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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.013.005 |
Object Name |
Slicer, Vegetable |
Other Name |
Slicer, Fruit |
Title |
Sterling Slicer No. 10 |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Year Range to |
1906 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Rochester, New York, United States of America |
Description |
Hand-powered metal and wood slicer for slicing fruit peel for marmalade. It is embossed with "STERLING SLICER NO. 10" and "N. R .S .A. Co., Rochester, N.Y." and "Pat. APL..FOR" [patent applied for]. There is a short, black-finished hand grip knob, that has a brass ferrule. The feeder tray has an unfinished wooden box bolted to it. On the underside of the tray is "Pat. APL...OR" [patent applied for]. The box is open-ended. It has a flat top with two hinges, as well as a hook and eye catch, which was once brass-finished. There is a wooden pushing block, made of unfinished wood. It has a thin wooden piece nailed to a bigger wood piece, in orer to make a block that fits the dimensions of the interior of the box. On the hinge side of the box, there is what appears to be the original pushing mechanism. It is a shaped cast metal piece, which runs on a slide bar and can be moved over onto the feeder tray. The bolts holding the box do not seem to have been placed by the manufacturer. It is possible that the box and pushing block were hand-made alterations that would keep the peel contained tightly against the blade without any danger to one's fingers. The cutting blade has an ogee-shaped separated (gapped) shape to it mid-area. |
Makers mark |
It is emboss-cast with "STERLING SLICER NO. 10" and "N. R. S. A. Co., Rochester, N.Y." and "Pat. APL..FOR" [patent applied for] |
Provenance |
Made in Rochester, New York, USA. Listed in a 1906 (T. Eaton's?) catalogue (see Custom field). Owned and used by Doris & Marjorie Spragge of Owen Sound, Grey County for slicing fruit peel for making marmalade. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Metal/Wood/Black finish |
Dimensions |
W-24 L-35 D-9.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Spragge, Marjorie |
Function |
This item would be clamped to a table surface. The operator would turn the hand grip. "Slices all kinds of vegetables and fruits--any thickness--all slices even. Makes the best coldslaw and Saratoga chips, recuts for French-fried potatoes, squares for soups, etc. Prepares vegetables in squares or strips for cooking. Slices sausages and cooked meats. Cuts up anything for salads, meat for meat pies, material for pickles, and has a great variety of uses." (1906 catalogue) |