Coffee grinder, blue and red, with rose pattern. The Chas Parker Co No 700. This stood on the counter in Ellen Swift Compton’s store. She ran the store herself as a second wife. My grandmother Lettie recalls her fear as a small child when Indians came in the store (~1886) upset about something but her mother Ellen was able to calm them. (to be given to Steve).
This was so fun to play with as a child, turning the grinders as fast as you could then releasing them and watching them spin. I didn’t realize it was a grinder until I put a small wooden bear ornament inside…