Elongated flat strap-type handle riveted to circular, slightly dished bowl with regular pierced pattern; 18th-century style.
skimmers (culinary tools)
cookware
iron (metal)
piercing
riveting
Iron
Pierced
Riveted
SKIMMER
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
17.125 x 4.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.671
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