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Food Chopper

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3342

Description

A cylindrical wood handle with a slightly arched top and flattened underside, over an arched iron blade descending from two shaped arms that project through the handle. The handle has a natural finish.

Details

Descriptive Terms

food choppers
cookware
iron (metal)
wood (plant material)
wrought
Wood
Iron
Wrought
Chopper, Food

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 5/8 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1128

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