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Museum purchase, 1959.69.9  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Nutcracker
Museum purchase, 1959.69.9 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Nutcracker

Dateafter 1889
MediumWood, steel, and cast iron
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Description[Nutcracker, wooden base, steel, cast, with long handle and jaws. Worn red paint still in evidence.]
Object number1959.69.0
MarkingsCast into the iron on one side, '"R. Frisbies/ Patent"; "Manufd by J. & E. Stevens & Co. Cromwell, Ct."; on other side, "Patd May 17 1889."
On View
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Trunk
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