The Strange Old Kitchen Device Nobody Can Identify

May be an image of hand drill

This device is an early 20th-century manual apple peeler, corer, and slicer 🍏

You would attach it to a table, place an apple on the prongs, and turn the crank. It would peel the skin in one spiral strip, remove the core, and even slice the apple at the same time.

Simple. Mechanical. Brilliant for its time.