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Nicol & Company There is little corporate information known about Nicol & Company, established in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. However, what is known is that the company took great pride in advertising their challenging “trick” safes and banks, which featured innovative opening devices and puzzle features. Buddy L Trucks “Buddy L” trucks were first made in 1921 as custom toys for the son of Fred Lundahl, owner of Moline Pressed Steel Co. of Moline, Illinois, founded in 1913. Named for his son, “Buddy L” trucks soon became a product line of the company and continued to be made into the 1990s. Early Buddy L trucks are large, averaging between 21″ and 26″ long, and are practically indestructible [...] Click here to continue reading. Norris made several thousands of these muskets under contract to the state of Massachusetts in 1863 and 1864. The Mason Decoy Factory was founded by William James Mason and operated from 1896 to 1924 in Detroit, Michigan. Oldenburg, Indiana The Midwestern Germanic settlement of Oldenburg, Indiana, was initially settled in 1817 by Pennsylvania emigre William George and his brother, Oldenburg soon became the destination of the many German immigrants landing in Cincinnati. In 1837, William Flaspholer and William Ronnenbaum purchased the George brothers’ farm and platted the town, making provisions for a park, school, church, cemetery, and market place. As the nineteenth century progressed, more immigrants, many of whom had come [...] Click here to continue reading. Autoperipatetikos An Autoperipatetikos, or Autoperipatikos, is a doll who walks by means of a clockwork mechanism (originally patented by Enoch Rice Morrison on July 15, 1862) which causes her feet, usually made of pressed metal, to move back and forth. The dolls were made in Germany, France and America, and are supposedly the first mechanical toy patented in America of which there are still existing examples. Whitney Reed According to information on antiquetoys.com, Whitney S. Reed founded the W.S. Reed Toy Company in Leominster, Massachusetts, in 1875, for the purpose of making lithographed paper-on-wood toys and construction sets. They also had a patent on one mechanical bank, “The old Lady in the Shoe”, and were in business until 1897. Sutherland Tables The Sutherland table is supposed to be named for Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland (1806 to 1868). It is a folding table whose top is so narrow that, when folded, it can be stood against a wall without taking up much space. When the leaves are swung up to sit on their gate-legs, it becomes large enough to be a small breakfast table. The earliest versions were commonly solid mahogany, later ones sometimes [...] Click here to continue reading. Huntboards Huntboard appears to be a twentieth century term for what Southerners referred to in their inventories as slabs or sideboards. They typically have taller legs than sideboards and contain fewer drawers or cabinets. There is a myth that these serving pieces were often carried outside to provide refreshments for men just back from a hunt, but scholars now believe most slabs stayed inside the house. —Information from Sarah Campbell writing in AntiqueWeek. Schafer & Vater Porcelains The Schafer and Vater factory was established in 1890 at Rudolstadt, Thuringia and produced many decorative pieces in hard paste porcelain. Six years later the business prospering enough to purchase the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus. By 1910 Sears Roebuck & Company had begun to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery into the United States bring their porcelains to a much wider market. Beginning in this year Schafer and [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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