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Lot 95:
Description
A vintage wood manual coffee grinder featuring a square finger-jointed wooden body with an applied brass plaque inscribed ELMA. The top is fitted with a domed red-painted metal hopper with a hinged sliding cover and a curved red-painted metal crank handle terminating in a turned wooden knob. A pull-out wooden drawer fitted with a turned knob is housed in the base for collecting grounds.
Condition report:
Wear is visible throughout the wooden casing, including extensive surface scratching, abrasions, and historical woodworm tracks and flight holes across the side panel (photo 3). The red finish on the metal hopper and handle displays chipping, surface scratches, and paint losses (photos 1, 2, and 3). Discolouration and staining from previous use are present inside the collection drawer (photo 2).
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