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Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century
Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century

Antique Colombia Meat Juice Press Landers Frary & Clark Late 19th Century

$ 31.67

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Colombia Meat Juice Press by Landers Frary & Clark.
History:
Meat Presses were used by affluent families in the late 1800s and early 1900s to make beef tea. Beef tea was used as a general-purpose treatment for illness, mostly because it was considered nutritious and easy on the stomach. These presses squeezed juice out of beef, much like a lemon, and the resulting juice was boiled into a broth and then consumed by the ill patient.
Material:
Cast iron.
Color:
Black
Size:
Approx. 8 inches tall.
Age:
Made in the late 1800s or early 1900s.
Origin:
Made in the USA, likely New Britain Connecticut.
Condition:
This meat press has patina consistent with being 100+ years old. It is cast iron and has some rust on the bottom. Please see images.
Other information:
Text on item reads: "LANDERS. FRARY & CLARK." "NEW BRITAIN. CONN USA" "COLOMBIA MEAT JUICE PRESS"
Shipped by USPS priority mail.
USA only. No returns.