A.G. Patton — Cast Iron Tea Kettle
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Favorite Corporate Lineage, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Favorite Corporate Lineage, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

A.G. Patton — Cast Iron Tea Kettle

This gate-marked cast iron tea kettle bears the full-name maker's mark "A.G. PATTON / COLUMBUS, O." on its lid — identifying not a corporation but the man who ran Columbus's Patton Manufacturing Company from 1874 to 1900. The gate mark on the bottom dates the piece to before approximately 1890. Patton later acquired the Columbus Hollow Ware Company naming rights in 1897, connecting this kettle to the broader Favorite Corporate Lineage. Original patina preserved. Acquired from eBay seller riferg_23, March 2026.

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Prase — Coal-Heated Cast Iron Clothes Iron
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cleveland and Cincinnati Forgotten Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cleveland and Cincinnati Forgotten Foundries, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Prase — Coal-Heated Cast Iron Clothes Iron

This coal-heated charcoal box iron bears the name "PRASE" cast in raised letters with "CINCINNATI" and "OHIO" on the opposite side, and "PAT'D AUG 14 1888" on the rear near the ventilation openings. The adjustable dampers still open and close as designed. Prase does not appear in any cast iron collector database — making this iron possibly the only surviving evidence the company existed. A German immigrant foundry in Cincinnati's booming Over-the-Rhine industrial economy. Preserved in original as-found patina. Acquired from eBay seller tsp8ntball5hnf, March 2026.

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