Object Details
- Description
- This manual coffee grinder from the late 1800s is a mechanized replacement for the mortar and pestle. The covered grinding receptacle empties the ground beans into a wooden box in its base.
- Description (Spanish)
- Este molinillo de café manual data de fines del siglo XIX y representa el sustituto mecanizado del mortero con mano. Los granos se muelen en el receptáculo cubierto, desde donde se vierten a una caja de madera en la base.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- late 19th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1132
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1132
- Object Name
- coffee grinder
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 35.2 cm x 24.4 cm x 32.3 cm; 13 7/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 12 11/16 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Domestic Furnishings
- Vidal
- Title
- Coffee Grinder
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Household Tools and Equipment
- Record ID
- nmah_602502
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-1ecb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
