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BY PADLEY, PARKINSON & STANIFORTH, CIRCA 1858,
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A VICTORIAN ELECTROPLATED COFFEE MACHINE,
BY PADLEY, PARKINSON & STANIFORTH, CIRCA 1858,
Comprising an ovoid urn on 4 floral-embellished scroll supports terminating in dolphin heads, with spirit lamp below, and a beaker-shaped receptacle, both connected by a tube, engraved with "Willow pattern" chinoiserie scenes, on a decoratively-engraved stand of shaped outline, the tap of the urn terminating in an ivory bead, 14½ in. high (37 cm.), 10¾ in. long (27.5 cm.)
BY PADLEY, PARKINSON & STANIFORTH, CIRCA 1858,
Comprising an ovoid urn on 4 floral-embellished scroll supports terminating in dolphin heads, with spirit lamp below, and a beaker-shaped receptacle, both connected by a tube, engraved with "Willow pattern" chinoiserie scenes, on a decoratively-engraved stand of shaped outline, the tap of the urn terminating in an ivory bead, 14½ in. high (37 cm.), 10¾ in. long (27.5 cm.)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
When water is boiled in the globe of the urn, it flows into the open receptacle in which the coffee has been placed, infusing it.
When the burner is removed from under the urn, the coffee flows back up the pipe into the globe to be dispensed through the tap.
When the burner is removed from under the urn, the coffee flows back up the pipe into the globe to be dispensed through the tap.