Coffee Grinder

A large blue glass coffee grinder with beans in it. It is mounted on a grey wall and a green table. A coffee cup sits in front.
Coffee Grinder from the Eldon House collection

Country of Origin: United States
Year: ca. 1930s
Materials: Glass and metal 

Coffee grinders date back to the origins of coffee in Ethiopia. Originally, they were mortar and pestles and later developed into coffee mills. These mills were invented around the 16th century. Over the next two centuries they continued to change becoming more efficient at grinding the beans as opposed to crushing them. This one was manufactured by the Landers, Frary, & Clark company from New Britian, Connecticut. The company produced kitchenware from 1842-1965.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We honour and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse Indigenous people who call this territory home.

We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures, and customs.