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Skimmer

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1780-1820

GUSN

GUSN-59932

Description

Square skimmer with a flat pierced head, flattened rectangular handle, bent in hook at the top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

skimmers (culinary tools)
cookware
piercing
Tool, Food Separating
Skimmer, Kitchen
Skimmer, Kitchen

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3476

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