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Coffee Maker (Percolator)

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    Object Details

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Joyce Barth & Florence E. Scuderi

    date made

    ca 1928 - 1939

    date patented

    1924-8-12

    ID Number

    1992.0338.41

    accession number

    1992.0338

    catalog number

    1992.0338.41

    Object Name

    maker, coffee

    Other Terms

    Urn, Coffee; Electric

    Physical Description

    china, vitreous (body material)
    enamel (body decoration material)
    platinum (body trim material)
    chrome plate (cover; base; spigot material)
    glass (finial material)
    plastic (Bakelite_ (spigot handle; foot pads material)
    aluminum (percolator material)

    Measurements

    overall (for storage and without lid): 13 in x 8 5/8 in x 7 3/4 in; 33.02 cm x 21.9075 cm x 19.685 cm
    lid with finial: 2 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 9.2075 cm

    place metalware made; place assembled; place decorated

    United States: New York, Rochester

    place china made

    United States: Ohio, Zanesville

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    Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
    Food
    Domestic Furnishings

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Beverages
    Food Culture
    appliances

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-0a9f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1119643

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