The Perin & Gaff Mfg. Co. Cast Iron Chain Pulley
Museum Collection, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Cincinnati Manufacturers, Industrial & Agriculture Iron Steve Thaman Museum Collection, Ohio Foundry Corridor, Cincinnati Manufacturers, Industrial & Agriculture Iron Steve Thaman

The Perin & Gaff Mfg. Co. Cast Iron Chain Pulley

A Cincinnati hardware manufacturer's working pulley survives with full foundry markings — the second Perin & Gaff piece in the SSC collection, expanding the documentation from the laundry room to the barn loft.

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The A.C. Williams Co. Sad Iron
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1935 Collection, Northeast Ohio Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1935 Collection, Northeast Ohio Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

The A.C. Williams Co. Sad Iron

Before the cast iron banks. Before the toy automobiles and airplanes sold through Woolworth's and Kresge's. Before A.C. Williams became the largest manufacturer of cast iron toys in the world — there was a heavy, solid sad iron with a detachable wooden handle. This one is marked "WILLIAMS CO." and "RAVENNA, OHIO" and dates to the transitional period when miniature models of this very product, made for traveling salesmen, caught a buyer's eye and launched one of Ohio's most celebrated foundries into the toy business. Acquired from Etsy seller stoneridgeattic, March 2026.

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