Sawtooth Trammel
Sawtooth Trammel
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- Description
- Sawtooth trammel consisting of a rectangular hanging rod or bar with square hook at bottom end that has a swelled-center, pivoting handle riveted through it and an adjustable, sawtooth extension with twelve ratchets ending in a fan- or shell-shaped hook; circular bosses at ends of handle and band at top of extension that loops around the hanging rod. Handle is stamped incuse with what appears to be "T T" in gothic or Old English letters above "1879".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- trammel
- date made
- 1879
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/8 in x 19 7/8 in x 6 3/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 50.4825 cm x 16.1925 cm
- ID Number
- DL.305956.0007
- catalog number
- 305956.0007
- accession number
- 305956
- Credit Line
- Gift of Milton E. Kettler
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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