMICAL BOTTLE JACK' MARK IS A MARINER'S KNOT PIERCED BY AN ARROW & THE INITIAL 'S'. ENGLISH, 12" H, c.1820'S (?). A MR SALTER (PROBABLY THE SAME ONE) MADE BRASS FACED HANGING SPRING BALANCE SCALES. $375+" THIS ONE WORKS FINE, ROTATES BACK & FORTH WHEN WOUND. SOME SLIGHT AGING & DINGS, SLIGHT SPLIT AT THE SEAL ON THE SMALL END, STILL TIGHT & INTACT. A GREAT ANTIQUE PIECE OF KITCHENWARE FOR YOUR COLLECTION

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