The wooden butter mold on the table is typical of the period. Farm wives would make butter and then press the cold butter into molds and stamp the butter with their own signature design. Women would make extra money selling their butter. This butter…
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…