LOT 183 (32974) Est R500 to R1500 – A Scarce Late 19th Century American manufactured Peach Peeler (Scott’s Patent Rotary Knife Family Peach and Apple Parer)

Description

originally designed by Robert Pittis Scott (1852-1918) of Baltimore, first patented in 1871 and again in 1880, manufactured by Sinclair-Scott Co, the main frame, fitted with a rotary dish-shaped knife and complex gear system and interlocking gear train, four spiked fork to impale and spin the fruit during the operation, a hinged blade arm with continuous cutting edge, manual winding crank handle surmounted by a wooden knop. The parer further featuring an integrated table clamp and thumbscrew