Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal apple peeler with 4 gears and wooden side handle crank. Largest vertical gear has a "V" shaped design with a dot at each point. Horizontal gear cap inscription reads, "PATD MAR 5. 1868 MANF'D BY HARBSTER BROS & CO." Called "The Gem".
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Genesee Country Village and Museum
Harbster Brothers & Company
circa 1888
Reading
Pennsylvania
United States of America
North America
First Patented 1868
Inscription
Horizonatal Gear Cap
PATD MAR 5. 1868 MANF'D BY HARBSTER BROS & CO
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeler
8-1/2 in
7-3/4 in
4-1/2 in
Cast iron
Wood
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Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers". (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 62.