GUSN-188001
Silver colored metal nutcracker. Two arms pivot on a central disk. Each arm has a flat area with burrs to hold a nut steady. The arms then become rounded with a ribbed area and then taper to a point. The central disk has two pointed extensions like cat-ears.
nutcrackers
metal
Nutcracker
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
1 5/8 x 5/8 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1498
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