Slotted spoon or whisk/whip. Flattened spoon shape, molded metal. Four long openings in spoon bowl. Long handle widens at end, with circular hole for hanging. Stamped with trademark on end: "SIMS _BC CO./GERMANY".
Faux ivory, slightly swelled or convex-sided cylindrical ring with an incuse gothic or Old English "E" rubbed with blue on one side and marked "IVORY PYRALIN" sideways in sans serif letters on the other. Central band of shallow grooves on interior.
Very small, lidless, bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and cast circular foot; 1/24 pint size. Two pairs of scored lines near midbody. Tapered, S-scroll handle with incurved thumbrest and lower pointed terminal. Rim exterior stamped incuse on front "24". Bottom exterior stamped "[HAR]RY MASON L\[TD] / BIRMINGHAM" in incuse sans serif letters.
Harry Mason's was established circa 1912 in Birmingham, England; manufacturer of metal bar and drink dispensing equipment (pewter, copper, etc.). Business still in operation as Mason's.
Lidded ale jug with a backward-curved, astragal thumb piece. Double-domed, flat-top lid. Inverted-baluster body with molded rim, neck, and foot. Compound- or reverse-scroll strap handle with rounded thumbrest and short terminal; upper terminal attached to rounded shield-shape plate on rim. Plain, inset, curved spout with strainer. Rim exterior stamped to left of handle "W. R. LOFTUS / 321 OXFORD S\T." in incuse serif letters.
Maker is W. R. Loftus, located at 321 Oxford Street, London; in business, circa 1859-1960.
Figural andiron of George Washington in military uniform, standing with hat held in his right hand and his left hand at waist, elbow bent. Flask-cast upright with sliding dovetail at center of its hollow back for a shaped billet bar with curved ends and two holes in its length. No marks. One of a pair, 1980.0465.01A-B.
Old English-type child’s tablespoon having a pointed ovoid bowl and flared, rounded handle with shallow central ridge on front; no shoulders. No monograms. Back of handle stamped with a 4-leaf clover next to "ALUMINUM" and "GERMANY", both in raised sans serif letters in rectangular surrounds. One of a pair of child's spoons, 1986.0531.219A-B.
Old English-type child’s teaspoon having a pointed ovoid bowl and flared, rounded handle with shallow central ridge on front; no shoulders. No monograms. Back of handle stamped "GERMANY" in raised sans serif letters in a rectangular surround. One of a pair of child's spoons, 1986.0531.219A-B.
Lidless bulbous or bellied measure with a beaded, galleried rim and cast circular flared foot; approximately half gill size. Four incised lines at shoulder. Tapered, S-scroll handle with arched and stepped thumbrest and lower short terminal with oval attachment at seam. Bottom exterior has an oval stamp of a spreadwing eagle, body facing right and head turned left, with an arched surround above (text illegible) and curved surround below containing "REED & BARTON" in rased sans serif letters; and the pattern number "R13".
Bride and groom standing arm-in-arm on an oval pedestal base. The groom has brown hair and the bride has yellow-blonde hair covered by a green headband and remnants of netting for the veil; both figures have ivory-skinned faces, brown brows, black eyes and red lips. She wears a white, long-sleeved, fit-and-flare gown, the skirt gathered and draped at front, and white gloves; a red and green bouquet rests inside her left arm. He sports a black tuxedo with buttoned cutaway coat and white gloves; indistinct white neckwear. Hollow cast with hole on underside. No marks.
Figural andiron of George Washington in military uniform, standing with hat held in his right hand and his left hand at waist, elbow bent. Flask-cast upright with sliding dovetail at center of its hollow back for a shaped billet bar with curved ends and two holes in its length. No marks. One of a pair, 1980.0465.01A-B.
Slotted whisk, whip, or mixer, combination utensil. Heavy wire handle, bent into oblong shape. Spoon bowl is one piece of cut and shaped metal: curved outward, fan-shaped, scalloped end, with long, thin openings. Spoon bowl is marked: "LIFTS WHIPS/MIXES MASHES/CRUSHES/STRAINS/MADE IN U.S.A./PAT. PEND." Also marked with the "Chief" logo, with American indian in profile, wearing headdress.
Slim, wedge-shaped, rounded-end rectangular case with snap-closure cover hinged at the opening at the shallow end. Cover features engine-turned ribbed bands and blank, central, rectangular reserve; back is plain. Gold washed interior. Exterior of one side is struck incuse at top center "STERLING" in sans serif letters next to trademark "JEBCo." intertwined and "384".
