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Clothes wringer

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

GUSN

GUSN-223716

Description

Clothes wringer with a wooden bar at top and two spindles at the ends that are in the shape of key heads. There is a handle to crank and that turns the two rollers. On the right side is a ledge. Underneath the ledge are two clamps on each end.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wood (plant material)
metal
Wringer, Clothes

Inscription

ANCHOR BRAND (Painted)
No. 771 (Painted)
ANCHOR BRAND / CLOTHES WRINGERS (In the center of words is an anchor and bellow them is the warranty)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 x 6 2/16 x 27 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2014

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