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Cider press

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-22703

Description

Wooden cider press. Consists of sawhorse w/ a raised platform onto which an iron grinding wheel w/ hand crank and turned wooden handle is fixed. Apples are fed through wooden box fixed to the top of the grinder. Misc. wooden pieces on top of box and beside sawhorse.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cider presses
cookware
wood (plant material)
PRESS, FRUIT

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 x 24.625 x 12 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2613

Places

Maine (United States)

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