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Potato Masher

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1960-1975

GUSN

GUSN-62009

Description

Turned; thick cylindrical forms head; tall cylindrical handle with flattened knob

Details

Descriptive Terms

potato mashers
cookware
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Masher
Masher, Potato
Masher, Potato

Associated Building

Original to Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10 7/8 x 2 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.682

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