Bowl

Date: 
ca. 1750-1850
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/8 x 14 in. ( 10.5 x 35.6 cm )
Description: 
Circular treenware bowl with molded rim; exterior painted or stained dark red.
Object Number: 
INV.14882
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
38991
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bowl

Date: 
ca. 1700-1850
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/4 x 23 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 59.7 x 37.5 cm )
Description: 
Carved elliptical treenware (possibly maple) bowl; lip or rim thickens at shorter ends; one end is pierced with hole; remnants of red paint or stain on exterior.
Object Number: 
INV.413
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
38990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bootjack

Date: 
19th century
Medium: 
Wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 9.5 x 33.7 cm )
Description: 
Wooden bootjack composed of a rectangular board with an arched opening and nailed to a small elevation block.
Object Number: 
INV.14894
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
38972
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Double- handled knife

Date: 
1825-1900
Medium: 
Wood, iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 29.8 x 3.2 cm )
Description: 
Double handled knife composed of a rounded iron blade flanked on either side by a baluster-shaped handle.
Object Number: 
Z.187
Marks: 
impressed: on blade: illegible mark (twice) possibly "D.G[__]G RICH"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
38970
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bellows

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Wood, leather, iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 37.5 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
Wooden bellows decorated on front with turned concentric circle pattern; collapsable leather sides attached to main body with iron rivets; iron cone-shaped point.
Object Number: 
INV.14899
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
38969
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle corker

Date: 
ca. 1850-1900
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 33.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
Turned wooden bottle corker composed of a plunger with a cylindrical handle and an exterior baluster shaped shaft.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Edna Brooks
Object Number: 
1942.477
Gallery Label: 
According to the donor, this bottle corker belonged to her grandmother.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
38965
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Apple parer and straddle board

Date: 
ca. 1874
Medium: 
Iron, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall (a): 8 1/16 in. × 6 in. × 7 3/4 in. (20.5 × 15.2 × 19.7 cm) Overall (b): 4 1/2 in. × 7 1/4 in. × 25 in. (
Description: 
Cast iron apple parer, patented table model with screw and clamp and kicker for dislodging pared apple; accompanied by wooden straddle board.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number: 
1946.30ab
Marks: 
carved: in relief on inside of vertical gear: "MFR'D BY F.W. HUDSON/LEOMINSTER, MASS./PAT.MAR.5, 1872/PAT.FEB. 17, '74"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1874
eMuseum Object ID: 
38963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Apple parer

Date: 
ca. 1856
Medium: 
Iron, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 × 6 1/2 × 9 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 22.9 cm)
Description: 
Cast iron apple parer with table clamp at base; hand turned crank rotating two wheels which rotate three-pronged fork; crank also rotates circular plate which controls position of blade.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Bella Landauer
Object Number: 
1948.390
Marks: 
cast: in low relief on circular plate: "PAT. DEC 16. 1856/TURN TABLE APPLE PARER/MAN'ED BY LOCKEY & HOWLAND"
Gallery Label: 
This apple parer purchased by Mrs. Bella C. Landauer at an auction in 1948.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1856
eMuseum Object ID: 
38961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Apple parer

Date: 
ca. 1882
Medium: 
Iron, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 22.2 x 14 cm )
Description: 
Cast iron apple parer, with hand crank with wooden knob, and table clamp and 'kicker' to dislodge pared apple.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number: 
1945.141
Marks: 
carved: in relief on inside of one of large gears: "MANUFD. BY C.E. HUDSON/ LEOMINSTER/MASS. /PAT'D. JAN. 24, 82"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1882
eMuseum Object ID: 
38959
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Apple parer

Date: 
1800-1830
Medium: 
Pine, iron, string
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 1/2 x 30 x 8 1/2 in. ( 34.3 x 76.2 x 21.6 cm )
Description: 
Hand-made wooden apple parer with hand crank with two wheels and double pulley; mounted above a box; three-pronged fork; straddle board.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1341
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: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
38957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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