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Coffee grinder

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1910-1915

GUSN

GUSN-19602

Description

Coffee grinder, glass and cast iron . Consists of a glass canister at top for holding whole beans, a metal grinding mechanism (painted black) w/ turned wooden crank handle at mid-section, and a measured glass cup at bottom for collecting ground beans. A: Top canister B: Mid-section C: Measured cup

Details

Descriptive Terms

coffee mills
cookware
casting (process)
glass (material)
iron (metal)
Glass
Iron
Slip Cast
MILL, COFFEE

Inscription

Embossed on glass: ""Crystal/ No.3"" ""ARCADE MFG CO./ FREEPORT, ILL."" Embossed on metal: ""ARCADE/ CRYSTAL""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Arcade Mfg. Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Freeport, IL, USA

Dimensions

19 (H), 4.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4461A-C

Places

Illinois (United States)

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