Electric Percolator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1967
name: label: maker
content: John Oster Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Electric percolator, green molded plastic body and lid, with removable interior metal (aluminum) parts. Pitcher, (A), straight sides, flared bottom, pointed handle, long, pointed, pocket spout opposite, two prong plug underneath handle, no cord attached or accompanying. Printed in serif and sans serif on front: “OSTER/INSULATED”. “OSTER” oval logo embossed on bottom, underneath embossed: “8 CUP AUTOMATIC/ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR/SERVICE NO./600 WATTS/120 VOLTS/A.C. ONLY/MODEL 622/ALWAYS START WITH COLD WATER/DO NOT IMMERSE BASE IN WATER/DO NOT PLUG IN DRY/JOHN OSTER MANUFACTURING CO./MILWAUKEE, WIS./PATENT NO. D207332”
label: Description
content: Lid, (B), is circular, flat, with separate pointed finial in center, clear plastic. Flanged bottom edge.
label: Description
content: Bowl, (C) aluminum, cylindrical, flat bottom, with small holes throughout, center column for aluminum main shaft (E). Cover, (D) aluminum, for (C), concentric ribs and holes on top. Coffee grounds would sit inside (C).
label: Description
content: US D207332 S, April 4, 1967, John Oster Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for “Coffee percolator”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edgar Wolf, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0076.08
label: accession number
content: 1988.0076
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0076.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: percolator, electric
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 5/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 5 in; 32.0675 cm x 22.225 cm x 12.7 cm