Sunbeam Electric Percolator

Description:

Sunbeam manufactured this automatic electric percolator during the 1950s. In a general trend of electrifying kitchen appliances, the electric percolator and coffeemaker replaced the old kettle. In the electric percolator, the base is filled with water and heat is supplied from an electrical element built in to the base. Once the percolator is plugged in, the heated water is driven up a hollow stem and through a filter basket containing the grounds, and “repercolated” again and again until the desired coffee strength is reached. This Sunbeam model has a dial at the base allowing the coffee to be brewed milder or stronger.

Maker: Sunbeam Corp.

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, American Enterprise, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Edgar Wolf, Jr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1988.3012.04Nonaccession Number: 1988.3012Catalog Number: 1988.3012.04

Object Name: percolator, electric

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 3/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 27.305 cm x 23.8125 cm x 15.875 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2ce5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324376

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