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Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Wooden hand crank apple peeler with one large wheel and one smaller wheel with a leather band connecting them. Leather band is held together using 2 metal wires. The smaller wheel is grooved on the inside. Wheels are held above a wooden platform. Large wheel has a crank attached. Small wheel has 2 spikes attached. A pole sits next to the large wheel with a handheld wooden peeler attached by a leather strap. "TL 84.9.1 Petty" is written on a white background under the platform.
2019.02.151
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Inscription
Underside of base
TL 84.9.1 Petty
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeler
11-1/4 in
10-3/4 in
28 in
Wood
Wire
Leather
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Thornton, Don. "Apple Parers". (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Chapter 10.