Collection Highlights
At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Apple parer
Object Number:
1945.162
Date:
ca. 1868
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 × 11 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (22.9 × 29.2 × 8.9 cm)
Marks:
cast: in low relief on circular plate: "WIGGINS PAT/ AUG 4, 1888"
Description:
Cast iron apple parer with table clamp at base; hand crank turns three sprockets rotating spindle and three-tined fork; circular plate below fork is also rotated by crank and controls position of knobs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
