wine press Teaca, Bistrița-Năsăud, year 1793
The press was transferred to the museum in 1980 from the village of Teaca, locality with mixed population: Romanians, Saxons, Hungarians. The occupations of the inhabitants of the area were agriculture, animal husbandry and viticulture.
The installation is part of the group of screws, being erected in 1793 by Michel donated, according to the inscription on the bifurcate oak beam. In the village, the press was located in the yard of a household and was used by several families.
The press works as follows: the main beam (fork) was high with the help of wild hair screw, handmade by means of an iron drug. On the support (bridge) consisting of four beams adjacent, place the basket of wooden fur or from the hubs that were filled with grapes. Over the grapes are placed a lid of thick boards on which the oak piston pressed, pressed by the massive beam with the help of the screw.
