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Date1850-1870
Terms
- Food Choppers
- Iron
- Wood
- England
- United States
Dimensions34.29 × 30.48 × 43.18 cm (13 1/2 × 12 × 17 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Samuel G. Kent
Object numberH2232.0001
DescriptionFood chopper, mounted on a wooden base 16 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/8". Metal food container 5 1/8" deep and 8 1/8" dia. Mounted on a 3/4" piece of metal with notched teeth (a ratchet) on the underside. When a handle turns the gears this iron bottom revolves while a sharp knife hits a wooden block on the bottom of the food container. Would have been used in a commercial kitchen or cannery, to chop foods like cabbage and onions (probably not for home use). Iron and wood.
Object number: K0395BA
Concord Soldiers' Aid Society
October 1, 1864
Object number: PER1158.2