Spong’s Bean Slicer
Date1957
Object NameBean Slicer
Mediumsteel
ClassificationsDomestic
Dimensions24.5 × 10.1 × 11.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2014 by Colin Fenn.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS092771
About MeCast steel kitchen appliance painted green, to be clamped to a table edge and with a rotating metal blade for slicing beans inserted through an aperture at the top. Beans would be cut on the diagonal. Cast inscription: SPONG’S // BEAN SLICER // No 632 // MADE IN ENGLAND”.The donor's mother got this bean slicer in about 1957 and used it for 25 years to slice the beans his father grew.
early 20th Century
