Antique Stone Press

Antique hand carved limestone press, used to press apples into cider. Imported from England.

In the earliest days, fruit was hand crushed with mortar and pestles. Later a more mechanical process was discovered using a circular horse powered mill. This used an upright millstone (usually carved from the local stone) and was pulled by a horse to crush the apples laying in the circular trough. As the horse went round, the apple cider maker would add water and scrape the pump off the sides.

To read more on the history of presses and cider mills, click here.

$2,450

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Additional Information

Product Code: AQE-CPR

• Length:

  57"

• Width:

  49"

• Height:

  8"