Presto GranCookerie Pressure Pan, 1977-1980
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Artifact Overview
The National Pressure Cooker Company introduced the first saucepan-style pressure cooker under the brand name "Presto" in 1939. Fueled by its popularity, the company -- eventually renamed National Presto Industries -- expanded and diversified while continuing to produce an ever-improving line of pressure cookers. In the 1960s and 1970s, distinctive styling by Mel Boldt and Associates helped set Presto pressure cookers apart from the competition.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Pressure cooker
Date Made
1977-1980
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed by Mel Boldt and Associates and made by National Presto Industries, Inc.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.46.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mel Boldt and Associates.
Material
Metal
Porcelain enamel
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Orange (Color)
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 13.5 in
Length: 12 in
Inscriptions
on handles:
PRESTO / GranCookerie / WHOLE MEAL MAKER / PRESSURE PAN / NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC. / PAT. 4162741 / PAT. 253876
on bottom:
6 QT. / IMMERSIBLE / 120 V. 10.8 AMPS. / 60 CY. A.C. ONLY / 1300 WATTS / MADE IN U.S.A.
on bottom of heat control unit input:
MODEL / 0215102 / SERIES / 2082 / NATIONAL / PRESTO / IND., INC. / EAU CLAIRE / WISCONSIN / UL / LISTED 340G / USE ONLY / PRESTO / MOD 0690001 / TEMP / CONTROL
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