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A closely related strawpress is in the Fruitland Museum Shaker Collection, Harvard, Massachusetts.
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A SHAKER HICKORY AND CHERRY STRAWPRESS TOGETHER WITH A SHAKER CHERRYWOOD ROLLING PIN
THE STRAWPRESS HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1830; THE ROLLING PIN, HANCOCK, MASSACHUSETTS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The strawpress with ring and baluster-turned handle affixed to a vertical chamber enclosing two cylinders on a molded rectangular base; the rolling pin of tapering cylindrical form terminating with knops--strawpress 18 1/2in. high; rolling pin 11in. long (2)
THE STRAWPRESS HARVARD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1830; THE ROLLING PIN, HANCOCK, MASSACHUSETTS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The strawpress with ring and baluster-turned handle affixed to a vertical chamber enclosing two cylinders on a molded rectangular base; the rolling pin of tapering cylindrical form terminating with knops--strawpress 18 1/2in. high; rolling pin 11in. long (2)