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Metadata
Object ID # |
1974.083.017 |
Object Name |
Plate, Hot |
Title |
Toaster Stove |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
Late 1920s? |
Made |
The Brock Snyder Mfg. Co. |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
This is a small, squarish, single burner hot plate (with a coil burner), that was called a toaster stove in the 1920s. It is five and three-quarters inches square and painted a dark green. It is about 4 inches high. It is stamped on the underside with a circular mark "THE BROCK SNYDER MFG. CO. H.E.P.C.N. 348 NO V. 5 A. GRIMSBY ONT". It is 17.5 cm x 15 cm x 10.2 cm high. There no longer is a plug for it anymore. It has two flattish prongs at one side where the plug would go. The top side has a ceramic area above which are wires. This is the element area. 110 volts. |
Provenance |
Manufactured at Grimsby, Ontario, by The Brock Snyder Manufacturing Co. This company began in 1920, and ceased in 1958. Belonged to Captain George Hindman and his wife Blanche Hindman (nee Proctor). Last owned by their daughter Helen Evans (neé Hindman) of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Food Processing Tools & Equipment |
Material |
Metal/Ceramic/Wire/Paint |
Dimensions |
H-10.2 W-15 L-17.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Hindman, George Hindman, Blanche Hindman, Howard Evans, Helen |
Subjects |
Kitchens Heat Food preparation Electricity |