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Cast iron apple parer; mechanism w/ handle on side w/ black painted wooden grip; parer consits of three interlocking gears, a corer, a thin blade (for peeling?), a movable arm (possibly for holding the apple), and a clamp at the bottom for attachment to table.
apple parers
cookware
casting (process)
iron (metal)
Iron
Slip Cast
CORER, FRUIT
Embossed on large gear: ""MANUF'D BY C.E. HUDSON/ LEOMINSTER/ MASS./ PAT'D JAN 24.82""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Hudson, C. E. (Maker)
Leominster, MA, USA
8.5 x 6 x 5.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2386
Massachusetts (United States)
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