Coffee Maker
date: label: date made
content: ca 1939
label: Associated Date
content: 1939-08-29
notes: label: Description
content: Two-part, 8-cup, stovetop drip coffee maker, consisting of a cylindrical water reservoir at top, marked with 4-, 6- and 8-cup fill lines, that has an integral, narrower diameter, finely perforated filter extending from its bottom that fits inside the tapered cylindrical coffeepot with flared base and straight, angled, conical spout below. Both parts have two pairs of incised lines near where they join and black Bakelite handles, square in section, that align to form a continuous arc. Single, rounded cover with black, rounded-top, tapered circular knob fits both parts. Removable, wire-handled, perforated plunger inside reservoir keeps coffee grounds from floating into water. Bottom underside of coffeepot is stamped “de Luxe / ALUMINUM / WARE" in a bowed square outline above "A PRODUCT OF / WEST BEND ALUMINUM CO. / WEST BEND, WIS., U.S.A." and two U.S. design patent numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, West Bend
label: place patented
content: United States: Wisconsin, West Bend
label: place collected
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: kitchen
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0532.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0532
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0532.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: maker, coffee
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (Bakelite) (knob; handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/8 in x 10 in x 5 1/4 in; 31.4325 cm x 25.4 cm x 13.335 cm