"Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine

Made:: 1930 in Eltham and Kent

maker:: Ron Grumble

"Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine

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"Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine
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"Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine, comprising a wooden plinth on which is mounted a gas burner and stand, a solenoid and gas valve in a glass box, and a counterbalanced arm and teapot, stand, together with an electric bell mounted underneath the board, a brass cylindrical water vessel with spout, an earthenware teapot, and a separate combined clock and timeswitch, intented and built by Ron Grumble, London, 1930

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Category:: Domestic Appliances

Object Number:: 1969-287

type:: tea-making machine

credit:: Grumble, D

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Base section of "Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine

Base section of "Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine, comprising a wooden plinth on which is mounted a gas burner and stand, a solenoid and gas valve in a glass box, a counterbalanced arm and teapot stand, together with an electric bell mounted underneath the baseplate, invented and built by Ron Grumble, London, 1930

Materials:: base, wood , machinery, metal and box for solenoid, glass

Object Number:: 1969-287 Pt1

type:: base

Brass cylindrical water container with handle

Brass cylindrical water container with handle, filling cap and narrow tubular spout, acts as water boiler for the "Early Morning Water" automatic tea-making machine invented and built by Ron Grumble, London, 1930

Materials:: whole, brass

Object Number:: 1969-287 Pt2

type:: container

Wood-encased clock with brass time switch mounted in glass case above

Wood-encased clock with brass time switch mounted in glass case above, part of the "Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine invented and built by Ron Grumble, London, 1930

Materials:: casing, wood , switch, brass and casing (top), glass

Object Number:: 1969-287 Pt3

type:: clock

Earthenware teapot with broken lid

Earthenware teapot with broken lid, with blue, red and gold geometric decoration on a white background, by Arthur Wood of Longport, part or the "Early Morning Waiter" automatic tea-making machine invented and built by Ron Grumble, London, 1930