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Percolater

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1930-1950

GUSN

GUSN-3238

Description

Of a squat pear shape with a "S" shaped spout and a "C" shaped handle. Enameled in "wedgewood" blue, with a hinged lid of nickel(?) plated copper with a molded uncolored glass finial. The interior of the pot holds and aluminum(?) ground holder and stem for the perculator.

Details

Descriptive Terms

percolators
cookware
aluminum (metal)
copper (metal)
glass (material)
metal
molding (forming)
Unidentified Metal
Glass
Copper
Aluminum
Molded
MAKER, COFFEE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.5 x 10 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1021

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