Antique Art Deco Industrial Coffee Bean Grinder Amazing Restaurant / Film Prop
FABULOUS ART DECO SHOPPING MARKET ANTIQUE COFFEE BEAN GRINDER IN MECHANICAL RUNNING CONDITION. With our sincere pleasure we are delighted to offer you this absolute art deco treasure. This is a shopping market coffee bean grinder that was made by the The American Duplex Company of Louisville "2" Kentucky USA, circa 1930. It was designed to be used in a supermarket so shoppers could grind their coffee beans for one of four uses in either one or three pound bags. The bag's edge trips a solenoid switch on the dispenser.
The motor still functions wonderfully. They just built electric motors like that back then and we will revisit this subject.
It is estate found and fresh to the market. Its body is red, white and grey with stainless trim. It comes out of an old A&P market (The Atlantic Pacific Tea Co) and a family that shares history with our own. This is American Duplex's "Grindmaster" model 500. Its serial # is 16773, it runs on 115 volts, 60 cycles at 7 amps. It has an advertising display with lighted widow. The top red door you open to pour your coffee beans in has fabulous advertising and we believe it to be Bakelite. This approximately 80-100 pound machine, grinds beans so nicely that we dare say nothing much equaling its quality has ever been made since. We want to come back to the issue of a 1930's electric device.The motor purrs and light functions well. We ran it several times and have had a lot of fun.
The cord appears to be the original and it is still wonderful in appearance, but this a 80 year old piece and we absolutely and unquestionably advise you to have this TRIPLE checked. We simply do not know and only make assumptions as to its present condition and safety. We are a family business and we deeply care about these things. The body of this wonderfully pure Art Deco Institutional piece is 24" tall, 14" wide and 11 deep. We are a wholly owned family business in our third decade of continuous operation.We have a large inventory of fine antiques ranging from Early American, Federal, Chippendale, Empire, Centennial, Victorian, 20th Century custom mahogany, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern antique furniture along with decorative arts from across the globe. All the items we offer to the general public are high quality estate pieces.
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