Waters-Genter Company
Toastmaster
1926-1936
Physical Qualities
Chrome, metal, plastic, 7 x 9 x 6 1/4 in. (17.8 x 22.9 x 15.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gail G. Markley, Columbia, Maryland, in Memory of her Mother, Margaret Conolley Gotsch
Object Number
2002.595
KITCHEN
The reflective surfaces of these kitchen tools mimic the glass and metallic exteriors of metropolitan buildings, uniting the aesthetics of the Machine Age with the art of cooking. Single-purpose appliances with electric motors replaced the labor of toasting, chopping, squeezing, and blending previously completed by household help in wealthy homes. Encased in stylish chrome-plated designs, these objects reflect a conceptual shift for kitchens from a workshop for preparing food to a culinary laboratory, engineered for efficiency.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Gail Markley, Columbia, Maryland
Gamynne Guillotte and Oliver Shell, Joseph Education Center, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Imagining Home," October 25, 2015 -
Inscribed: BASE, (metal plate) 'MFD. BY WATERS-GENTER CO. MPLS. MINN. U.S.A. / U.S. PAT.1.698.146 1.387.670 1.394.450 1.676.?57 1.866.808 / OTHERS PENDING / V.110-A.9.8-11.8-NO. 140822-MOD.1B3' FRONT (in vertical letters) 'TOASTMASTER'
On View at the BMA