Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Apple parer
Object Number:
1945.169
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 × 10 1/2 × 16 in. (25.4 × 26.7 × 40.6 cm)
Description:
Wood and cast iron apple parer, table top model with cast iron wheel and small gear and rectangular wooden base with knife mounted on post at one corner.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this is probably an early commercial model.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
