Shallow-domed, seamless kettle with bell-shaped, side-hinged lid topped by a button knop and a mushroom- or inverted bell-shaped strap bail handle; straight tapered, soft-soldered lapped-seam spout soft-soldered in place. Spun body has one large hole at spout. Flat bottom with folded edge and foot ring. Handle secured to soft-soldered tabs with. No marks. Vestiges of red paint across body, large amount under handle.
Large, grain-painted, dome-top trunk or lidded box with a scrolled hasp lock on front, oval wire handles at top center of both trunk ends and two hinges at back. Exterior is painted in imitation of wood; the trunk front is stenciled " "WYOMING" (angled at top left) / (???) / WALLINGFORD. / U.S.A. $1". Wire-rimmed lid and trunk are each made in five pieces; the trunk has four vertical folded seams, one in each corner, a flat bottom with folded edge and a folded top edge with wire bead below. Interior painted dark blue. No marks.
Partial-gilt, salt or pepper shaker cast in the shape of a Dutch boy in traditional dress including wooden shoes, standing with arms akimbo and hands in pockets. Head screws off; threaded neck. Underside of each foot is struck with two marks, the right foot has the raised serif letters "IW" in double-circle surround and "830S" in a rectangle, while the left foot has two illegible shaped hallmarks.
Contoured, wire coil handle stove-lid or cover lifter. Cast rectangular hook with short cross-arms continues to an arched or raised wrist, hollowed on front and back, and straight shank, cross-shape in section and topped by a domed button, that is threaded at both ends to receive spiraled wire for insulating grip; hanging loop at top. Partial size mark cast in underside above wrist "1-[B]".
Cylindrical bucket or pail with a wire bail handle with wood grip and a friction-fit, low-domed, molded cover with arched strap handle. Body has a molded band near its middle and is made in three parts, two sides joined by folded vertical seams and a flat bottom with folded edge. Cover has an overhanging folded edge and soft-soldered lapped-seam flange. Bail handle loops around ears riveted beneath the wire-rolled rim at seams. No marks.
Two-pint container with high-arched, tapered strap side handle. Made in four pieces: a seamless, slightly flared, wire-rimmed neck; conical, soft-soldered lapped-seam breast; cylindrical, folded-seam body; and flat bottom crimped at underedge, all joined by folded and soldered seams. Handle has wire-reinforced, rolled-under edges and is soldered at center of breast and top of body, just below seam. Bottom underside stamped "A.C.Co. (arched) / 2 A". No cover.
Spot-hammered bowl with wide, folded and angled rim, rounded flaring sides, and flat fishtail or shield-shape handle pierced with four slots; engraved on front of bowl "ELIZABETH REARDON / JANUARY 1 - 1919" in serif letters. Underside of flat bottom struck with four incuse marks, the Gorham trademark (lion passant facing right in clipped-corner square, anchor in shield, and gothic or Old English "G" in clipped-corner square) to left of "STERLING" in sans serif letters, "2531A" in serif letters, and scimitar date mark.
Shallow, plain-edged, ovoid scoop with looped, flat strap handle. Handle has a circular, depressed thumb rest and is secured at top back with two rivets through its overlapped ends. No marks.
Thumb scoops such as this occasionally survive with buttons mounted to the thumb rest advertising different brands of flour.
Rounded rectangular case with side-hinged lid covered in overlapping, round-edged and veined, repousse leaves, out of which a frog pops its head on one side. Crosshatched strike plate at bottom. Gold washed interior. Collar struck incuse above frog with a trademark "S" in winged oval, "STERLING" in sans serif letters and "78".
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament in the shape of a cob of corn. Painted yellow, with peach-pink stripe on one side, green leaves on either side, covered overall with granulated glass. Metal cap attached at top with thin bent wire loop for hanging. Cotton string attached to cap for hanging. No mark.
Cast trivet for a pointed-toe iron with the model and manufacturer's names cast in around a depiction of the iron at center. Three peg legs; no handle. Closed railing, slightly lower along back. Black.
Otto Spahr and Charles Stichler of Philadelphia, PA, received U.S. Patent No. 948773 (dated 8 February 1910), Design Patent No. 42443 (dated 30 April 1912) and Patent No. 1050572 (dated 14 January 1913) for their gas iron. Spahr, as Assignor to Strause Gas Iron Co., continued to patent improvements on their invention until the early 1920s.