Small, circular plate with reeded or milled rim punctuated by five-petaled stars and a flat well; no foot ring. No marks. Old, red-bordered, white paper label on underside is inscribed: "E.S. / STEVENS / 311689". Turning marks visible on front and back.
Two-quart, rectangular box or brick ice-cream mold with flat cover made in one piece topped by a rectangular wire handle attached slightly askew under a bowtie-shaped plate, and a box having two pieces for the sides and one for bottom. Soft-soldered folded seams; cover and box have wire-rolled rims. Handle plate is stamped incuse "2 Qt." in serif letters.
Electric flatiron. Metal, triangular-shaped body (A). No fabric guide or temperature control, handle comprised of bent metal, with molded plastic grip, horizontal, black. Two metal prongs at base of handle, above heel, no cord attached. Small, triangular metal plate attached to top of body, silver, embossed/printed: “AMERICAN/BEAUTY/IRON”; heel is stamped/imprinted: “AMERICAN”/BEAUTY NO 6 ½ B/AMERICAN ELECTRIC HEATER CO./DETROIT, U.S.A./PATENTED/MAY 19 1908/MAY 19 1914/FEB, 1 1916/VOLTS 105-114 WATTS 525” and with “LMP” diamond trademark.
Detachable stand comprised of two pieces of sheet metal, triangular shape, stacked one on top of the other, separated by three short metal cylinders, with three metal half-spheres for feet. Stamped into top: “AMERICAN/BEAUTY/IRON” in triangle, “MADE BY/AMERICAN ELECTRIC HEATER CO./DETROIT, U.S.A.”
Patents:
US 887947 A, May 19 1908, Frank Kuhn, Detroit, Michigan, for “Electrically-heated sad-iron”
US 1096929 A, May 19 1914, Frank Kuhn, Detroit, Michigan, for “Electrically-heated sad-iron”
US 1170168 A, February 1, 1916, Frank Kuhn and Frank E. Shailor, assignors for American Electrical Heater Company, Detroit, Michigan, for “Connector for electrically-heated instruments”
Maker is American Electric Heater Company, circa 1890-present. This iron was the first of the "American Beauty" irons the company produced, introduced in 1912.
Single-reeded circular dish with curved rim, rounded booge and flat well scored around center; no foot ring. Underside is struck "COMPOSITION. / FRANS SANTESSON / STOCKHOLM" in three different serif and sans serif incuse fonts, bordered by concentric circles.
Maker is Frans Santesson (1834-1916) of Stockholm, Sweden.
Open oblong cylindrical container encircled by two rows of chased and repousse shell or feather edging interrupted by a scrolled reserve engraved "ACB" in foliate script. Single bead rim. Flat bottom. No other marks.
Circular, piercework box with grooved bands; slightly concave bottom. Low-domed, friction-fit cover has an openwork chainlink border. Body has a repeating, reverse S-scroll design. No marks.
Vertical rectangular fireplace with flat back, straight tapered sides and rounded hearth on three peg feet. Small wire hook suspended from hole near center front of top. No marks. Part of set (with pot and kettle), DL*328725A-C .
Small, four-tined fork having a flared, rounded-end handle stamped on front with a raised bead border around upper shaft and terminal, and on back “LIKE MOTHER’S (arched) / GERMANY (curved)” in raised decorative font.
Handleless, cylindrical, japanned flour or sugar shaker with a friction-fit, low-domed, perforated cover stamped as one piece. Body has a soft-soldered lapped seam and flat bottom with folded edge. One-piece stamped cover. No marks.
"Singing Waiter" roly poly retail tin for Mayo's Cut Plug Tobacco. Chromolithographed, egg-shape cover and spherical container depict a man in evening dress holding a cigar in his right hand and singing a "Song" about "everybody's smoking"; a blue-and-yellow package of Mayo's tobacco is on his back. Concave bottom has a circular label that reads "THIS 'BROWNIE' TIN COMES IN DIFFERENT DESIGNS / GET A COLLECTION", followed by an affirmation of quality and "FACTORY N\o 42. 2d DISTRICT. OF VA / (caution not to resell) / PATENT APPLIED FOR".