Coffee Pot & Glass Lid Vintage Guardian Service Ware 10" Tall Bakelite Handle. Makes a wonderful, rare retro / vintage utensil holder or vase.

Excellent vintage condition. Pot has a few spots of discoloration and light scratches on the bottom from use. Lid has no chips or cracks.

Coffee pot holds 64 ounces when filled to the lip of the spout. pot is 8.5" tall; lid is 3.5* tall x 4". With lid on, pot is 10.5 in tall and 9 in across at widest point including the handle. Baklite handle is 6 1/2 in long.

Both pot and lid are authentic originals, marked Guardian Service and bearing the helmet and crossed swords logo.

• The pot has no inside parts, as shown in the pictures.
• Guardian Service cookware is made of heavy-duty hammered aluminum and is distinctive because of its domed lid. The innovative design made it possible to prepare food quickly using very little water. Pieces made before 1940 had heavy aluminum lids, but due to rationing during World War II, the metal tops were replaced with ones made of glass.
• Guardian cookware was introduced during the 1930s by the Century Metalcraft Co. of Los Angeles and sold by salesmen who went door-to-door or sold at house parties, where guests often bought just one or two pieces due to its relative expense.

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