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Accession # |
1953.5.11 |
Item Name |
Cutter, Tobacco |
Description |
Lever-action tobacco cutter mounted on a circular wooden base with a routed edge. There is a circular "bowl" indentation carved out of the base to hold the cut tobacco. The cutting blade consists of an iron blade with a turned wooden handle and is attached to the base by a flat, rectangular piece of iron. The blade pivots up and down to cut the tobacco, and pivots across to sweep the cut leaves into the "bowl". Circa 1875. |
Date |
1875 CIRCA |
Provenance |
The tobacco cutter was part of the collection donated by Nicholas Hugh Keith (1875-1955) of Mount Forest. His collection was the first to be donated to the Museum on Mill Street, Elora. It formed the early basis for the Wellington County Museum & Archives' collection. |
Person \ Organization |
Keith, Nicholas |
Place |
Wellington County |
Year Range from |
1875 |
Year Range to |
1875 |