Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal apple peeler; wooden side handle crank; four total gears; largest gear has a four circle pattern with four narrow triangles; inscription on the second largest gear, "PATND MAY 5, 1868 ,75 JUNE 7 1870 MARCH 26 1872." Called “The Gem.”
2019.02.166
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Harbster Brothers & Company
circa 1872
Reading
Pennsylvania
United States of America
North America
Inscription
Gear
PATND MAY 5, 1868 ,75 JUNE 7 1870 MARCH 26 1872
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeler
8-1/2 in
8 in
7-1/4 in
Cast iron
Wood
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Thornton, Don, and Robert S. Arnold. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 128.