Yourtee, Hollister & Co. Cast Iron Stove-Top Kettle
Pre-1905 Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Hollow Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman Pre-1905 Collection, Ohio Cast Iron, Hollow Ware, SSC Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Yourtee, Hollister & Co. Cast Iron Stove-Top Kettle

Yourtee, Hollister & Co. existed for less than three years. On January 9, 1874, their Cincinnati Commercial dissolution notice appeared. Before that, in 1871, they cast their name and the year into the lid of this kettle. The firm is gone. The iron is still here — marked, dated, and documented for the first time.

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The Kingery Mfg. Co. No. 20 Conical Ice Cream Scoop
Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cleveland and Cincinnati Forgotten Foundries Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Collection, Pre-1905 Collection, Cleveland and Cincinnati Forgotten Foundries Steve Thaman

The Kingery Mfg. Co. No. 20 Conical Ice Cream Scoop

Before the modern spring-loaded scoop, there was the Kingery. This No. 20 conical ice cream disher was manufactured by the Kingery Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio — the firm that started as hokey-pokey ice cream vendors in 1879 and grew into a manufacturer of peanut roasters, popcorn machines, and steam-powered vending wagons sold across the country. Their conical scoop, patented September 4, 1894, was the first ice cream disher designed for one-handed use — a revolution in soda fountain speed. Three Kingery machines are on display at the Wyandot Popcorn Museum in Marion, Ohio. Acquired from eBay seller mod50s, March 2026.

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The H.S. Pease Coal-Heated Charcoal Sad 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

The H.S. Pease Coal-Heated Charcoal Sad Iron

Before the electric iron, pressing clothes required fire. This charcoal box iron bears the mark "H.S. PEASE" and "CINC'TI, O." cast in raised letters on the lid rim — the product of Horace S. Pease, a Cincinnati inventor who held multiple U.S. patents for charcoal iron improvements between the 1880s and 1907. His signature innovation was the combination charcoal iron and fluter — a single tool for both pressing and pleating. Acquired from eBay seller tsp8ntball5hnf, March 2026.

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