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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