Chopper, Food

Description

Food chopper with a rectangular cutting board. The board is stained a dark brown and has chamfered corners. Attached to the center of the board is a piece of leather through which is the hinge for the cutting blade. The blade is rectangular and 4 5/8" long then transitions to a rectangular tang, which is inserted into a turned wooden handle. There are two through-holes in the board that overlap with two of the feet. The chopper has four turned feet of lightly colored wood.

Notes

Used to cut sweet flag root in the production of candied flag root. To learn more about the production of flag root candy, read this blog post: https://www.shakermuseum.us/flagroot-candy-not-so-sweet-for-its-maker/