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This is a lemon squeezer, which is a wooden implement for squeezing lemons in order to extract the juice. It is made of two wooden paddles hinged together. This came to the museum as part of the Sharp collection

1 lemon squeezer: wood; plain

The Sharp Collection of agricultural and dairying equipment was compiled by Reverend C. J. Sharp at Wonersh, Surrey. Reverend Sharp died in 1967 and the Museum acquired the Collection for £60 in 1968., MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘LEMON SQUEEZER // Domestic Preparing // SHARP COLLECTION // wood iron [pencil drawing].’