Meat Grinder, Iron Item Number: 45KI765/M-82 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a corroded iron meat grinder with a table-top clamp. A patent date is embossed on the side - Sep. 1899. Legible portions of embossing on the opposite side include "WER'S" above "SHOPPE". One table-mounting iron meat grinder. Embossed on both sides: (Incomplete) WERS HOPPE PAT. 1897. 1899 EPT. 99 Surface is corroded, especially the exterior and vise. An aluminum bead sits over the corrosion, near the vise. Sand and gravel accretions on exterior surface. L. Penttila 3/1/2010
Collection Owner
Owned by The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Dimension Details
Dimensions include several components no longer separable.
Geographical Search Terms
King County North America Northwest Coast Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Credit Line
Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Item History
- Collected by Inc. AMEC Earth and Environmental on February 7, 2006
What
- Name
- Meat Grinder, Iron
- Identification Number
- 45KI765/M-82
- Type of Item
- iron meat grinder
- Material
- iron metal and aluminium metal
- Overall
- length 13.97 cm, width 12.065 cm, height 28.575 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 2041.8 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Inc. AMEC Earth and Environmental
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on February 7, 2006
Other
- Accession Number
- 2008-177
- Classification
- Site Type: Historic Debris Scatter/ConcentrationSite Type: Historic Object(s)
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Siver, Derek
- Site Number
- 45-KI-765
- Unit
- Area M
- Object Category
- Metal
- Object Sub Category
- Iron