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Very interesting items. I see that the coffee maker and toaster both have serial numbers and green label, whereas the iron has no serial number and a red label. Any significance that you are aware of? The green labeled ones are earlier? Thank you.

Cool collection. I have an Edison Electric Appliance Co. Hotpoint iron.

jboger wrote:Very interesting items. I see that the coffee maker and toaster both have serial numbers and green label, whereas the iron has no serial number and a red label. Any significance that you are aware of? The green labeled ones are earlier? Thank you.

That is a good question, but one I do not know the answer to! As far as I know, all of the toasters & siphonators had the same green label, so it could have just been a stylistic difference. Perhaps green was kitchenware and red was...other stuff? Who knows...

Do you have the original sugar and creamer that went with the Edison Siphonator ??

briankeith wrote:Do you have the original sugar and creamer that went with the Edison Siphonator ??

I do not.

I may (got to look) have a nice extra set of them (I too collect Edicraft)

briankeith wrote:I may (got to look) have a nice extra set of them (I too collect Edicraft)

That would be awesome! I knew you also collected them, we've talked about it before. Thanks for checking!

I have the matching serving tray too,, but only one - very tough to find. Edicraft is a cool go-with and most pieces you find are in rough shape for some odd reason. I'm glad you collect them too.....

That's quite a nice collection. When I was interning at Thomas Edison National Historical Park, I actually put together an exhibit cabinet on Edicraft. Ever since, it's always been an eyecatcher to the visitors. I don't know if we have an original brochures in the collection, but we have an Edicraft recpice book, Table Cookery, and some prototype models on the products as well.

Here are the Edicraft sugar(with lid)and creamer. I have a duplicate set of these.

And: https://baharris.org/coffee/Documentation/US1922782.pdf