W. R. Hatton advertising
In August 2023, after discovering my The Hatton single and double asbestos pad stands blog post, a person by the name of Phil Hatton contacted me with this additional information … Continue reading
Found: a Cross Publishing Company catalog
In my April 2021 blog post Cross Publishing Company motto trivets I share six different signed trivet designs released by this company. Here’s an example of the typical signature on … Continue reading
“The Best” combination handle and stand
Did you know that the Enterprise Manufacturing Company produced a detachable sad iron handle with a wire side rest attachment? Patented in 1900, its advertising claimed to eliminate the need … Continue reading
The WAPAK sad iron stand
If you have a copy of Esther Berner’s book A Collector’s Guide To Pressing Irons and Trivets (1977) you might notice at least two instances where she associates the Wapak … Continue reading
Firebar and bracketed trivets
The following page originally appeared in The Kenrick Catalogue of 1876. The image below, shared with permission, is from the 1986 softbound version of the catalog published by Tharston Press. Archibald … Continue reading
The Iron Art Company, Philipsburg, NJ
The Iron Art Company of Phillipsburg, New Jersey was in business from 1959 1954 to 1989 (see Update below). It was a major distributor of cast iron products in the 1950’s … Continue reading
Robert Emig Products, Reading, PA
Front cover of the 1968 Emig catalog Robert Emig Products of Reading, Pennsylvania was a distributor of decorative metalware. Contracts were signed with independent foundries to create the castings; Emig … Continue reading
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