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Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal apple and peach peeler with seven moving gears. 2 gears have six heart designs. Largest gear has a circle pattern design. Wood side handle crank. Vertical gear inside the largest gear has an inscription reading, "SCOTT MNFG.CO. BAL' T". Gear with handle crank has inscription, "SCOTT MNFG. CO BALTIMORE PATENT". Gear with heart design and without the gear crank handle has inscription, MAY 16 71 SEP 21 80 APR 4 18 82". Large screw at top with a key like head with circular shaped peeler with a spring attached. Curved wire spikes set on a bar below peeler. Called "The Rotary Knife".
2019.02.160
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Scott Manufacturing Company
circa 1882
Baltimore
Maryland
United States of America
North America
Inscription
Gears
Gear inside the largest gear: SCOTT MNFG.CO. BAL'T Gear with handle crank: SCOTT MNFG. CO BALTIMORE PATENT Gear with heart design and without the gear crank handle: N 1677 SEP'21 80 APR.4&18.82
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeler
Peach Peeler
8-3/4 in
5-1/2 in
8-1/2 in
Cast iron
Wood
Wire
Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 80.