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Golden Rule Coffee Grinder or Mill With Original Catch Cup |
This mill was manufactured by the Arcade Mfg. Co. of Freeport,
Ill. for the Citizens Wholesale Supply Co. of Columbus, Ohio. Citizens sold medicines, candies, toiletries and their Golden
Rule blend of coffee from 1900
to 1920. The coffee was so popular that they had Arcade
make them this mill. The front reads
GOLDEN RULE
BLEND COFFEE
THE FINEST BLEND
IN THE WORLD
THE CITIZENS WHOLESALE SUPPLY CO.
COLUMBUS OHIO.
This mill was in fairly rough shape when I got it with almost
100years of dust and grease covering it so it was disassembled and all
the internal metal parts were wire brushed down to bare metal and the
external wooden parts were lightly sanded and refinished with an antique
oil finish. It had a hole that someone had drilled in the back to hang
it off a hook that I repaired. The metal plaque on the front retains
it's original finish and it's original glass window that allows you to
see how much coffee remains in the grinder. This mill is now in very
good condition and ready to put back to work if you wish. It comes with an
original Arcade No. 3 catch cup which was the one that was originally
used with these mills. It has measure marks 2, 4, 6 and 8 on the front
with hash marks in between for the odd numbers. The bottom is embossed
with Arcade Mfg. Co. Freeport Ill. with a number 3 in the middle. The
catch cup has a tiny flea bite on the upper lip and an inclusion (looks
like a scratch but is from when it was made) in the glass that starts
right below the embossed "r" in "Freeport Ill." and loops under it in
the base. The square lid on top is
original and is more rare than the round lid that is usually found on
these.
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Arcade Crystal Aromatic No. 9010 Coffee Grinder or Mill With
Original Catch Cup
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This is the last of the crystal series of coffee mills
manufactured by Arcade. The 9010 was manufactured in the 1920's and has
a very sleek, art deco look with vertical lines running throughout the
mill. It has the majority of it's original finish but there are some
small areas where surface rust had started to develop. These were oiled
and cleaned to stop them from advancing. I installed a new gasket between the hopper and body as the old
one was dried out and hardened. It is in overall very good condition with only
the following flaws to report. There is some minor chipping around
the top lip of the hopper that is most likely from when the glass was
ground at the factory and
there are two areas (front and back) of missing glass on the lower lip
of the hopper where it is clamped into place by the body halves. These
were most likely caused when the original gasket gave out and the hopper
was allowed to move back and forth. They do not affect usability and are
not even visible unless you look down into the hopper or disassemble the
grinder.
The lid is in good shape with no dents but does have original paint loss
and some paint spots from when Grandpa painted the kitchen. The original catch cup is
almost flawless and looks like it just left the factory. This mill has been
thoroughly cleaned so it's ready to hang and use.
This 9010 mill measures approx. 16" tall with the catch cup and a little
less than 4" wide not including the adjustment knob.
Item No. 4069 |
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Arcade Crystal No. 3 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This Arcade Crystal No 3. had almost no original finish
left when I got it so it was sandblasted and repainted in a semi-gloss
black which is very close to an original finish. It has a glass hopper
with no chips or cracks which is embossed with "Crystal No. 3". It
has the original "Arcade" embossed lid which has a few very
light dents but screws on and off easily and is also embossed "Arcade
Crystal" on the cast iron body. The gasket between the glass hopper
and the cast iron body was replaced as it had dried out and was not
holding the hopper as it should. The top lip of the hopper has a small
bubble that burst through when it was being blown, it has been smoothed
over so there are no sharp edges. It has a replacement horseshoe and star
catch cup that is very close in size and style to the original cup. This
mill has been thoroughly cleaned with anything not painted being wire
brushed down to bare metal. It measures
about 19" from the top to the bottom of the pull ring.
Item No. 1769 |
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Arcade Crystal No. 3 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This Arcade Crystal No 3. had almost no original finish left when I got
it so it was sandblasted and repainted in a semi-gloss black which is
very close to an original finish. It has a glass hopper with no chips or
cracks which is embossed with "Crystal No. 3". It has the original
"Arcade" embossed lid which has a few very light dents but screws on and
off easily and is also embossed "Arcade Crystal" on the cast iron body.
