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Coffee Dispenser
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Coffee Dispenser

Dateabout 1955
MediumEnameled metal, plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter of top): 7 1/2 x 5in. (19.1 x 12.7cm)
Component (length of .d): 3 1/4in. (8.3cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Kugelman
DescriptionRed enameled metal container with black plastic base and removable plate. Used to dispense coffee. The measuring cup is beige speckled plastic. Marks on the components read on .a: "The Genuine Silex Home Coffee Dispenser", "The Silex Company, Hartford, Connecticut";
on .d: "DIPPEX / TRADEMARKED / MEASURING CUP / THE SILEX CO. / HARTFORD CONN. / USA"
Object number1986.76.0a-d
MarkingsPrinted on .a: "The Genuine Silex Home Coffee Dispenser"; "The Silex Company, Hartford, Connecticut".
Printed on .d: "DIPPEX / TRADEMARKED / MEASURING CUP / THE SILEX CO. / HARTFORD CONN. / USA"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Candle Warmer
    Silex Company
    1940-1960
    Gift of Brenda Mitchell-Powell, 2012.236.278    © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Clifford Mitchell
    1970
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    NY Coffee Cup
    2024
    Percolator
    Manning Bowman Company
    about 1933
    Gift of the Unionville Museum, 2012.460.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Landers, Frary, and Clark
    before 1965
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    Lenox, Inc.
    mid 1930s
    1941.9.1.16
    Unknown
    mid 19th century
    1945.1.1397.16
    Unknown
    1820-1840
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    Staffordshire potteries
    about 1820-1840
    Coffee Cup and Saucer
    Unknown
    about 1805-1810
    Coffee cup
    Manning Bowman Company
    about 1933