Vintage kitchen junk

Channel 4's gallery of Victorian and Edwardian kitchenware has many outstanding glimpses into the fine bygone era (moustache protectors, anyone?), but nothing can top this original, gleaming Teasmade: "A flame was triggered by the alarm clock, which heated the kettle. Once at boiling point the steam would lift a hinged flap tilting the kettle and filling the tea pot. Simple. It's not known how much tea ended up on the sheets."

Teasmade (via Making Light)

[#1 posted by lev3k, June 11, 2009 10:01 PM]

With no sense of scale to the picture, I initially thought this was something much smaller than something that could actually fill a teacup.

How much liquid can it actually hold?

[#2 posted by RikF, June 11, 2009 10:19 PM]

Small or not, it is utterly gorgeous.

[#3 posted by NotACat, June 12, 2009 2:23 AM]

My Dad had a succession of these when I was a kid–although a great deal more modern than the one shown—and for all I know still has one by the bed. The kettle and teapot hold easily enough for two or three fair-sized mugs of tea, enough for the whole family. My earliest memories include waking up to a fresh cup of tea from a Teasmade and if we didn't have quite so many cats I'd want one myself ;-)

[#4 posted by franko, June 12, 2009 6:30 AM]

i need a moustache protector NOW. come on, industry! i'm part of a demographic waiting to be catered to!

[#5 posted by Anonymous, June 12, 2009 7:44 AM]

As seen in the anime "Emma"

[#6 posted by Dr. Dave, June 12, 2009 9:16 AM]

I think I've seen something like that on "Wallace and Gromit"!

[#7 posted by Anonymous, June 12, 2009 3:17 PM]

Here's a print ad for the product which appeared in the 1907 UK version of The Jungle.