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Chopping block

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-22538

Description

Wooden chopping block, unfinished section of tree stump, prob. birch. Numerous blade marks on top. Some bark remaining on sides.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chopping blocks
cookware
cutting (dividing)
wood (plant material)
Cut
BLOCK, CHOPPING

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

15.75 (H), 10.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2630

Places

Maine (United States)

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