A cup of......'Joe'??????

[gadgetgary]

Here is a SILEX coffeemaker from maybe the 50's???
The pot illuminates. The glass bowl is not removeable, unlike the ones from the late 60's and early 70's under the Proctor Silex or 'Mary' Proctor Silex.

 

[gadgetgary]

Lights, Camera, Action..........

Let's plug it in and watch it brew...........

Of course, water and CAW-FEE would help.....

 

[gadgetgary]

Genuine Corning Glass

That little emblem states Corning Brand heat-proof glass made in USA for the Silex Co.
Notice that nice gold banding around the top, and, the glass perk knob(previous pic).

 

[toggleswitch]

VERY nice cofffe-maker(s), sir.

I see Gaylord staring at Mary, even though there are other ones right there.

 

[jasonl]

One of my dreams pots. HEY! Send me one. LOL.

 

[gadgetgary]

One of my dreams pots....

Really?
This pot is very old and.....I got it on Ebay.

 

[tlee618]

Gary I love the shape of that pot, thanks once again for sharing with all of us. Terry

 

[gadgetgary]

Gary I love the shape of that pot

Well, am I the only one to show the 'shape'? Anyone else care to show theirs????
Don't be shy now...........bring it out and show it

 

[perc-o-prince]

You show me yours and I'll show you mine!!!

OOOPS...Wait...that's a different post. I think it's a different thread (joke)

I will post the pics of the Armstrong coffee appliances. I had a very busy weekend so I'm just getting to it now.

The first pic is of an all chrome Perc-O-Toaster. This was the 1920's solution to bringing the toaster AND percolator to the breakfast table with only one appliance.

The percolator is a special one, that works only on the Armstrong line, as well as the plug which is a special 2 headed plug so that you could use the perc and toaster together or seperately. Notice the screw in plug that would be screwed into a light socket. Very typical for the time. The toaster drawer is a single slicer with heating elements above and below so that you didn't have to flip it.

Isn't that an elegant way to have breakfast?

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[perc-o-prince]

Sorry!

Forgot to post the pic!

 

[perc-o-prince]

I forgot to mention that you could purchase a seperate waffle iron which is shown in the picture.

The next pic is the unit dissasembled and from the back. Note the odd plugs.

 

[perc-o-prince]

They came in other flavors!

Black and white.

 

[toggleswitch]

Cool to see that these orignally connected to (standard) Edison base (i.e. screw-in) bulb/lamp holders!

 

[perc-o-prince]

Introducing the

Armstrong made a small table stove which was pretty popular but didn't have a percolator. They had the Perc-O-Toaster that only made coffe and toast so I guess it wasn't long before they would merge the two and this is the beast that they came up with....The Perc-O-Broiler. It could make an entire breakfast as well as other meals right at the table!

It has a percolator, egg poacher insert that goes into a deep broiling pan pan, an adapter for turning the percolator heater into a stove, a waffle iron, a griddle pan that also can serve as a cover for the broiling pan for poaching eggs. There is also anothe pan that can act as a lid as well as a heat deflector. This would be slid into the top slot (under the toaster drawer) and would deflect the heat, from the bottom coils, up ont the bottom of the toast.

Whew...sounds more complicated than it's worth. You would have to have five arms to work it not to mention that it had to be anything but relaxing.

 

[perc-o-prince]

another shot!

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[mixfinder]

Culinary Twister

That's a bit like a table top AGA, managing all the openings and heat values.
Kelly

 

[perc-o-prince]

OOOPS!!!

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[perc-o-prince]

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[perc-o-prince]

Waffle iron

The waffle iron would slide into the slot for the toaster drawer.