The gasket between the glass hopper and the cast iron body was replaced
as it had dried out and was not holding the hopper as it should. It has
a replacement horseshoe and star catch cup that is very close in size
and style to the original cup. This mill has been thoroughly cleaned
with anything not painted being wire brushed down to bare metal. It
measures about 19" from the top to the bottom of the pull ring. Item
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Arcade Crystal No. 3 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
The original finish on this mill was almost completely
gone so the mill was sandblasted down to bare metal with 100% of the
original finish being removed, the cast iron was wire
brushed to a high sheen and given a few coats of a clear enamel to give
it an industrial look, (Arcade did make some No. 3's with a nickel
finish and this looks very similar to those). It has it's original embossed "Arcade" lid
that does have some small dents but screws on and off easily. The hoper is
embossed "Arcade Crystal No. 3 and has some fine scratches and use marks
as should be expected of a tool of this age. It is embossed
"Arcade" and "Crystal" on the main body of the mill
above the handle. I installed some new gasket material between the body
and the hopper because the old one had dried out and was not holding the
hopper in place as it should. It has an old horseshoe and star cup that fits
well in place of the original catch cup. This entire mill has been thoroughly cleaned
with the interior parts wire brushed to bare metal and the exterior
carefully cleaned and/or refinished. It measures about 19" from the top to the
bottom of the pull ring.
Item No. 1771 |
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Arcade Crystal No. 3 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
Manufactured by the Arcade Mfg. Co. of Freeport, Ill.
this Crystal No. 3 coffee mill still has the majority of it's original
finish left but had been painted over several times when Grandpa did the
kitchen walls so it was cleaned to bare metal and repainted in a
semi-gloss white. It has an embossed "Crystal No. 3" hopper with
the original embossed "Arcade" lid. It is also embossed
and highlighted in gold with "Arcade" and "Crystal" on the main body of the mill.
I added a little extra gasket material between the body and the hopper
because the old one had shrunken slightly with age and was not holding
the hopper in place as it should. It has an old horseshoe and star catch
cup replacing the original. There is some slight roughness where the
base of the lid meets the hopper but this is from when it was
manufactured and is not a defect. This mill has been thoroughly cleaned
with the interior parts being wire brushed to bare metal and the exterior
carefully cleaned and refinished. It measures about 19" from the top to the
bottom of the pull ring.
Item No. 4068 |
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Arcade Crystal No. 40 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This mill is actually a two for one deal. You are
getting a functional coffee mill along with a piece of art. I'm not
quite sure what to call the artistic style on this mill but it's
somewhere between Pennsylvania Dutch and tramp art. The mill was
manufactured by the Arcade Mfg. Co. of Freeport, Ill. It has it's
original glass hopper embossed with "Crystal No. 4 in cursive script
and panels which follow through to the cast iron body that is embossed with "Arcade". The lid is
original and is embossed "Arcade"
in cursive script. This
mill has some wear to the paint that was added to the glass hopper and a
few spots of paint that were slopped on when grandpa painted the kitchen
but the black underneath is the original finish and is in good condition
with minimal paint loss. All internal and
external parts have been wire brushed or cleaned as needed. I lightly
cleaned the outside of the hopper so there was no additional paint loss. This mill
is equipped with an old jelly jar as a replacement catch cup
so it's ready to hang and use.
Item No. 4026
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Arcade Crystal No. 40 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
Manufactured by the Arcade Mfg. Co. of Freeport, Ill.
this No. 40 Arcade coffee mill has a
clear glass hopper embossed with "Crystal No. 4" in cursive script
and panels which follow through to the cast iron body that is embossed with "Arcade". The lid is
original and is embossed "Arcade"
in cursive script. The original gasket between the hopper and the cast
iron body was still in good shape and only needed a slight amount of
extra material added to hold the hopper tightly in place. The screw and
nut that hold the catch assembly to the body are replacements but these
are not normally used as the hole becomes a third mounting point. This
mill had some light surface rust on the exterior of the body but a coat
of Liquid Gold and a light brushing cleaned it up well enough that I
decided to leave it as is. All internal and external parts
were wire brushed or cleaned as needed
so it's ready to hang and use.
Item No. 4025 |
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Arcade No. 1 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
The Crystal No. 1 was the first glass hopper mill produced by Arcade.
This mill has it's original un-embossed lid and hopper and a replacement
catch cup.
