Turnspit Collection

Dog Turnspit in Kitchen
Turnspit with dog-wheel in front of the kitchen fire

Roasting of the baron of beef for the Christmastide Festival, held over a weekend in the first week in December each year. Date: 1900

Fireplace in the kitchen in Windsor Castle. Date: 1894

Christmas at Windsor Castle, roasting beef 1856
Roasting the Royal baron of beef for the Christmas banquet, overseen by the careful superintendence of the roasting cooks, who coax the baron, with sufficient basting

Roasting the baron of beef, Windsor Castle 1887
Roasting the baron of beef, Windsor Castle. The baron of beef was an annual institution at Windsor and was cut from the first prize fat bullock at the Shaw Farm Sale

Turnspit Dog Type
A turnspit dog depicted when not turning a spit : but this engraving shows the type of dog that was employed for this purpose

Turnspit Dog
The Turnspit A dog dressed as a chef proudly holds up the dish he has prepared. Date: 19th century

Rosting on Spits
A turnspit turns a spit on which joints of meat and gamebirds are roasting

Sewing Machine Dog Power
M Richard, a clothing manufacturer of Paris, uses a large number of these dog- powered motors to run his sewing machines (note the water bowl kindly provided)

Dog Works a Turnspit
A dog works a kitchen turnspit above a fire

Knife Grinders Dog
A dog helps a French knife- grinder by turning his wheel like a treadmill

Bewick - Turnspit
Bewick classifies this as a specific breed, destined to help in the kitchen throughout its working life. Modern culinary technology has fortunately made it redundant

Simnel / Turnspit 1487
Lambert SIMNEL, who aspired to the English throne, reduced to the position of turnspit in the kitchen of Henry VII

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