Stuffer, Sausage

Object Name:

Stuffer, Sausage

Object ID:

1977.055.41

Date:

1825-1875

Description:

Sausage Stuffer. Pewter body with wooden stuffer. Consists of a long tube with a plunger. Plunger is a wooden stick with metal end, which were nailed together but have since come apart. Also an elongated nozzle and a cap. Tube has threaded top and bottom ends and several bands of decoration, including zig-zag design on top and bottom and two narrow and one fat band in center. Base of tube is ribbed. Metal end of plunger is stuck inside tube. Wrought iron nail is visible, which was meant to attach to plunger stick. Fibrous residue on edge of plunger tip. Nozzle is a long thin tube with hole down center; it is 3" long and ~0.25" diam; it has ribbed edge on the connector. Cap also has a ribbed edge. Wooden plunger is a maple dowel, with turned vase-shaped handle.

Material:

Metal
Pewter
Wood
Maple

Dimensions:

L-15.75 Dia-2.25 inches

Provenance:

From the James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944) Collection of household items, farm tools and equipment, and other items used in the Durham area. See accession folder for a description of how this extensive collection was amassed and re-distributed (however, there is not specific mention of this item). Donors are the sons of James Cowan Sawyer, and oversaw the re-distribution of the collection.

Credit Line:

James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer

People:

Sawyer, James Cowan (1872-1944), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)

Subjects:

Sausages