Collection Highlights
Controller handle
1904
1922.103
Silver, steel, ceramic
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Apple parer
Object name
Apple parer
Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Wood, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 9 3/4 in. ( 40.6 x 24.8 cm )
Description
Apple parer with turned wooden parts; knife suspended from vertical post mounted to rectangular base with screw clamp for attaching to table.
Credit Line
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number
1945.172
Gallery Label
This parer was a commercially made and possibly models for cast-iron parer.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
