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.
The Shinnick, Woodside & Gibbons No. 3 Cast Iron Kettle
The SSC Crown Jewel is a Shinnick, Hattan & Co. No. 9 kettle dated June 23, 1863 — a Civil War-era piece from Zanesville, Ohio. This No. 3 kettle, marked "SHINNICK, WOODSIDE & GIBBONS" and "ZANESVILLE, O." on the lid, documents a later partnership at the same foundry. Same city. Same family name. Different partners. Different decade. Two kettles that together span the arc of a Zanesville foundry dynasty whose family also founded the Mosaic Tile Company and established the largest benefaction in Muskingum County history. Acquired from eBay seller buyandselltechworld, March 2026.
Brooks & Patton No. 9 Tea Kettle
A rare No. 9 tea kettle from Brooks & Patton of Columbus, Ohio — the foundry whose principal, Alexander G. Patton, later acquired the Columbus Hollow Ware Company. SSC documents the piece that bridges two chapters of Columbus cast iron history.