Item No. 3632 |
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Arcade No. 1 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
Although this mill is identified as a No. 1 mill on the embossing above
the catch cup, I refer to these as an "improved" or a "1.5" No. 1 Arcade
coffee mill. I can only assume that Arcade discovered that the original
No. 1 design which used rubber grommets to hold the catch cup needed
improvement so they removed the grommets and added a spring loaded catch
assembly.
This mill was a rusty mess with a rusted through lid so it was
cleaned to bare metal and repainted in semi-gloss enamel. It had new
gasket material between the glass hopper and the body and a replacement
lid was added along with a horseshoe catch cup. The grind is adjusted
with the screw that goes through the back of the grinder.
Item No. 3880
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Arcade Royal No. 1 "Fruit Jar" Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This is the first of two versions of the rare Fruit Jar
mill made by Arcade. Both models will take either a pint, quart or two
quart canning jar with a threaded lip. These are hard to find complete
with all the original parts as this one is. The original finish was
almost non existent except for a small area that remained on the back so
it was sandblasted and repainted in a semi-gloss black that is very
close to the original finish.
The screw on lid of the canning jar has a shut off flap
that allows you to refill the jar and flip it onto the grinder. It is
secured to the body of the mill with a round thumb screw that tightens
against it through the side of the body. The flap is then opened to
allow the beans to flow through to the grinder
It measures right around 15" tall with a quart sized
fruit jar.
Item No. 4065 |
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Arcade X-Ray Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This mill was manufactured by the Arcade Mfg. Co. of Freeport, Ill.
around 1900. This X-Ray mill was covered with
green paint, the back board had splits through the mounting holes and
was badly chipped on the sides so the back board was replaced, the rest
of the wood was stripped then lightly
sanded and finished with a golden oak stain and an antique oil finish.
The glass viewing window was broken so it was replaced
with an older pane of glass which now has a reproduced Arcade X-Ray label
attached. This mill has it's original japanned finish on the exterior of
the cast iron and the mill was completely
disassembled and cleaned to like new condition with all the interior
parts wire brushed to bare metal. A washer was placed between the handle
and the body of the grinder to increase the clearance between the handle
and the hopper holding the coffee. (Many of the x-ray mills have the two
notches or rub marks where the handle would hit the front of the box
when rotated). The wing nut is not an original Arcade but is from
another make of coffee grinder from the same era and works well. This mill comes
equipped with a reproduction catch cup which is almost identical to an
original. The length of the wood portion is right around 11 1/2"
(14 3/4" long with the catch cup hanging at the bottom), 4 3/4" wide and
3 1/2" deep.
Item No. 4087
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Arcade No. 25 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This is an Arcade No. 25 coffee grinder that was
produced sometime around 1910 - 1930 by Arcade in Freeport, Illinois. It
has a cast iron body with Arcade embossed on the neck and Arcade 25
embossed on the hopper along with scrollwork on the arm of
the handle. The lid is an
original embossed Arcade that fits well and screws on
and off easily. An older horse shoe cup with panels is used in place of the
original catch cup which was long gone by the time I got it. The original finish
is present and has some minor paint loss but was cleaned,
oiled and
left as is. All
interior parts have been thoroughly wire brushed to bare metal so it's
once again ready to grind. The original gasket that is between the glass
hopper and the body was present but needed to have a little additional
material added as it had
hardened and no longer held the hopper in place as it should. A washer
was added between the handle and body to ensure that the handle will
rotate without touching the glass. There are some air bubbles in
the glass hopper as is normal with a piece of this age but it has no
chips or cracks. . This is one of the shortest of the
Arcade wall mount mills at 15 1/2" so these can be mounted under most
modern day cabinets (with the cup mount overhanging the back-splash.)
Item No. 4090
Arcade made the #25 mills in several slightly different versions.
Although they all had the same cast iron body style, some are embossed
on the neck below the hopper with "Arcade", but others have no embossed
name at all and yet others are found with the names "Atwood", or "Lees"
embossed. Some were produced with "Arcade 25" embossed hoppers and
others have plain hoppers. No one seems to know exactly why this was,
but I suspect that Arcade may have manufactured some of these mills for
distribution by other companies.
