Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Apple parer
Object Number:
1945.140
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Wood, iron, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 23 1/2 x 11 in. ( 26 x 59.7 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Simple wooden apple parer with hand crank rotating large wheel which rotated a two- pronged fork via a connecting belt; straddle board; knife and arm missing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
