General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CHROME OR NICKEL-CHROME(?) PERCOLATOR, LID, SERVING PIECES & TRAY..2 HAS GLASS TOP;.1,.3-.4 HAVE SYNTHETIC HANDLES & SPIGOT KNOB. SYNTHETIC CORD HAS BAKELITE PLUG & CONNECTOR. ALUMINUM COFFEE BASKET, SPREADER & STEM. PORCELAIN ELEMENT HOUSING IN BASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

21.0 cm

Width

20.0 cm

Height

35.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food service

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF SET PROBABLY USED C.1920S-1930S AND POSSIBLY LATER

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PREPARE & DISPENSE COFFEE, AND PROVIDE CREAM & SUGAR FOR SERVING.

Technical

COFFEE SERVICE OR COFFEE SETS WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR C. 1920S-1940S. THE FIRST ELECTRIC COFFEE MAKERS APPEAREDC.1900: INITIALLY THE ELECTRIC ELEMENT HAD TO HEAT ALL THE WATER IN THE POT TO C. 190-F BEFORE IT BEGAN TO PERK. IN 1908 THE FIRST PERCULATOR WITH A COLD WATER PUMP APPEARED, CONCENTRATING HEAT IN SMALL AREA OF BASE, THUS HEATING A SMALLER QUANTITY OF WATER SUFFICIENT TO PERK IN 2-3 MINS., AS IN THIS UNIT.

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

.1 STAMPED INTO UNDERSIDE OF URN: 'DO NOT PLACE POT IN WATER/ IF POT DOES NOT HEAT/ REMOVE THIS COVER/ AND REPLACE FUSE/ CHROME/ 115 VOLT' PT ELECTRICAL CORD MARKED 'MADE IN CANADA/ 10A-125V 5A-250V'; ON REVERSE: '[CSA LOGO] LR 13241' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON CONNECTOR; 'SIZEEIGHTEEN TYPE HPN HEATER CORD' PRINTED IN GREY ON ELECTRICAL CORD; '[CSA LOGO]/ LR9309' STAMPED ON METAL PLUG PRONGS

Missing

ORIGINAL 'WORKS' OF PERKOLATOR. COFFEE BASKET & POST

Finish

.1-.5 BRIGHT CHROME FINISH ON URN, SERVING PIECES & TRAY..1,.3 &.4 ALL HAVE BRIGHT RED PHENOLIC HANDLES. CLEAR GLASS TOP ON.2 LID

Decoration

.1 URN HAS TIERED LID & UPPER BODY, NARROWING AT SPIGOT AND THEN FLAIRING OUT AT BASE. CURVING ARC-SHAPED HANDLES ATTACHED TO URN BY SCREWS HAVING SPOKE-LIKE PATTERN ON HEADS. RED LEVER ON SPIGOT HAS SCALLOPED EDGE. CONE-SHAPED SERVING PIECES.3-.4 HAVE SMALL CURVED HANDLES, FASTENED WITH DECORATIVE SCREWS AS PER.1..2 LID FOR COFFEE URN HAS FACETTED COLLAR & RAISED PEAK. TRAY HAS RAISED EDGE WITH SHALLOW V MOULDED IN CORNERS.