Maker, coffee & toaster
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1920–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0805.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Armstrong Elec. & Mfg. Corp.
- MODEL
- PT
- LOCATION
- Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL & NICKEL PLATED, CERAMIC HOT PLATE, WOOD HANDLES, ASBESTOS INSIDE,SYNTHETIC PTS/.2 METAL WITH WOOD HANDLE/.3 METAL - NICKEL PLATED, WOOD HANDLE/.4-.6 METAL/.7 METAL - NICKEL PLATED, & GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 18.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Armstrong
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- West Virginia
- City
- Huntington
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO BREW COFFEE & TO TOAST BREAD - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY 'COMBINATION APPLIANCE' - A TYPE OF ELECTRIC APPLIANCE PRODUCED MAINLY IN THE 1920'S & 1930'S/ THESE APPLIANCES WERE DESIGNED TO PERFORM MORE THAN ONE FUNCTION & INTENDED TO BE USED AT THE TABLE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE 'ARMSTRONG/ PERC-O-TOASTER/ 440 WATTS 575 WATTS/ MODEL-PT 110 VOLTS PAT. APPLIED FOR/ THE ARMSTRONG ELEC. & MFG. CORP'N. HUNTINGTON, W. VA.', STAMPED OVER PLUGS 'TOASTER' 'PERCOLATOR', RESPECTIVELY
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 CHROME-LIKE FINISH, BLACK HANDLES, WHITE HOT-PLATE WITH SOME BLACK SCORCH MARKS/.2 DULL SILVER COLOUR, CHROME-LIKE FINISH ON OUTER SIDE, BLACK HANDLE/.3 CHROME-LIKE FINISH ON OUTSIDE, DULL SILVER INSIDE, BLACK HANDLE/.4-.6 SOFT SILVER-TONE/.7 CHROME-LIKE FINISH ON OUTSIDE, DULL SILVER INSIDE, CLEAR, COLOURLESS DOME
- Decoration
- .1) INDENTATIONS GIVING 'CLAW' APPEARANCE TO FEET/.2 SLIGHTLY RAISED DIAMOND SHAPE/.3 INDENTED DECORATIVE BORDERS AROUND POT/.7 FLUTED DESIGN IN GLASS OF DOME
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Armstrong Elec. & Mfg. Corp., Maker, coffee & toaster, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1995.0805, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0805.001/
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