Rectangular, three-sided holder with engine-turned bands on front and back, an empty rectangular reserve is at one corner on front. Made from one piece bent into a U shape with the open ends folded inwards. Top outside edge of side or spine struck incuse with a partial trademark of an "M" crossed by a scimitar next to "STERLING" in sans serif letters and "11-1" in serif.
Art deco style vacuum coffee maker. Glass body (B & C), double-bulb-shaped. Lower pot (B) has out-turned handle, molded plastic, cream-colored, with thumb rest at top, attached with screws to metal gasket that encircles top lip of pitcher. Lower pot has out-turned lip and spout (opposite handle) at top, molded glass, three decorative silver bands around bottom of pitcher body, which has a detachable metal base (A), chrome-plated, circular, semi-sphere with flattened circular base, three triangular cream-colored feet. Base is streamlined. Two arched pieces of metal with molded plastic (cream-colored) handles on either side of base, architectural detail molded into plastic handles. Interior of half-sphere has white molded ceramic heating element with metal coils, attached to two-pronged plug on exterior. Metal, chrome-plated lid (D), circular, concave top, molded plastic knob, cream-colored, with ribbed flange edge to sit over lip of upper “brew pot” (C), which has same silver line decoration as lower pot (B). Upper pot has molded glass rod that is inserted into hole in center, bottom, marked: “CORNING ROD/U.S. PAT. 1927287/U.S. PAT. 1931076”, and is cracked at top. Upper pot is held on top of lower pot with white rubber gasket attached to long hollow glass pike at bottom, which is inserted into the lower pot. Bottom of base has attached circular metal plate, printed: “PATENTS PENDING/D-106778/PAT. NO. 2067470/UNIVERSAL/WATTS 550 VOLTS 110/120/ NO. 228/LANDERS,FRARY, & CLARK/NEW BRITAIN, CONN./U.S.A.”
May be missing a metal wire strainer, based on a marked patent (2067470).
Patents:
1927287, Sep 19, 1933, Raymond W Kell and Charles D Barth, for “Coffee maker”
1931076, Oct 17, 1933, Raymond W. Kell and Charles D. Barth, assignors to Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Charleroi, Pennsylvania, for “Coffee maker”
D-106778, Nov 2, 1937, Oscar M. Anderson, assignor to Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut, for “Design for a coffee maker”
2067470, Jan 12, 1937, Oscar M. Anderson, assignor to Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut, for “Strainer for percolators”
Maker is Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut (circa 1862). In the 1890s, took on the name “Universal”, in 1965 General Electric acquired the company.
"ATLANTIC", No. 510, family-size washboard with a reversible or double-sided, clear glass rubbing panel having identical surfaces of chevron-patterned ribs alternating with flutes marked "NATIONAL". Soap shelf has a top groove that drains to the sides, and wooden brand board is printed in black and red on front and back. Frame sides are dovetailed to overhanging top, while shelf and bottom rail are tenoned to sides; all joints nailed on reverse.
Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Zimmerman of McLean, Virginia and used by Mrs. Zimmerman to wash her husband’s sailor uniform during World War II.
"ATLANTIC" trademark registration no. 99,346, published June 23, 1914; filed on April 27, 1917, serial no. 77,802, National claimed use since February 1, 1912 (ee USPO Official Gazette, vol. 203 [June 1914]: 1247 and vol. 205 [August 1914]: 1319). Between 1914 and at least 1922, National also trademarked their 3-digit model numbers, but "510" not found among those located; needs further research.
Maker is National Washboard Co. of Chicago, IL, Saginaw, MI and Memphis, TN. According to the brief history provided by the company in Bremseth, Washboards II (1981), National Washboard Co. started in 1885 as Wabash Novelty Woods, Wabash, IN; name changed to Wabash Screen Door Co. in 1889, then moved to Rhinelander, WI in 1898 and Chicago in 1900, opening factories at Memphis, TN, and Minneapolis, MN, 1901-1902. Exactly how and when it came be National Washboard Co. in the early 1900s and later added operations at Saginaw is not explained. The Memphis factory was profiled in Newsweek, Volume 68 (1966), p. 90, and continued to operate until at least 1970. Needs further research. (Trademark and company information are in Collector File [Hattie Bremseth].)