Chopper, Food
- Object Name:
- Chopper, Food
- Object ID:
- 1978.079.05
- Creator:
- Athol Machine Company
- Place of Origin:
- Athol, MA
- Date:
- 1870-1890
- Description:
- Food chopper. Mechanical food chopper consisting of hand-operated metal gears that activate chopping arm inside tin-plated cylindrical can. Wooden disk inside can. Hand crank with turned wooden handle. Mounted on green painted wooden plank that has fragment of printed label: "...ATHOL, MASS. / DIRECTIONS...". Four round wooden feet. Attached Sawyer label indicates that it was for making mincemeat.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-12.8 W-12 L-17 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection assembled by James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944) in Durham, NH. Donated by his sons, Charles H. and George F. Sawyer. Sawyer label indicates that it came from the Frost farm.
This food chopper was patented by Laroy S. Starrett (1836-1922) of Newburyport, MA, in 1865. It was manufactured by the Athol (MA) Machine Company. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. and George F. Sawyer
- People:
- Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005), Sawyer, James Cowan (1872-1944), Starrett, Laroy S. (1836-1922)
- Subjects:
- Food preparation, Food processing machinery
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