Mill, Cane
Wooden sugar mill, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY
Description
Sugar mill set in a rectangular box on top of a wood base. The mill is comprised of a large wooden cylinder. The cylinder has eight ridges: four of which are three-dimensional triangles while the other four comprises a long strip of leather sandwiched between two strips of wood. the cylinder is controlled by an arm outside the box and a turned handle. Below the cylinder is a concave length of mesh, the ends of which are visible from the outside ends. From underneath the mesh is exposed. The other two sides of the box have a piece of wood in the middle attached lengthwise. Above this strip is a visible seam, where the box separates in two.