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Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal apple peeler with wooden side handle crank. Gear attached to crank has four three leaf clover designs. 5 gears total. Peeler attached to a gear above three horizontal spikes. Inscription on the frame reads, "PAT MAY.24.1898 41 TURNTABLE 98' MADE BY GOODELL CO. ANTRIM. N.H. U.S.A." Called "The Turntable".
2019.02.153
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Goodell Company
circa 1898
Antrim
New Hampshire
United States of America
North America
Inscription
On the frame
PAT MAY.24.1898 41 TURNTABLE 98' MADE BY GOODELL CO. ANTRIM. N.H. U.S.A.
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeler
10-1/2 in
8-1/2 in
4-1/2 in
Cast iron
Wood
2019.02.134, 2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 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
Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers". (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 58.