Research Compleated

From time to time more information is needed on an item to determine if it is worth repairing or what the item looked like in the original form. Other information that is helpful in a repair is how it was made or some other construction detail. Sometimes, one just wants to understand the history of a company or an item’s value. And some research is done just to find more information on an obscure subject. I don’t write much, there is so much available on the internet that research papers have become an editing and fact checking exercise. I include sources in the papers.

Following are some papers that were completed.

Cast iron garden urn by the Kramer Brothers, Columbus, Ohio; History, products, status.

Cast iron garden urn by Washington Iron Works; History, products, status.

James W. Tufts Silver plated ware

 Meriden Manufacturing Co (silver)

Mexican Silver

Rogers Brothers Silver item #157

Old Paris Porcelain                  (see below)

Stanley Two Horse Surrey Toy, cast iron

Back yard foundry construction