Object number
59/244
Description
A kettle tilter or 'idleback'. It is Sussex-made and dates from the eighteenth century.
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.
Physical description
1 kettle tilter: metal, wrought iron
Archival history
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.'
Production place
Sussex
Production date
1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31
Production period
Eighteenth century
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Material
Technique
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3101.tif - High resolution image
