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Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal apple peeler. Wood handle crank turns a long spiral grooved rod with three spikes at the end. Long curved arm holds the peeler blade and the corer. Corer is a circular spiral shape made from a single piece of metal. A closed fork stopper is attached to the top of the rod. A stopper is attached close to the crank handle. Inscription on the curved arm reading, "Little * Star."
2019.02.173
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Hudson Parer Company
circa 1887
Leominster
Massachusetts
United States of America
North America
Inscription
Curved Frame
Little * Star
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeled
6-1/2 in
10-1/2 in
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, 2019.02.168, 2019.02.169, 2019.02.171, 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 46.