Perco-Filter

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Daniel asked

Hello, my father has that perco coffee pot but neither of us know how to use it. Could you help us?
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Daniel, thank you for your question. We don't have any instructions in our archive, but we suspect it is used as a vacuum coffee maker: you fill the bottom with water, let it boil, fill the top with coffee, and the vacuum does the rest. Check out this video with a comparable device: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2kiPqOu-kM. Good luck and let us know if you enjoyed your coffee! Best, Rianne

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Title	Perco-Filter
Material and technique	Glass, blown, grinding, synthetics, metal, cork
Object type	Percolator > Coffee filter machine > Household equipment > Kitchen and household > Utensil
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 14,5 cm Width 18 cm Depth 13 cm
Artists	Executor: B.V. Koninklijke Glasfabriek Leerdam
Accession number	V 805 a-d (KN&V)
Credits	Gift B.R.M. de Neeve, 1987
Department	Applied Arts & Design
Acquisition date	1987
Creation date	in 1951
Material	Metal > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique Cork > Bark > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Synthetic > Material > Material and technique Glass > Inorganic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Percolator > Coffee filter machine > Household equipment > Kitchen and household > Utensil
Technique	Grinding > Cut > Subtractive techniques > General technique > Technique > Material and technique Grinding > Cut > Subtractive techniques > General technique > Technique > Material and technique Blowing > Blown > Glass blowing techniques > Glass technique > Technique > Material and technique Blowing > Blown > Glass blowing techniques > Glass technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe
Place of manufacture	Leerdam > South Holland > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe