Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Apple parer
Object Number:
1948.390
Date:
ca. 1856
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 × 6 1/2 × 9 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 22.9 cm)
Marks:
cast: in low relief on circular plate: "PAT. DEC 16. 1856/TURN TABLE APPLE PARER/MAN'ED BY LOCKEY & HOWLAND"
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.
Gallery Label:
This apple parer purchased by Mrs. Bella C. Landauer at an auction in 1948.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bella Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
