Canister and Wall Mounted Coffee Grinders or Mills

 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.

Item No. 3876

On Hold

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 and fits very tightly as most of these do. The original catch cup is almost flawless and looks like it just left the factory with the exception of two small black smudges on the rear upper corners that are just rub marks from being inserted into the holder. 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. 3999

Item No. 4038

Sold

This is one of the earlier Arcade Crystal No. 3 mills that came with a slightly different catch assembly than later models and unmarked glass hoppers. The original finish on this mill was almost completely gone so the mill was sandblasted and refinished in a semi-gloss black enamel that is very close to the original finish. It has it's original embossed "Arcade" lid that does have some dents but screws on and off easily. 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 Ball jelly jar that fits well in place of the original catch cup. This mill has been thoroughly cleaned with the interior parts wire brushed to bare metal and the exterior carefully cleaned. It measures about 19" from the top to the bottom of the pull ring.

Item No. 4037

Sold

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 with some minor chipping of the paint but is in good condition overall. It has an embossed "Crystal No. 3" hopper with the original embossed "Arcade" lid. It is also embossed "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 a small piece of cast iron that is chipped off the backside of the handle but it's been that way for a long time and will not cause any problems with the operation of the mill. This mill has been thoroughly cleaned with the interior parts being wire brushed to bare metal and the exterior carefully cleaned. It measures about 19" from the top to the bottom of the pull ring.

Item No. 4030

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

  $245.00

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

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

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

Sold

This mill was manufactured by the Arcade Mfg. Co. of Freeport, Ill. around 1900. This X-Ray mill was covered with a reddish paint or stain when I got it, so it was stripped then sanded and finished with a golden oak stain and an antique oil finish. It has a clear glass viewing window with 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.  This mill comes equipped with a cast copy of the catch cup that was originally supplied with this mill. 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. 4020

This is an Arcade No. 25 coffee grinder that was produced sometime around 1910 - 1920 by Arcade in Freeport, Illinois. It has a plain cast iron body with scrollwork on the arm of the handle. The hopper is lid is an original "Arcade" embossed lid that has some small dents but screws on and off easily. An older Ball jelly jar is used in place of the original catch cup which was long gone by the time I got it. The original finish was almost completely gone so the mill was sandblasted and refinished in a semi-gloss black paint that is very close to the original finish. 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 be replaced as it had hardened and no longer held the hopper in place as it should. There are some rub marks on a couple of different areas on the glass hopper. This happens to many of the No. 25's as the handle wears down over time to the point where it eventually will rub against the glass when rotated. A washer was placed between the handle and body after the pictures were taken and the handle now rotates without touching the glass. 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.)

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.

Item No. 4039

This is an Arcade No. 25 coffee grinder that was manufactured by Arcade in Freeport, Illinois. I usually forget to take "before" pictures of mills, but this one was such a mess that I actually remembered. I guess grandpa was feeling pretty lazy when he repainted the kitchen because as you can see he just went right over the grinder as well as the glass hopper (he missed a couple of spots in the back where he couldn't reach). It was sandblasted and repainted in a semi-gloss black enamel which is very close to the original finish. 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 a small area with some fine scratches and some roughness around the top edge where it was ground at the factory but no chips or cracks. All internal parts were wire brushed to bare metal so it's ready to grind. This mill has an older replacement lid and an old Ball jelly jar as a replacement 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. 2379

 2 - 8

This is an original 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 to the left of the measure marks near the base that is 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.

 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

 2 - 8

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 - 8 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. This cup has a few of t he usual straw marks from the manufacturing process but I can't find any chips or cracks in this one at all so this cup is in overall excellent condition probably the best you'll find. This cup as well as all original Arcade cups measures approximately 3 3/4 inches tall.

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.  2095

Sold.

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