COFFEEPOT
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COFFEE MAKER
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970093010
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COFFEE MAKER
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 23.5
- Length
- 17
- Width
- 17
- Description
- GLASS COFFEE POT BOTTOM AND ATTACHING GLASS PERCOLATOR WITH BLACK PLASTIC HANDLE. PERCOLATOR HAS LONG NARROW TUBE THAT IS PLACED INSIDE THE POT. BOTH ITEMS WHEN ASSEMBLED MAKE THE COFFEE MAKER, AND ARE STORED INSIDE OF NATURAL COLOURED CARDBOARD BOX. WHITE PAPER LABEL WITH BLUE TRIM IS MARKED "GENUINE SILEX", "THE ORIGINAL GLASS COFFEE MAKER", "THE SMART WAY TO MAKE COFFEE", "THE SILEX COMPANY, LTD. ST. JOHNS, QUE., CANADA", AND A HANDWRITTEN ADDRESS "MRS. A. R. LYNN 2149 W 22 AVE VANCOUVER GLASS WITH CARE". ALSO MARKED ON LABEL IS "4 CUP SIZE BLACK", AND "5 LIQUID OUNCES OF COFFEE PER CUP IS THE BASIS OF CAPACITY RATING, WITH CREAM AND SUGAR ADDED, THIS IS THE AVERAGE CUP REQUIREMENT MADE IN CANADA". WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON THE LABEL IS "4.25", POSSIBLY THE PRICE OF THE ITEM AT THE TIME.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- ITEM BELONGED TO HARPER FAMILY, BUT DONOR STATES THAT THEY RARELY DRANK COFFEE SO IT WAS ONLY USED OCCASIONALLY FOR GUESTS. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HARPER FAMILY PLEASE SEE P19970093001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970093010
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-09
- Collection
- Museum
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