Name/Title
Borgwardt family Regal Hanging Coffee Grinder, Ca. 1900Entry/Object ID
1981.134.1Description
Acc. No. 81.134.1
Subject Category: Household
Date or period: Circa 1900
Object: Coffee grinder
Description: It is a hanging coffee grinder with case iron body and handle. It has an ebonized wooden handle. It has a tin receptacle for holding coffee beans. It has a screw top like a jar lid. It has a faint stencil in gold "44 Regal". The word Regal is also embossed in the cast iron support. The whole body is in black.
Size: 12 inches in length and the handle is six inches in length, Storage area for coffee is 4½ across.
History of Object: old fashioned coffee grinder used in the home of Borgwardt about 1900. This is an old Alameda family known to have lived on Lincoln Avenue as early as 1896.
Acquired from: Mr. & Mrs. Otto Borgwardt
Date: December, 1955Interpretative Labels
Label
4/29/2020 MvL: a tag-style label was affixed to the item with string. Contents:
OLD FASHIONED WALL COFFEE GRINDER USED IN HIS HOME ABOUT 1900 DONATED TO ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY OTTO BORGWARDT.
DECEMBER 1955.
