Wash-Pounder

Wash pounder, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.3181.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Laundry plunger consisting of a between-centers turned ash handle through mortised into a between-centers turned block of cherry. Handle extends 17 7/8" above cherry plunger and its tenon is double wedged at bottom of plunger. Cherry plunger is 7 3/8" high. No discernible finish.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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