Depression A

Electric coffee pot. This is a "4 Man Coffee Maid" produced by the Foreman 4 Family, Inc. The handles and feet are black Bakelite, and the body is chrome. This piece is in excellent condition, down to the cloth covered cord. The body of the pot is a #7826B, indicating that it is a typical Flameware 6 cup pot. The original set came with this pot and a chrome tray with matching accessories. We would love to find a complete set, or at least some pieces to begin completing our set here!

Here are a couple of pots with Pyrex percolator tops. These really show the scope of Pyrex glassware in the first half of the 20th century.
This is a nice little stove-top percolator which stands only about 7" tall. It is pewter with a carved wooden handle. This is a beautiful little piece which is in excellent condition.

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Wooden Handled Flameware Pots from WWII
Corning, in order to assist in the war effort, decided to try wooden handles rather than the metal and glass they had previously used. These were test marketed, but evidently either because of cost concerns or other reasons were never marketed to the general public. Very few of these pieces were ever seen by the general populace.
We were really lucky to come across this 6 cup. From the inside components to the wooden handle it appears to never have been used. It is listed and pictured in our reference books, but never given a price in the listings!! The shape is like none of the other Flameware coffees that we have seen.

This is another 6 cup from WWII, similar to the above but different in two important ways. This pot has the older model tab top rather than the knob top on the pot above. This piece also has a rare, all glass basket. We have only seen a couple of these during our travels thru the 'Land of Pyrex past', and were lucky enough to stumble upon this one. The bottom of the bsket is white glass molded to the rest of the basket. The older style lid was made so that there was no need for a top of the basket - the water was directed straight into it. Here is real evidence that people cared, as far back as WWII, about contamination of their drinks through metal poisoning.