"National" Coffee Mill
"National" Coffee Mill
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mill, coffee
- date made
- 1883 - 1899
- date used
- before 1900
- patent date for geared lid
- 1883-06-12
- maker
- Charles Parker Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Meriden
- place used
- United States: Wisconsin, Clintonville
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (top plate; dome; hopper; handle material)
- steel (grinder material)
- wood (box; drawer material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 21.59 cm x 24.765 cm x 16.8275 cm
- box (height does not include top): 5 in x 6 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 15.875 cm x 15.5575 cm
- ID Number
- DL.314637.12327
- catalog number
- 314637.12327
- accession number
- 314637
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
- subject
- Beverages
- Household Tools and Equipment
- kitchen
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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