Coffee Mill
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
notes: label: Description
content: This wall-mounted hand-powered coffee mill belonged to the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. Beans were poured in the top, and the hand-operated crank rotated the burrs that milled the coffee down to grounds. Coffee was an important part of colonial trade and daily life in the colonial home as beans were roasted, ground, and brewed at home.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
label: place made
content: France
label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Beverages
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006834
label: catalog number
content: 6834
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coffee mill
label: Object Name
content: mill, coffee
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hardwood (hopper; grinder cover; backboard; grip material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (grinding plates; crank shaft and handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: chestnut or oak (thumbscrews material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, stored on side: 4 3/8 in x 8 in x 5 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 20.32 cm x 14.605 cm