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Fruit Peeler

Object/Artifact

Table clamp metal apple peeler. Five gears total, four vertical gears. Largest gear has a star pattern with lines on the arms of the star. Horizontal gear has a gear cap with an inscription reading, "MADE ONLY BY THE READING HARDWARE CO *READING PA* PATENTED MAY 5. 1868 MAY 31 1875 OCT. 19 1875 NOV. 14.1875 MAY 22.1877, 78 U.S.A.". Side of gear cap is decorated with designs and holes. Has a wooden side crank. Called “The 78”.

2019.02.168

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Reading Hardware Company

circa 1878

Reading

Pennsylvania

United States of America

North America

Inscription

Gear Cap

MADE ONLY BY THE READING' HARDWARE CO *READING PA* PATENTED MAY 5. 1868 MAY 31 1875 OCT. 19 1875 NOV. 14.1875 MAY 22.1877, 78 U.S.A.

English

Fruit Peeler

Apple Peeler

12-1/4 in

6-1/2 in

8-1/4 in

Cast iron

Wood

2019.02.134, 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, 2019.02.169, 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

Thornton, Don, and Robert S. Arnold. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 66.

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