Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Apple parer
Object Number:
1945.143
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 × 19 × 11 in. (22.9 × 48.3 × 27.9 cm)
Description:
Factory-made apple parer with turned wooden parts; knife held by wooden screw and nut; wooden table clamp.
Gallery Label:
This apple parer was possibly a mold for a cast iron type.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
