Manufacturer

Unidentified maker

Material

wood

Dimensions

Overall: 32 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 12 in. ( 82.6 x 95.2 x 30.5 cm )

Creation Date

1800 – 1830

Description

Hand-operated apple parer; hand-cranked fork and knife holder mounted on rectangular board; separate knife with long, cylindrical wooden handle; board nailed to the top of a box-like base on one end of a wooden bench supported at each end by a pair of slightly splayed legs joined by a stretcher.

Marks/Inscription

typewritten: on tag attached to object: "Four legged parers / are the oldest and / rarest. Being both / bulky and fragile / they quickly, had to / make way for first, / the more compact / straddle board paper / which was soon follow- / ed by table attached / wooden and iron ones."

Provenance

Gift of Charles L. Robinson
The Charles Larned Robinson Collection of Early American Apple Parers

Kitchen Artifact ID

1946.29