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Arcade No. 25 Coffee Grinder or Mill |
This is an Arcade No. 25 coffee grinder that was
manufactured by Arcade in Freeport, Illinois. It had almost none of it's
original finish left by the time I got it so it was sandblasted to bare
metal and repainted in a semi-gloss black which is very close to the
original color. The grinder
body is plain with only the handle having some fancy scrollwork. The
original gasket that is between the glass hopper and the body was present but
needed to be replaced as it had hardened and no longer held the hopper
in place as it should. The glass hopper has no chips or cracks. All internal parts were wire brushed to bare metal
and the exterior and glass were thoroughly cleaned so it's ready to grind. This mill has an
old lid that may not be original to the grinder but is from the same era and an old horseshoe embossed catch cup. This is one of the
shortest of the Arcade wall mount mills at 15 1/2" so these can be
mounted under most modern day cabinets (with the cup mount overhanging
the back-splash.)
Item No. 4091
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Arcade Crystal No. 3 Original Catch Cup
2 - 8 |
This is an early style Arcade Crystal No. 3
Catch Cup that was supplied with the No. 3 coffee grinders when they
were new. Not very many of these have survived through the years as they
were often broken and rather than pay the 15¢ that Arcade wanted for a
real replacement glass they would just substitute any glass they had
which would fit. It has measure marks 2, 4, 6 and 8 on the front with
hash marks in between for the odd numbers. The bottom is embossed with
Arcade Mfg. Co. Freeport Ill. with a number 3 in the middle. There are
no chips or cracks on this glass, but here is a small inclusion that
looks like a scratch starting above the "3" in the base and running to
the outside edge. This and the bubbles present in the glass are common with
these cups and is from when it was produced. The glass is clear, but the
glass on these earlier cups tends to have a slightly darker tint to it.
This cup as well as all original Arcade cups measures approximately 3
3/4 inches tall.
Item No.4055 |
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Arcade Crystal No. 3 Original Catch Cup
2 -14 |
This is the later style of original catch cup that Arcade used on the
Crystal No. 3 mills. It has measure marks 2 - 14 on the front with hash
marks in between for the odd numbers and Tablespoons written across the
top. The bottom is embossed with Arcade Mfg. Co. Freeport Ill. with a
number 3 in the middle. There are no chips or cracks on this glass, just
some minor scratches and the usual swirl marks and some straw marks from the manufacturing process.
There are some heavier straw marks in the base of the cup. None of these
are cracks and most likely formed during the cooling process.
Item No.4043 |
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Arcade No. 4 Original Catch Cup
2 - 14 |
This is an original Arcade Crystal No. 4 or No. 40
coffee grinder catch cup. Even fewer of these are found as the
production runs of the No.'s 4 and 40 were much smaller than the No.
3's. It has measure marks 2 - 14 on the front with hash marks in
between for the odd numbers and Tablespoons written across the top. The bottom is embossed with
"Arcade Mfg. Co"
with a number "4" in the middle and "Freeport, Ill" below that. This cup has a few of t
he usual straw marks and bubbles in the glass from
the manufacturing process and there is a small chip on the back of one
of the ridges and another tiny spot on the front that I believe is from
when it was made. This cup as well as all original
Arcade cups measures approximately 3 3/4 inches tall.
Item No.4058 |
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Arcade Early Generic Original Catch Cup |
I refer to the two cups shown as Arcade
"Generic" cups as they was used on many grinders manufactured by
Arcade. This is the earlier version of the cup with the writing on the
base more towards the center and the base itself is slightly more
concave than the later "Generic" cup. In addition to the
Arcade 25's this cup also came with the Golden Rule,
Bell, and Monarch mills. This cup has no measure marks on the side, and
is only identified by the "Arcade Mfg. Co.
Freeport Ill." that is embossed in the base of the cup. As is usual
with glass of this age there are the normal swirls and straw marks, but
there are
no chips or cracks to report on this cup. This cup as well as all original
Arcade cups measures approximately 3 3/4 inches tall.
Item No. 4060
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Arcade Later Generic Original Catch Cup |
This is the later of the two Arcade
"Generic" cups used on many grinders manufactured by
Arcade. This later version of the cup has the writing on the
base more towards the outer edge and the base itself is slightly less concave than the
earlier "Generic" cup. In addition to the
Arcade 25's this cup also came with the Golden Rule,
Bell, and Monarch mills. This cup has no measure marks on the side, and
is only identified by the "Arcade Mfg. Co.
Freeport Ill." that is embossed in the base of the cup. As is usual
with glass of this age there are the normal swirls and straw marks, and
this cup also has some very minor chips near the base edge. This cup as well as all original
Arcade cups measures approximately 3 3/4 inches tall.
Item No. 2203 |
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