Nutcracker Museum
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July 2018
Newsletter from The Nutcracker Lady
Sometimes nutcrackers are made for other uses as well as cracking nuts. Here are several shown in the Nutcracker Museum….
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DOOR KNOCKER There was a time in England when there was a tax on nutcrackers, so the makers inserted holes in each nutcracker to permit it to be screwed to the wall making a door knocker. This brass nutcracker depicts the famous Big Ben and was produced in Birmingham, England in the 19th century. Two holes in the back lever allow it to be screwed to the door frame. |
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PIPE TAMPER Men have enjoyed smoking a pipe for many centuries and usually carried a pipe tamper in their pocket. And at the same many also carried a nutcracker. Life was simpler for the men who used this brass nutcracker, only 4 Inches, with pipe tamper on the end of one lever. It was crafted in England in the 18th century. |
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PIPE TAMPER The third leg on the “Three Legged Man” often listed on our adult nutcracker hunts, serves as a pipe tamper. This one was carved in England of boxwood in the 17th century and measures just 6 inches. |
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WHISTLE Nutcrackers with a whistle???? We do not know for sure what the purpose of the whistle was, but the hostess on one TV show thought it may be to call the maid for more nuts, as nuts were usually cracked at the end of the meal. This large boxwood measures 8 inches and was carved in France in the 17th century. |
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WHISTLE The iron nutcracker with a whistle on the end of one handle was crafted in France during the 17th century and measures 6 inches. |
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PERCUSSION |
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 MULTI-TALENTED There are many nutcrackers that can be used for pliers and many pliers that are used to crack nuts, but this ingenious nutcracker from the 17th century serves as a nutcracker and pliers, but also as pipe tamper, screwdriver, pick, corkscrew, cleaver, and hammer. |
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Arlene Wagner,
The
Nutcracker Lady
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07/23/21
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735 Front Street
P.O. Box 2212
Leavenworth, WA 98826
(509) 548-4573
MUSEUM HOURS
11:00PM - 5:00PM Daily
We suggest visitors arrive at the museum at least 30 minutes before closing.
Nutcracker Museum Mission Statement:
"To foster and encourage the interest of the general public of the importance of nuts in the diets of humans throughout history and in the evolution of the nutcracker. No other tool or collectible has shown such a wide diversity of material and design as the implements used to crack the hard shell of a nut".
Museum Admission:
Adults - $5.00 (Ages 17 - 64yrs)
Seniors - $3.50
(Age 65yrs +)
Youth - $2.00 (Ages 6 - 16yrs)
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