Three 19th Century Sheet Metal Coffee Grinders. One with a brass handled broken S-scroll crank turning the grinding mechanism on a central axle within a conical bean hopper bolted to a square box-form base with drawer and table clamp, 8'' (20 cm) in height. Another hand-operated by a crank handle slotting onto the grinding axle centring a hinged discoid lid with sliding catch enclosing a conical bean hopper above a slot on conical coffee receptacle, mounted with a table clamp with bifoil thumb piece, 8'' (20 cm) high. And a spice grinder having a conical body with attachment bracket to the side, having a lift-off lid and S-scroll crank handle with turned wooden finial, 7½'' (19 cm) high. *

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