Help identifying a possible, antique coffee maker.

by Joanne
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)


QUESTION:

I found this item while cleaning out my Grandma's basement. My best guess is some type of coffee maker. Does anybody know anything about this item?


ANSWER:

Joanne, hi

I have no idea, I’m afraid. But I’ll try to get the word out and get people to look at your photos. Maybe someone out there can help! It certainly looks like a coffee maker.

Nick

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by: Anonymous

Unfortunately I sold it to an antique dealer in Calgary for basically nothing. I should have kept it. Thank you for all your responses.
I have one
by: Sue

I have one just like this one and on the bottom is stamped Germany. It also came from my husbands side of the family. He is from Calgary. so I need some help finding out they worth. It has all the parts shown in the picture.
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by: Ana

can you see a very very very small mark in the metal? I have a similar coffe maker, and it have a mark in the mouth, where the coffee get out.
this mark is from a germany company, and this specific mark was 1910-1914
if your coffe maker have mark, you can find more clues on internet.
If you need more help, feel free to email me (exeria2000@gmail.com)

And, my apologies, i dont speak english very correctly :)

Ana (Spain)
Check this out
by: Alec

Looks like you're missing a couple parts, namely the base with the built-in burner.

http://ow.ly/Te3C8

This one was made by Unis in France. Copper exterior, looks like it's tin-lined. I'd guess 1920s but it's only a guess....

Cheers!
--A
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by: steve

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by: Anonymous

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by: Anonymous

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by: Anonymous

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by: Jef Asnong

Yes, Joana, it is definitely a coffee maker. But there is a part missing, as the pot was hanging in a supporter above a burner. I bought two such old coffee makers in the Québec city area. They are in copper and guess yours also. They look great one polished with Brasso.
Jef
look at this pot
by: pistachio

it is similar in concept and it is dated in the 20's


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1920-30s-RARE-NEAPOLITAN-COFFEE-MAKER-OVERSIZE-12-CUPS-/170637902846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bacfc3fe
a similar pot
by: pistachio

http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/images/neapolitan-flip-coffee-maker/$file/neapolitan-flip-coffee-maker-small.jpg

a similar style pot
give it a whirl........
by: pistachio

clean it up and take it out for a spin,,,,,, then leave a new post,,,

would like to hear...........
Looks like..
by: Tom Welsh

Yeah, this surely does look like a coffeemaker. Hard to see some of the parts and how they fit together, but at first glance it looks as if it would operate like one of those Italian "stovetop espresso makers," usually aluminum or stainless, so prevalent in kitchens these days. They don't really make espresso, of course, but rather double-strength coffee. The water would boil up from the bottom through the ground coffee and come back down to be poured and drunk. The long handle would indicate that the user risks burned pinkies if not careful.
I remember this.......
by: pistachio

from when I was very young....

simple to use,,

in the pic,, it is in that position when the coffee is done........

to set up you turn it the other way and fill with water....

there is a chamber in between for coffee grinds....

so you boil the water,,,,,, and take off the heat and flip it over..... thus the long wooden handle....

....the water drips through the coffee. and lands on the spout side......

a simple and good idea,,,,,

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