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Fruit Peeler
Object/Artifact
Table clamp metal apple peeler with 4 gears and wooden side handle crank. Largest vertical gear has a "V" shaped design with a dot at each point. Horizontal gear cap inscription reads, "PATD MAR 5. 1868 MANF'D BY HARBSTER BROS & CO." Called "The Gem".
2019.02.156
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Harbster Brothers & Company
circa 1888
Reading
Pennsylvania
United States of America
North America
First Patented 1868
Inscription
Horizonatal Gear Cap
PATD MAR 5. 1868 MANF'D BY HARBSTER BROS & CO
English
Fruit Peeler
Apple Peeler
8-1/2 in
7-3/4 in
4-1/2 in
Cast iron
Wood
2019.02.134, 2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 2019.02.153, 2019.02.155, 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 62.