Mill, Coffee

Object Name:

Mill, Coffee

Object ID:

1994.509.01

Description:

Grinder, coffee. Wood, iron, and brass. Vertical action mill mounted on rectangular box with hopper drawer on front. Flat iron "S" shape handle arm on top with small cylindrical wood handle at end of arm. It is loose but held on with iron nail. Sides of handle have small flat surfaces from shaping tool. The "S" arm is fastened to vertical shaft with square machine nut. Name stamped into top of arm near central body: "..ORTH...". Surface is heavily corroded so name illegible. Roughly U-shaped iron stirrup mounted through top of box with machine screws that attach to a horizontal support plate that holds mill shaft. Vertical shaft with mill on it passes through stirrup. Outer milling surface is also fastened with stirrup mounting screws. Brass bowl approximately 4.6" in diameter and 1.4" high that is fastened to top wood surface with wood screws. Bottom of bowl is opened to allow beans to pass into mill area. Left hand side of bowl in turned inward and crushed downward with some splits. Several tacks in bottom of bowl to help hold it down. Inside opening edge of brass bowl is rough and uneven. Top wood plate has a tapered edge approximately 0.7" wide with slight decorative cove at its inside edge. Top plate is fastened with wood pegs to front, sides, and back of box structure. Box is held together with pegs at corners. It is fastened to bottom wooden plate with wood pegs and some added metallic nails.
Rectangular drawer that fits into box has iron fasteners at edges and bottom. Drawer pull is missing. Bottom plate is rectangular with a rounded flared area on sides so box can be clamped to surface. Chamfered edge to bottom piece across front, down sides to flare and similar design is replicated on back.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Brass
Iron

Dimensions:

H-8.3 W-8.4 D-7.2 inches