A rare Landers, Frary and Clark UNIVERSAL, Nickel, electric Tea Pot with Tea Ball, circa 1928. Model Number No E9046. There is a small dent on one side of the pot just below the lid and some very small areas of corrosion where the base meets the pot, otherwise the pot is good condition for its age. It was originally sold for $15.00 and was a wedding gift. It is 240V, but is missing the electric cord, so I cannot confirm that it is in working order.
Instructions for use:
Allow one teaspoon of tea for each cup of boiling water. Put on the cover, leave the tea for two minutes and it is ready to serve. If you have a UNIVERSAL Electric Tea Ball Teapot, put the tea in the tea ball and fill teapot with water. When the water reaches the boiling point, the tea ball containing the dry tea leaves is lowered into it. When the beverage is of the required strength the ball is raised and secured in the cover. Use one teaspoon of tea for every two cups of water.
Landers, Frary & Clark
AMERICANS KEPT HOUSE WITH LANDERS, FRARY AND CLARK.
Incorporated as Landers, Frary & Clark in 1862, in New Britain, Connecticut. 1866 saw the addition of cutlery manufacturing. From the beginning Landers, Frary & Clark manufactured products to make life easier for the American Housewife. Food scales, coffee grinders, cake mixers, bread makers, coffee pots and percolators along with tableware of every description were all in production in the late 19th Century. The first patents for electric coffee percolator was in 1908. After the First World war, with the advent of electricity Charles Smith, president of Landers at the time, realized the potential and put into production an electric percolator, iron, toaster and coffee urn. The success of these items led to an entire line of electric products including vacuum cleaners, electric ranges, washing machines, blenders, electric mixers and electric blankets which, along with the non-electric items, were sold all over the world. By 1925 the firm employed over 3000 people. In the 1960’s the cutlery division was closed and the small electrics division was sold to General Electric and the company closed in 1965.
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