- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Wallis, Cornelia, American
- Date
- 1860s
- Medium
- wood and cast iron
- Dimensions
- 8 x 5 7/8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 14.9 x 25.4 cm)
- Description
- Coffee grinder from the late 1800s owned by a former Kentucky slave named Ms. Cornelia Wallis. The tool consists of a cast-iron hand cranked grinder mounted on a wooden box with a sliding drawer at the bottom.
- Place used
- Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- mills (culinary tools)
- Topic
- Cooking and dining
- Domestic life
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Whitlock Descendants
- Object number
- 2011.129
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




