Peeler, Fruit
- Object Name:
- Peeler, Fruit
- Object ID:
- 1997.005
- Creator:
- Goodell Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Antrim, NH
- Date:
- circa 1940
- Description:
- Fruit Peeler. "White Mountain" apple parer corer and slicer, made by Goodell Company, Antrim, NH. Cast iron body (painted green) with steel rod, aluminum(?) blade mount, and wooden handle (painted red). To operate, unit is clamped onto a table/counter with thumbscrew; fruit is mounted on three tines at end of steel rod; and turning the crank pushes the fruit toward a swiveling blade that peels the fruit, and into a curved sheet metal blade that simultaneously cores and slices the fruit. Raised lettering on body reads "WHITE MOUNTAIN APPLE", "3", and "MADE BY GOODELL CO / ANTRIM, N.H. / USA". Three indented dots on reverse of body (manufacturing mark?). Diamond-shaped mark on both faces of thumbscrew.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-10 D-2 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of M. Jeff Hardwick
- Subjects:
- Inventions
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