Pressure cooker
Easiwork Ltd
Category
Historic Services / Food & drink preparation
Date
1927 - 1935
Materials
Metal, glass and plastic
Measurements
222 mm (Height); 400 mm (Height); 216 mm (Diameter); 191 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Tottenham Court Road
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 653001
Summary
Auto-Thermos' pressure cooker of insulated cast aluminium, with lid secured by removeable yoke, with spring-loaded piston acting as pressure regulating and warning device, and with Easiwork pressure gauge, UK patent 291364 in 1929 by Camille Hautier of Boulogne, France, 1927-1935. A handle on each side and a fixed metal mesh basket (152 mm (6 in) deep) and one removable metal mesh basket (83 mm (3.25 in) deep). On the lid there is the pressure release valve, a glass fronted pressure gauge and a vertical screw to open and close the lid. Also on the lid in raised metalwork, is written 'EASIWORK No 6', 'REG DES No 735734' and 'Patent No 291364'.
Provenance
Purchased from Hemswell Antiques Centre, Caenby Corner Estate, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 5TJ. Tel. 01427 668389 in 2001.
Makers and roles
Easiwork Ltd