lemon press

Lemon press made of two pieces of wood joined with a hinge. Each piece consists of a rectangular wedge, triangular in cross-section with a handle on one of the short sides that is circular in cross-section. The handle has a neck with two carved rings and tapers to a small pommel on the end. The two rectangular wedges are joined by a hinge on the opposite short side to that of the handle. One rectangular piece has a convex circle and the other a concave circle for the lemon to be squeezed between.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
7.12.51/2
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall, closed: 278 mm x 63 mm x 76.5 mm; overall, open: 546 mm x 63 mm x 28 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; iron; string
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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