Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Wood and metal kitchen implement. Spring loaded tongs mounted on a wooden rod. Used to pull hot pie plates out of the oven. According to the donor this device was invented by Charles C. Barrell.
culinary tools for extracting
pie lifters
wood (plant material)
metal
Lifter, Pie
76.3
Barrell, Charles Colburn, 1817- (Patent holder)
United States; Probably Maine
4 (W) (inches)
Gift of H. Paul Blaisdell
2010.32.3
Probably Maine (United States)
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
