Jackson Ball Cutter
Display: Sweet Inventions
Culinary Technique: forming
Date: c. 1890
Manufacturer: Thomas Mills and Brother Company
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dimensions: 18.5" h x 11" w x 8.5" d
Pulling the handle down moved the cutter, which sliced through hot candy, and the cam-operated finger bar cut a shape known to the trade as a Jackson Ball. Each time the handle was raised, the fingers ejected the balls between the knives. Such machines came in sizes that cut six to fifteen balls of varying diameters.