Can opener

Museum number:
2-68898
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068898
Accession number:
Acc.4190
Description:
Kitchen tool, 20th Century. Can opener; compound, double lever; nickel plated steel bar handles; one handle with steel roller knife, pivoting on rivet attached to other handle; primary handle has thumb screw operated can rim gripping wheel; "Star Can Opener Company" and patent data die stamped on handle: 18.9 cm long
Donor:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Verbatim coll. place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Can openers
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Can opener, accession number 2-68898, described as Kitchen tool, 20th Century. Can opener; compound, double lever; nickel plated steel bar handles; one handle with steel roller knife, pivoting on rivet attached to other handle; primary handle has thumb screw operated can rim gripping wheel; "Star Can Opener Company" and patent data die stamped on handle: 18.9 cm long
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Can opener, accession number 2-68898, described as Kitchen tool, 20th Century. Can opener; compound, double lever; nickel plated steel bar handles; one handle with steel roller knife, pivoting on rivet attached to other handle; primary handle has thumb screw operated can rim gripping wheel; "Star Can Opener Company" and patent data die stamped on handle: 18.9 cm long

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