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Wooden spice mill, its baluster-turned canister and handle painted a rich green, withs wrought iron arm and grinding shaft.
spice mills
cookware
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
wrought
Wood
Iron
Wrought
Painted
Turned
Mill, Spice
Carved on bottom underside: 1) ""D P"" (under paint, probably maker's initials). 2) ""1842"" (scratch carved into paint).
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6 x 3 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.426
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