Antique Late 1800s French Peugeot Freres No.3 Coffee Grinder

Antique Late 1800s French Peugeot Freres No.3 Coffee Grinder
Amazing find, this late 1800s Peugeot Freres No.3, mercantile countertop coffee grinder, made in France. Made of cast iron with a brass hopper cover and steel gears. This is a commercial-size coffee grinder meant to be used in a mercantile store; it will easily hold up to a half pound of beans. The top has an adjustment screw for fine-tuning the grind of the coffee bean.
Peugeot Freres Brevetes S.G.D.G. is French for (Peugeot Brothers Patented Without Government Guarantee)
S.G.D.G. was a French abbreviation for (Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement). (SGDG) is a French phrase that translates to (without government guarantee).
Yes, Peugeot Freres is the same company that would make Peugeot Automobiles. The company started a steel foundry in 1810, and in the 1840s started manufacturing products from coffee grinders to bicycles, and in 1896, automobiles.

Circa: 1880-90.
Marked: Peugeot Freres Brevetes S.G.D.G, A 3.
Measures: 9 ½” square at base, 19” tall top of handle, 18” wide including crank handle. Weighs 24.4 pounds.
Condition: as shown, it is 135 years old and comes with scuffs. At some time, a replacement steel support was added to the base of the grinder.
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