Stuffer, Sausage
Object number95.80.1
Artist
Bernard Cloekler Company
OriginPennsylvania
MediumSteel
Credit LineGift of Barbara Marasco
DescriptionCylindrical shaped silver machine with hand crankDimensions38 x 14 x 13 in. (96.5 x 35.6 x 33 cm)Marks"Improved wagner stuffer. Made by Bernard Cloeker Co. No 10 Pittsburgh PA"
Historical NotesUsed in Marasco's grocery store on Logan St. in the Hill District. The original Wagner sausage stuffer was designed and patented by John Wagner, a German immigrant living in Pittsburgh, in 1859. This improved Wagner stuffer was patented in 1883.Label TextGerman immigrant John Wagner patented a unique, sausage-stuffing device in 1859. At the time, he worked as a locksmith in Pittsburgh. This later version of Wagner’s invention was used at the Marasco grocery store in the Hill District.
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c. 1950
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