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Skimmer

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1845-1900

GUSN

GUSN-4430

Description

Elongated flat strap-type handle riveted to circular, slightly dished bowl with regular pierced pattern; 18th-century style.

Details

Descriptive Terms

skimmers (culinary tools)
cookware
iron (metal)
piercing
riveting
Iron
Pierced
Riveted
SKIMMER

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17.125 x 4.375 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.671

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