Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal horizontal apple peeler, slicer, and corer in a "lathe" style. Wood handled hand crank. Crank turns a long grooved rod with three pronged fork on the end. Peeler blade is set below the rod and a small stopper is attached to the rod near the handle. A "u" shaped fork is also attached to the rod and stops it from moving backwards. The base of the peeler is "S" shaped. Inscription on the base reads, "S", on the frame, under the rod reads, "PATENTED JUNE 9 85." Called "The Little Star".
2019.02.134
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Hudson Parer Company
circa 1885
Leominster
Massachusetts
United States of America
North America
Inscription
Frame
On the side of the "S" shaped base: Little * Star On the frame that's under the rod: PATENTED JUNE 9 85
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple peeler
7-1/4 in
10 in
3-1/2 in
Cast iron
Wood
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Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers". (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 46