Coffee grinder owned by Cornelia Wallis
date: label: Date
content: 1860s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Cornelia Wallis, American
notes: label: Description
content: Coffee grinder from the late 1800s owned by a former Kentucky slave named Ms. Cornelia Wallis. The tool consists of a cast-iron hand cranked grinder mounted on a wooden box with a sliding drawer at the bottom.
place: label: Place used
content: Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Whitlock Descendants
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.129
objectType: label: Type
content: mills (culinary tools)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood and cast iron
label: Dimensions
content: 8 x 5 7/8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 14.9 x 25.4 cm)