Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Wood, iron, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 23 1/2 x 11 in. ( 26 x 59.7 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Simple wooden apple parer with hand crank rotating large wheel which rotated a two- pronged fork via a connecting belt; straddle board; knife and arm missing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number:
1945.140
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Pine, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 × 4 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (25.4 × 11.4 × 34.6 cm)
Description:
Hand made pine apple parer with two pronged iron fork; two upright pieces are planted on a stand, crank shaft runs between them with fork on one side; there is also a free standing peg at the other end of the stand.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number:
1945.174
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
11495
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
skillet or frying pan
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 50 x 13 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 127 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron frying pan with straight handle with loop at end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
N-56
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
11494
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 11 in. ( 16.5 x 26.7 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Apple parer, table top model with turned wooden parts; parer held in place by lock and mounted on vertical post at one corner of rectangular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number:
1946.180
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
11493
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1830
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 × 18 1/2 × 10 in. (35.6 × 47 × 25.4 cm)
Description:
Wooden apple parer with two wheels run by leather thong; spring 'kicker' to push off pared apple; U.S. copper cent used as washer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number:
1946.182
Marks:
typed: paper affixed to wooden wheel: " The parer is distinctive as the first/ and only primitive with a kicker to knock/ the apple from the fork, that I have yet seen./ It was apparently fastened to a bench or a table/ by means of a wedge. Note the long
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
11490
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Two-handled mug
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 7 in. ( 12.1 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Copper mug with flaring rim and two handles at right angles to each other.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
1943.294
Gallery Label:
This was either a measuring or ale mug.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11488
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apple parer
Classification:
Date:
1856
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 15.9 x 19 cm )
Description:
Cast iron apple parer, table model with screw clamp.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Object Number:
1945.163
Marks:
carved: in relief on top of horizontal gear: "PATENTED/ JUNE 17 & DEC. 18, 1856/TURN TABLE APPLE PARER/MAUF'D BY LOCKEY AND HOWLAND"
Gallery Label:
This model was invented by H. Keyes.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
11446
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tongs
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 73.7 x 10.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Set of iron fireplace tongs with pad ends and dome finial; wire loop twisted around finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
N-37
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
11427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pestle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 2 in. ( 25.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Turned wooden pestle.
Object Number:
2178
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mortar and pestle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall (a, mortar): 8 in. × 6 1/2 in. (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Overall (b, pestle): 11 3/4 in. × 2 1/2 in. (29.8 × 6.4 cm)
Description:
Baluster-shaped turned wood or treenware mortar with molded foot; turned burl pestle with cylindrical shaft and baluster shaped handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Major Lester D. Gardner
Object Number:
1948.35ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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