Material

iron
wood

Purpose

Meat was placed in the hopper and with the turn of the handle, the gear system would rotate the hopper (mid section) thereby turning the blades. An attachment pipe or sausage casing could be fastened to the exit tube from which ground meat could be inserted to make a sausage.

Creation Date

1850 – 1899

Date Details

This item was patented in either May of 1860 or 1866 (difficult to read). Unfortunately, any further information regarding this device washard to locate. The purpose of this item was easy to determine based on the grinding blades and gear system as well as the exit tube, however, an identity (brand name) or a similar type grinder could not be found. Many of the cast iron tabletop combination meat grinders and sausage stuffers noted in 300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles (Franklin 65), as well as those located on various auction websites, date from the mid nineteenth century into the very early twentieth. Barring anything further information, it would be expected that this object was utilized anytime from the patent date to the early 1900's.

Kitchen Artifact ID

K051