Coffee Grinder, Before 1900

Name/Title

Coffee Grinder, Before 1900

Entry/Object ID

1981.76.1

Description

Acc. No. 81.76.1 Subject Category: Household Date or period: Before 1900 Object: Coffee grinder Description: Hand operated coffee grinder. Wooden base with drawer. Iron crank and receptacle for coffee beans. Drawer and base constructed out of pine with no attempt to conceal dovetail joints. Size: (wooden base) 7½x7½, from base to handle 10 inches. History of Object: Coffee grinder used by the mother of Ms. Wilhelmine Koerber (an old family in Alameda), in Alameda before 1900 Acquired from: Ms. Wilhelmine Koerber Date: April 23, 1959