By the 1850s these cast iron apple peelers were being mass produced. The.peeler is clamped onto the table and an apple is placed on the prongs. Turning the wheel sets the peeler blade to work.This cast iron apple peeler would have been a household…
American Empire style. Hand carved with crotch-grained mahogany veneer. The seats are covered in needle point done in silk floss with gold woven into the tape.
Fuel for lamps like these was refined whale oil. This lamp was most popular in the United States in the 1830s and 1840s. Our lamps here are old reproductions that have no place for whale oil.