Nutcracker
- Object Name:
- Nutcracker
- Object ID:
- 1975.067.17
- Creator:
- Blake?
- Date:
- 1800-1900
- Description:
- Nutcracker, iron on wood base. Two-piece cast iron body. Fixed serrated jaw and movable serrated jaw, which pivots on a steel rod axle. A long lever handle creates force through a cam action that closes the tapered jaw opening to break variable size nut shells. Stationary jaw assembly is screwed to a wood base with three flat-head slotted screws. Spiral spring pushes handle upward to open jaws. Downward jaw stop protuberance on base piece. Under "T" is "Blake / Patented / 18-3".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-6.2 L-10.5 D-5.4 inches
- Provenance:
- A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
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