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Corn Scraper

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1900-1940

GUSN

GUSN-12239

Description

Silver corn scraper. Upturned tip, double swelled handle, and squared shoulders. Six short tines. Rectangular blade with conforming aperture. Kings pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silver (metal)
Tool, Food Cutting
Scraper, Corn
Scraper, Corn

Inscription

Impressed in a rectangle with an anchor within a circle on the back stem is: GORHAM (family trademark).

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Providence, RI, USA

Dimensions

1 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1526

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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