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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

2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 2019.02.153, 2019.02.155, 2019.02.156, 2019.02.157, 2019.02.158, 2019.02.159, 2019.02.163, 2019.02.164, 2019.02.165, 2019.02.166, 2019.02.167, 2019.02.168, 2019.02.169, 2019.02.171, 2019.02.173, 2019.02.174, 2019.02.175, 2019.02.176, 2019.02.177, 2019.02.178, 2019.02.179, 2019.02.184, 2019.02.192, 2019.02.193, 2019.02.194 Patent No 319,905 Patentee: Hudson, Charles E. Manufacturer: Hudson

Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers". (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 46

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