Spout

Object Name:

Spout

Object ID:

1976.058.03

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1875

Description:

Spout for beer barrel, brass, from Frank Jones brewery, Portsmouth, NH. Rotary valve with brass handle on top. Handle is a horizontal solid cylinder with flared ends; vertical shaft that flares below handle to diameter of 0.8"; shaft extends through body and is finished on bottom with several washers and brass hexnut. Cast body, 1.2" diameter. Round spout on front with downward facing outlet, 0.47" diameter. Spout leads into rounded body adjacent to valve. Behind valve, body flares to a cylinder. Thick ring around cylinder with diameter of 1.7". Couple of locking tabs behind ring. Smaller cylinder behind body 0.67" diameter. Four sets of three holes around outside surface. Triangular-shaped opening at end. Top of body stamped "GOLDEN GATE". Side stamped "FRANK JONES BRG Co." Spots of greenish corrosion on one side. Outside surfaces all smooth and slightly polished. Outside uniformly slightly tarnished.

Material:

Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

H-4.5 W-2.4 L-7.7 Dia-1.7 inches Weight-30.55 oz

Credit Line:

Gift of Adin Morgan Noyes

People:

Jones, Frank (1832-1902)

Subjects:

Beer, Beer industry, Frank Jones Ale