Meat Grinder, Iron

Item number 45KI765/M-82 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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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

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

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Who

Field Collector
Inc. AMEC Earth and Environmental

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

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