Tea Maker, 'Goblin Teasmade'
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This tea maker was designed to be used at the bedside, providing early morning tea ready when the alarm went off. It consists of a plastic kidney-shaped tray, on which sits a main unit with a chrome kettle and a ceramic teapot. Advertisements for the first Goblin Teasmade stated that it, “Boils the water, makes the tea, lights the lamp, wakes you up.” All the owner had to do was set the alarm, fill the kettle, and toss in tea leaves the night before. Triggered by the alarm clock, the kettle would boil the water. Steam pressure forced the boiling water in the kettle out of the spout and into the awaiting teapot. When the kettle shut off, the lights and alarm came on. In 1892, Samuel Rowbottom of England was the first to patent an automatic tea-maker. It ran on clockwork and gas, and established the principle of using steam to force boiling water into a pot. A fully electric version was patented in 1933. Not long after, William Hermann Brenner Thornton, in association with Goblin, patented a similar tea-maker. His next model, manufactured from 1936, was the first to be sold under the name ‘Teasmade.’ This Model D25 example was manufactured between 1954 and 1960, before automatic tea-makers reached the height of their popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. The ‘Teasmade’ is still manufactured today by the Swan company.
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Title
Tea Maker, 'Goblin Teasmade'
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Maker
B V C Engineering Company Ltd (Goblin)
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Date made
1954-1960
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Subject
Domestic Life (household chattels, food and drink), 1950s, Domestic Life
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inorganic, processed material, synthetic, plastic inorganic, processed material, metal, inorganic, processed material, metal, nickel inorganic, processed material, metal, steel inorganic, processed material, metal, metal, metal alloy, copper alloy, brass inorganic, processed material, ceramic organic, processed material, vegetal, wood, h 200 mm x w 380 mm x d 410 mm
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