Coffee Grinder

A cubic grinder with a flat base, topped with an iron domed cap to which is attached a crank. One of two types of coffee grinders, this individual-use cubic grinder was invented and commercialized by the Peugeot family around the year 1840. The coffee beans are inserted from the ? of the cap and the powdered coffee falls in a compartment housed by a drawer in the bottom of the box. A brass plaque is fastened with a screw above the drawer and shows the manufacturer's mark: the words "Peugeot Frères, Valentigney Doubs", and the profile of a lion with an arrow to the left.