Coffee Grinder
Torbay Museum
Tous droits réservés.
| Nom de l'objet : | Coffee Grinder |
| Classification de l'objet : | man-made artifact |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools and Equipment for Materials |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Food Processing Tools and Equipment |
| Discipline : | history local history social history |
| Matériaux : | tin ? metal wood |
| Technique de fabrication : | sawed nailed screwed cast |
| Numéro d'accession : | 988.27.1 |
| Pays d'origine : | United States |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | Pre-Confederation Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada Dominion of Newfoundland |
| Culture : | North American |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | North America |
| Contexte culturel : | food processing |
| Période : | Early-Twentieth Century |
| Description : | The grinder consists of a rectangular wooden box with a grinding mechanism (operated by a large handle) attached to the top. One side of the box consists of a small hinged door, which provides access to its interior. The bottom of the door is attached to a tin slide, which rests inside the box when the door is closed. The grinding mechanism consists of a large metal (iron ?) handle which is attached to a metal dome on the top of the box. Half of this dome is hinged, and it may be opened so that coffee beans may be added. The handle is attached to a rotating mill, which served to grind the beans. The interior of the dome slopes to a hole, allowing the ground coffee to fall into the box. A label on the inside of the box provides instructions for use, but does not list any manufacturer. A handle attached to the side of the dome allows for the device to be carried. |
| Commentaires : | Box coffee grinders such as this were produced by a number of companies in the United States and overseas. Most of these date from the late-nineteenth century into the early decades of the twentieth. There are thousands of types of mills still in existence today, making this one's specific manufacturer extremely difficult to pinpoint. |
| Fonctions : | This coffee grinder was owned by Mr. James Tapper of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and was used to grind coffee beans in the early decades of the twentieth century. Mr. Tapper was originally from Torbay, and it is thought that the grinder was probably acquired there. |
| Hauteur : | 25.5 |
| Longueur : | 14.5 |
| Largeur : | 12.5 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | grinder |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | Directions: To operate cup slide, replace cup on tin slide and close the door. The mill should be held level or placed on the table when the door is opened. The regulating nut must be between winged wasner and crank, the wing of the wasner resting in the groove in underside of crank. To grind fine, turn nut to the left. |
| Établissement : |
Torbay Museum
 Facebook-Torbay Museum
|
| Ville de l'établissement : | Torbay |
| Province de l'établissement : | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Coordonnées de cette page web
-
Pour proposer des corrections ou des mises à jour sur cette page, veuillez contacter directement le Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine (RCIP).