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Enterprise Manufacturing Co.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was primarily a hardware manufacturer known for its coffee mills and domestic devices such as cherry pitters and apple peelers. Taking advantage of the 100-year milestone in America’s history, and the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876, the company produced a number of souvenir banks that depicted patriotic landmarks, such as Independence Hall. The company continued to manufacture banks after the exposition until the late 1800′s.
Wood & Sons Historical Staffordshire
Enoch Wood came from a long line of Staffordshire potters. With his sons produced a vast quantity of transfer ware in Burslem, England from 1818 to 1846, most marked Wood & Sons.
Wood was one of the first Staffordshire potters to develop the burgeoning American export market after the War of 1812, eventually producing at least fifty-eight American views, over eighty English views and a series of French views [...] Click here to continue reading.
Dent Hardware Co.
Henry H. Dent founded The Dent Hardware Company of Fullerton, Pennsylvania in 1895. Beginning in 1898, the company produced a wide variety of cast iron still banks and toys, although these products never became a central focus of the Hardware Company. Dent ceased production of still banks and toys in 1937 and the company closed its doors in 1973.
Mahal Rugs
“Mahal” is a rug trade term for Sarouk rugs of a second or lesser quality.
Judd Manufacturing Co. – Banks
Morton Judd established the Judd Manufacturing Company of Wallingford, Connecticut in 1830. In 1855, his three sons joined him in business and the company’s name was changed to M. Judd & Sons. It was during this time that the company became well known for their still and mechanical bank production. Judd banks were usually finished in a brown or maroon lacquer and were washed in a green coloring. In [...] Click here to continue reading.
Staffordshire potters had been producing saltglazed drabware since about 1720 and a stained, glazed earthenware with stamped or sprigged ornament since 1755. Wedgwood’s drabware, with its distinctive greenish brown color, was introduced about 1811 both as a dry body stoneware used mainly for decorative objects, and as a stained earthenware, primarily used for tableware. Beginning about 1819, the stoneware usually had a smear glaze and was ornamented in contrasting colors or occasionally the stoneware [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Union Porcelain Works was founded in Greenpoint New York circa 1854 by a group of immigrant German potters and continued in business until the first quarter of the 20th century. The pottery was purchased just before the Civil War by C. H.. L. Smith and Thomas C. Smith who made translucent bone china by introducing the kaolinic body to the pottery’s wares. Following the war they perfected plain whiteware and began to decorate [...] Click here to continue reading.
Kyser & Rex Banks and Toys
In 1879 inventors Louis Kyser and Alfred Rex joined their creative talents to create the Kyser & Rex Company of Frankfort, Pennsylvania. The company manufactured iron cast goods and hardware in addition to a line of mechanical and still banks and bellringer toys. Their bank and toy ingenuity was pushed to an even higher level through the later assistance of Rudolph Hunter, a mechanical engineer and attorney. Kyser [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Lion & Two Monkeys Bank
This unique bank was patented by Kyser & Rex in 1883. The bank works by putting a coin in the monkey’s hand. When the lever is pressed down, the monkey lowers his hand and drops the coin into the lion’s mouth.
Overbeck Pottery, Cambridge City, Indiana, 1911 to 1955
The Overbeck Pottery was founded in 1911 in Cambridge City, Indiana by four sisters; Margaret, Hannah, Elizabeth and Mary Frances, who ran the pottery from their family home.
Margaret died unexpectedly in 1911, but her sisters carried on the work. Hannah, who was an invalid, produced many of the designs. She died in 1931. Elizabeth was primarily responsible for developing glazes and clay mixtures, and also [...] Click here to continue reading.
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