Sugar Auger
Object/Artifact
Sugar auger with a straight center tine with 2 end tines that curve around it. Made of a stout iron rod with wooden crossbar handle.
73.349.8
The sugar auger, sometimes called a sugar devil or fruit lifter, was used to break up hardened maple sugar and fruit that had been packed tightly in wooden kegs for transport.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Date: 19th century
9-9/16 in
15-9/16 in
Cast iron
Wood
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