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Machine, Pinking
Object/Artifact
1) Steel pinking iron-- square cross section shank with crescent-shaped bottom section shaped with sharp saw teeth. 2) Box parts in center; covered with black marbleized paper. Inner flange covered with orange and black marbleized paper. Oval black paper sticker label reads: Carl Pitsch - Wien - gegrundet 1830.
G92.109.1-2
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1835
pinking iron
steel
box