Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with ribbed, mirrored silver exterior and concave interior scene. Interior painted blue with white plastic house-shaped piece adhered to interior. White house with icicles on roof, yellow windows, red heart painted on door, flanked on either side by snow-covered fir trees. White felt or wool attached in front with plastic snowman. Cap reads “MADE ITALY” and has a circular hoop with bent wire hook attached. In 1937, a tariff decision (no. 54387) reversed earlier decisions regarding the marking of ornaments with their country of origin, established in the 1890 MicKinley Tariff Act and the Smoot-Havley Tariff Act of 1930. The ornament itself now had to be marked with with its country of origin by stamping it into the cap or by way of tag or sticker.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with smooth concave interior. Exterior of ornament is ribbed, mirrored silver, interior is painted blue with white mountainous shapes painted white with glitter. Remnants of glue on interior indicate that a piece is missing that would complete the interior scene (similar to DL*298065.0411 and DL*298065.0412). No cap or hook. A large piece of the right side is broken off and missing. No mark. Possibly Italian-made because of similarity to marked ornaments. In 1937, a tariff decision (no. 54387) reversed earlier decisions regarding the marking of ornaments with their country of origin, established in the 1890 MicKinley Tariff Act and the Smoot-Havley Tariff Act of 1930. The ornament itself now had to be marked with with its country of origin by stamping it into the cap or by way of tag or sticker.
Molded glass holiday or Christmas ornament. Half-sphere, with concave center. Exterior is ribbed, mirrored silver, interior is painted blue with white, glitter-covered mountains. Attached in the center is a plastic Santa figure, white plastic painted with a red coat, black boots, peach face, and carries a blue bag. He holds a pole in his right hand, pole is wrapped in green thread. Metal cap reads “MADE ITALY”, and has a bent wire loop inserted with a bent wire hook attached. In 1937, a tariff decision (no. 54387) reversed earlier decisions regarding the marking of ornaments with their country of origin, established in the 1890 MicKinley Tariff Act and the Smoot-Havley Tariff Act of 1930. The ornament itself now had to be marked with with its country of origin by stamping it into the cap or by way of tag or sticker.
Bowl beater or food mixer. Half-spherical shaped mixing end, metal mesh with diamond-shaped openings throughout, with two bulb-shaped bent metal wings, and metal shaft, which attaches to single cog wheel that connects to top crankwheel with red painted and turned wooden handle, above lid. Arched bent metal handle attached to metal lid, which sits inside inner lip at top of white milk glass bowl, ribbing molded on outside. Bottom of bowl is embossed: "ANDROCK/MADE IN U.S.A." and has white sticker with "410" handwritten on it. Crankwheel is stamped: "ANOTHER ANDROCK PRODUCT/MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/PATENT NO 2210810".
Patents:
Patent number US 2210810 A, August 6, 1940, Howard W. Hindes, Worcester, Massachusetts, assignor to The Washburn Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, for "Bearing and frame construction for hand-operated beaters".
One year later Patent number US 2265533 A, December 9, 1941, John R. Lawrence, assignor to The Washburn Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, for "Beater", which matches this bowl beater.
Maker is The Washburn Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, which produced this product under the ANDROCK line.