Item # 1 - Sad Iron with Holder
Flat irons were also called sad irons or smoothing irons. Metal handles had to be gripped in a pad or thick rag. Some irons had cool wooden handles and in 1870 a detachable handle was patented in the US. This stayed cool while the metal bases were heated and the idea was widely imitated. The sad in sad iron (or sadiron) is an old word for solid, and in some contexts this name suggests something bigger and heavier than a flat iron.
Item #2 - Vintage Glass Wash Board
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century. The traditional washboard is usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. For 19th-century washboards, the ridges were often of wood; by the 20th century, ridges of metal were more common. A "fluted" metal washboard was patented in the United States in 1833. Zinc washboards were manufactured in the United States from the middle of the 19th century. In the late 20th century and early 21st century, ridges of galvanized steel are most common, but some modern boards are made of glass.
Item # 3- Hand Crafted Alabaster Ashtray made in Italy
Gypsum alabaster was very widely used for small sculpture for indoor use in the ancient world, especially in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Fine detail could be obtained in a material with an attractive finish without iron or steel tools.
In Europe, the centre of the alabaster trade today is Florence, Italy. Tuscan alabaster occurs in nodular masses embedded in limestone, interstratified with marls of Miocene and Pliocene age. The mineral is worked largely by means of underground galleries, in the district of Volterra. Several varieties are recognized—veined, spotted, clouded, agatiform, and others. The finest kind, obtained principally from Castellina, is sent to Florence for figure-sculpture, while the common kinds are carved locally, into vases, lights, and various ornamental objects. These items are objects of extensive trade, especially in Florence, Pisa, and Livorno. Spain and many other countries have deposits which have been worked.
Item # 4 - The Rival Ice-O-Mat
Rival was founded by Henry J. Talge in 1932. Then called Rival Manufacturing Co. (a name carried through the early 1990s), the firm started as a specialty die cast operation.
Rival's first product was a manual citrus juicer, called the Juice-O-Mat. The "O-Mat" tag later become a trademark on many new product names, including the Can-O-Mat (can opener), Broil-O-Mat (broiler), and Ice-O-Mat (ice crusher). Talge saw a need for many products to make cooking and other food preparation procedures faster and easier.
Having only ever been produced in restaurants and surely seen as a luxury item, homemade ice and the culture surrounding it, took off. The 1950’s saw a surge in kitchen appliances and cookbooks focused on chilled food items and drinks. One of these appliances was the Rival Ice-O-Mat ice crusher. With three different settings and a handy removable compartment
you can crush enough ice for whatever you need! Need to keep shrimp cold at a party? Need to cool that gimlet to near freezing temperatures? Have no fear! The Ice-O-Mat can crush as much ice as you’ve got!
Item # 5 - Green Milking Stool with Heart Design
Stools have become widely used furniture pieces, and they sure have a colorful and interesting history. You see, in England, a stool was originally a seat for just one person. Unlike chairs, stools have no back and can be transferred or moved. Before, only the important or upper class people can sit in chairs. Stools were reserved for the commoners or the masses. Stools were found in workshops and offices to be used by subordinates. They were also put to everyday use like when milking cows. Another form of stool is the step stool. Step stools allow users to reach higher or elevated places, like a librarian reaching for a book from the top shelf. Today, step stools are commonly used by children, allowing them to reach table or counter tops. Step stools also allow the children to reach the sink when washing their hands or brushing their teeth. The stool may be an overlooked piece of furniture, but given its history and how it has evolved into many various forms, it is one piece of furniture that’s going to be used by more generations to come.
Item # 6 - Glass 1 litre Milk Bottles
Milk bottles before the 1930's were round. In the 1940's, a square squat bottle became the more popular style and milk bottles since the 1930's have used a pyroglaze to identify the bottles. Before the 1930's, names were embossed on milk bottles using a slug plate. The name was impressed on the slug plate, then the plate was inserted into the mold used to make the bottle, the result was the embrossed name on the bottle. By the 1960's, glass bottles had largely been replaced with paper cartons and later plastic jugs. One of the neat things about Milk Bottles is the way they keep the milk cold, they are definitely part of our everyday household history.
Item # 7 - Cedar Box with Bird Motif
Item # 8 - Stoneware Jug
Item # 9 - Glass Insulators
Item #10 Print of William Sidney's The Power of Music - Dancing on the Barn Floor
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