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Dormeyer Golden Goddess
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Post# 937886   5/11/2017 at 21:35 (2,534 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio)        

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I finally found one of these on eBay. They don't come up for auction very often and I have never seen one with a tray. This one was from an estate sale and it works perfectly.

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Post# 937909 , Reply# 1   5/12/2017 at 00:16 (2,534 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)        

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Fancy schmancy! Would fit right in at Trump Tower. (ducking)

Nice find!


Post# 937912 , Reply# 2   5/12/2017 at 02:03 (2,534 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
That tray

Is a Corning ware warmer, a candle sits down in the recess.

Post# 937918 , Reply# 3   5/12/2017 at 06:00 (2,534 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio)        

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John...nah, I'm more of a Carrington mansion type of guy! ;)

Post# 937943 , Reply# 4   5/12/2017 at 08:23 (2,534 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)        
Very Nice

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Dormeyer certainly knew how to position their products. Quality was there, too.


Post# 938025 , Reply# 5   5/12/2017 at 12:58 (2,533 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio)        

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I wonder whatever happened to the Dormeyer Corporation. Did they just fade away or get bought out?

Post# 938044 , Reply# 6   5/12/2017 at 15:34 (2,533 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        
Lucky find

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I have one as well and call it the Cleopatra perk.  The gold wash is apparently real gold and I have to agree with Hans I think the tray isn't original to the perk. 


Post# 938100 , Reply# 7   5/12/2017 at 20:13 (2,533 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio)        

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Petek, do you have any pictures of your percolator? I also agree that the tray doesn't seem to go with it. I'm not even going to use it so I didn't know why they would have included it in the sale.

Post# 938178 , Reply# 8   5/12/2017 at 23:06 (2,533 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        

That is one sharp looking coffee pot!  Wonder what the original cost was, had to be up there.  Congrats on a great find.


Post# 938181 , Reply# 9   5/12/2017 at 23:53 (2,533 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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I've never actually made a pot of coffee in mine only tested it with water and it worked fine.  Sorry the pic came out terrible


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Post# 938211 , Reply# 10   5/13/2017 at 06:07 (2,533 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio)        

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Petek, that's a great picture. The percolator looks very well cared for.

Post# 938234 , Reply# 11   5/13/2017 at 07:06 (2,533 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Cute little perk pot you've got there

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Looks like something Mrs. Stephen Haines would serve her guests coffee with after luncheon at her home in Great Neck, Long Island.

Post# 938238 , Reply# 12   5/13/2017 at 07:52 (2,533 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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It been protected by a goodly layer of dust I had to clean off. Actually it is in beautiful condition, looks like it was barely used. 


Post# 938258 , Reply# 13   5/13/2017 at 10:06 (2,532 days old) by vintage1963 (Ohio)        

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I think it's pretty neat that when the perking cycle is complete the little switch at the side flips up. I also noticed that the strength selector moved over to the left on its own!

Post# 938357 , Reply# 14   5/13/2017 at 19:18 (2,532 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        
A close up

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Here's a close up of the controls on my late grandmother's Dormeyer Coffee-Well.  On this model the strength selector doesn't move when it's done perking.  It's a very audible sound when it flips up from brew to warm.

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Post# 938553 , Reply# 15   5/14/2017 at 19:43 (2,531 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)        

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It's always so cool to find something that you really like and doesn't set you back and arm and a leg. That classy percolator is a good reason to bring back the tradition of after-dinner coffee.

 

In the excellent 1950 film "Harriet Craig" Joan Crawford reads the riot act to housekeeper Mrs. Harold... "Don't you ever intend to serve the coffee? My guests are still waiting!"


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Post# 938569 , Reply# 16   5/14/2017 at 21:11 (2,531 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Harriet Craig

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Joan Crawford doing what she did best; playing a hard riding, scheming and manipulating b**th.


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Post# 938588 , Reply# 17   5/14/2017 at 22:34 (2,531 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)        
Is the coffee ready yet?

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Not to sidetrack this topic from the Dormeyer Golden Goddess, even though Harriet's friends, cousin and husband all desert her at the end of the film, I always thought she ended up the winner. You can always find another husband like Walter, but where are you going to find another property like that house?

 

"Harriet Craig" is the film daughter Christina Crawford said her mother did absolutely no acting in, "that was all her."


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Post# 938594 , Reply# 18   5/14/2017 at 22:49 (2,531 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Do you think people actually used these coffee makers daily?  It just seems too fancy for everyday. More like something you'd have on the buffet or something along with a fancy tea serving.   


Post# 938596 , Reply# 19   5/14/2017 at 23:12 (2,531 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
If our house was any indication

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Good stuff was only for when "company" came over. That or if Mom had "the girls" in for this or that event.

Remember in good society coffee (or tea for that matter) was never served at the dinner table. But always in the living/drawing room, parlor or wherever guests withdrew to after the meal.

Of course if one had guests for "tea", luncheon, cards or whatever things pretty much were the same; you got out the "good stuff".

Have to also remember back in the glory days guests rarely saw inside housewife's kitchen. That was the realm of servants. If you didn't have any perhaps a trusted friend or two offered to "help" clear things away and or bring out desert/coffee.

If you watch lots of Bewitched (and who doesn't?) you notice Sam always serves coffee in her living room, never at the dining table. Only exception to this as was in real life was *very* informal gatherings (several seasons in Louise Tate becomes more like Sam's close friend than the wife of her husband's boss), and she has coffee at the dining table on a few occasions IIRC. But never in the kitchen.

My Mom like her neighbors had a morning "kaffee klatch" in kitchen when one of the girls dropped in during "housecleaning hours". However if it was serious company she got changed and served in the dining or living room. A visit from grandmother (Mom's MIL) usually warranted the latter. *LOL*



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