Washboard
Classification:
Date:
1750-1820
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 10 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 61 x 26.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Wood washboard with wide reeding and wood lid joined to board with tongue-in-groove joint reinforced with iron nails.
Object Number:
INV.14885
Inscriptions:
hand-written in ink: collector's label adhered to back of washboard, "770 / Amer."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
39083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1830
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 11 x 25 1/2 in. ( 16.8 x 27.9 x 64.8 cm )
Description:
Wood (pine) apple parer; simple fork with wooden handle; hand-held knife with toggle; straddle board.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.98
Gallery Label:
This apple parer belonged to the H.C. Elmendorf family.
Provenance:
Formerly of the George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
39046
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer (without knife)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1860
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 6 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 40.6 x 17.1 x 19 cm )
Description:
Apple parer with turned wooden components; screw clamp at base supports angled post atop which turning fork is mounted.
Object Number:
Z.120
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
39045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer (knife-fragment)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 in. ( 15.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Iron paring blade mounted in wooden handle.
Object Number:
Z.122
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
39044
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Wood, iron
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
39040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mortar
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Turned wood or treenware mortar with incised lines on rim and base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
INV.10366a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pestle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Turned wood pestle; handle has concave side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937.
Object Number:
Z.143
Inscriptions:
written: collector's label affixed to object: "1096 / Amer"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39037
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pestle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 3 in. ( 30.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Turned wood (possibly walnut) pestle with molding in the handle section.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
Z.129
Marks:
typed: paper label affixed to object: "Pestle/ presented by Samuel V./Hoffman/Oct. 23, 1923."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39036
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Household implement
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750-1850
Medium:
Wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 16.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Chip-carved wood household implement (possibly a rake) with whimsy at base of handle; six wood pegs or teeth across horizontal element; tac head stamped with star pattern.
Object Number:
Z.99
Gallery Label:
This was possibly used as a baking implement.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie crimper
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 × 1 1/2 in. (17.8 × 3.8 cm)
Description:
Wrought iron pastry jagger (or crimper) with S-shaped shaft and crimped wheel.
Object Number:
Z.98
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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