Adding to my online collection of vintage kitchen faucets that mimicked the famous and still-made-today Dishmaster, here’s what I presume is a very rare dishwashing-wand faucet that appears to have been launched in 1961 by National Rubber Machinery Co., of Medina, Ohio.
This ’61 model looks very sleek and modern and was made of stainless steel — a very interesting design. I would LOVE to see one in the wild, for sure! Another wonderful oddity aka woddity!
I now count four manufacturers — Dishmaster, Magic Queen, National, and Electro-Sink (see links to stories, below) — that made this type of kitchen-faucet-dishwasher. You can still get Dishmasters today — including with cool vintage design faceplates.
How these dishwashing-wand faucets work:
- Dishwashing liquid is poured into a capped reservoir behind the spout.
- The spray wand can be used as a simply sprayer. But also, once it’s turned on and running…
- … Push the diverter button on the wand, and the wand then pulls in a mix of dishwashing liquid and water — so that you can wash your dishes with the brush on the wand.
- There are or were several types of brushes available.
Video that show how the Dishmaster and other dishwashing-wand kitchen faucets work:
More stories about rare vintage kitchen faucets in this mode:
- All my stories about Dishmasters
- The vintage Magic Queen kitchen faucets looked very much like the original 1948 Dishmasters
- The 1958 Gerrity Princess was ready for take off!
- Dish Quik — turns any sink into a (small) Dishwashing sink (I’m not counting this is my list of ‘complete’ dishwashing faucets, though)
- And — the monarch of them all: The Electro-Sink Center
Calif Phil says
We bought a new Dishmaster two years ago and absolutely love it.
It works and looks perfect.
Pam Kueber says
I love mine, too!
Kevin Preston says
I did too, and installed it in a manner of minutes. I still have not worn out the orange “scrub brush”, the item is well made. I found out about it on THIS site!
carolyn says
Do you think these were targeted at the average housewife? Or for the maid (Hazel) in the fancier upscale homes? Didn’t Laura Petrie have something like this?
Funny, your blog opens our eyes to “new” old things so when we watch vintage sitcoms, our eyes are drawn to the background. I wonder how much fun the set designers had for that recent show about the astronauts wives and “Mad Men”?
Pam Kueber says
Hi Carolyn, see the link to the Electro-Sink Center — Laura Petrie had one indeed.