The image depicts a wooden coffee grinder with a metal crank handle and a circular opening for coffee beans. A red label on the front says "Utility Coffee Mills, Simmons Hardware Co." A drawer for collecting ground coffee is slightly open at the bottom center of the grinder.
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Coffee Grinder

Archie Thompson (American, 1886-1975)

c. 1940

Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Classification
Index of American Design
Dimensions
overall: 35.7 x 24.5 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.) ; Original IAD Object: base: 6 3/8" high; 6 3/8; overall: 9" high
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Index of American Design
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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