Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Apple parer and cover
Object Number:
1945.142
Date:
1885
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 11 x 3 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 27.9 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
cast: in arm: with star shape between words: "LITTLE STA[R]"
cast: in low relief on bracket: "C.E. HUDS[ON]/[L]EOMISTER/MASS"
cast: below crank: "PATENTED/JUNE 9 8 [5 0r 3]"
Description:
Cast iron tool for paring apples; steel crank with black wooden handle and shaft with applied thread and three pronged fork at end attached to arm holding a paring knife and blade with circular hole for core; table clamp at bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
