"Toastmaster Hospitality" Tray
"Toastmaster Hospitality" Tray
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- Description
- Part of a nine-piece “Toastmaster Hospitality” set (1989.0308.01-.09). Art deco style serving tray. Laminated plywood, medium brown. Rectangular, rounded corners with streamlines, and flattened, squared handles on either side. Underside has adhered vinyl lettering: “TOASTMASTER/HOSPITALITY TRAY/GENUINE PLYWOOD-OVERTON BENTWOOD PROCESS/MCGRAW ELECTRIC COMPANY/WATERS-GENTER DIVISION, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., U.S.A./PATENT PENDING”
- Original box and packing material included (see 1989.0308.10).
- The set includes a toast cutter, serving tray, and six matching dishes.
- Maker is likely S.E. Overton, South Haven, Michigan, for McGraw Electric Company. Further research is needed on this company, as no information can be found at this time on it or the referenced pending patent.
- The other components of the set were manufactured by McGraw Electric Company, Toastmaster Products Division, ca 1912-present, though no longer manufacturing household appliances, and now known as McGraw-Edison; and Fostoria Glass Company, ca 1887-1983, Fostoria, Ohio and Moundsville, West Virginia.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- tray
- date made
- 1935- 1936
- maker
- McGraw Electric Co.
- place made
- United States: Michigan, South Haven
- United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Physical Description
- plywood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/16 in x 23 9/16 in x 15 1/2 in; 2.69875 cm x 59.84875 cm x 39.37 cm
- shipping box: 10 in x 16 7/16 in x 24 7/16 in; 25.4 cm x 41.75125 cm x 62.07125 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0308.09
- catalog number
- 1989.0308.09
- accession number
- 1989.0308
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Billy Britt
Fri, 2018-08-31 08:02