Coffee or Spice Mill
date: label: date made
content: 1675 - 1700
notes: label: Description
content: This spice mill belonged to a member of the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the second half of the 18th century. The mill is made of turned wood with an iron handle and metal grinding mechanism.
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: Europe
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
topic: label: Subject
content: kitchen
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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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.006838
label: catalog number
content: 6838
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mill, spice
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lignum vitae (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (grinder; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (cover plate material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 17.4625 cm x 11.43 cm