Tea maker by Albert E Richardson 1904

Probably the first commercially produced automatic tea making machine was a fantastic device built by Albert E Richardson,a clockmaker from Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. This teamaker relied upon a tipping kettle.

This example, manufactured about 1904, was presented to the Museum by L. Mawer of Kingston Upon Thames in 1961.

The photograph shown is from the Science and Society Picture Library.

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