1880s 4 Trade Cards Willard & Lanes Eagle Stove Polish Taunton MA Ketterlinus PA

Description: OFFERING a SET OF 4 ANTIQUE TRADE CARDS FOR "WILLARD & LANE'S IMPROVED EAGLE STOVE POLISH" SEE VIEWS ABOVE ABEL LYMAN WILLARD (1829-1892) OPENED AN APOTHECARY AND DRUG STORE IN TAUNTON, MASS. IN 1874 HE FOUNDED THE FIRM OF WILLARD & LANE WITH A. F. LANE, MANUFACTURING EAGLE STOVE POLISH FOUR CARDS SHOW GROUPS OF 3 CHILDREN WITH A DOG PRINTED IN COLORS OF GREEN, PINK AND COPPER ON GILT I DON'T THINK THIS IS CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY SINCE THERE ARE NO DOTS OR CROSS-HATCHING TOP LEFT: ICE SKATING (green on gilt) TOP RIGHT: SWORD FIGHTING (green on gilt) LOWER LEFT: A PROPOSAL (pink on gilt) AND LOWER RIGHT: A PROPOSAL (copper on gilt) STATED PRINTED BY "KETTERLINUS, PHILADA." AT THE LOWER LEFT KETTERLINUS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PRINTER IN PHILADELPHIA, USING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE MODERN EQUIPMENT AND PRINTING METHODS FOUNDED IN 1842 BY EUGENE KETTERLINUS, HIS SON JOHN LOUIS KETTERLINUS TOOK OVER HIS FATHER'S PRINTING BUSINESS IN 1876, AND PRINTED ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS FOR THE 1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION ADVERTISING BOX ON THE FRONT SAYS: "WILLARD & LANE'S IMPROVED EAGLE STOVE POLISH Excels all other kinds for Brilliancy of Lustre, Freeness from Dust, and its good qualities generally. We guarantee it to give satisfaction" "Try it once, and you will use no other" (a hand with pointing finger on either side) THERE IS ALSO A THERMOMETER JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE EAGLE ADVERTISING THE LOWEST THERMOMETER READING IS ON THE "ICE SKATING" CARD THE TWO "PROPOSAL" CARDS READ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THERMOMETER AND THE "SWORD FIGHT" CARD HAS THE HIGHEST THERMOMETER READING I JUST NOTICED THESE THERMOMETERS SO THESE CARDS REFLECTED ALL DEGREES OF EMOTION IN VARIOUS COLORS NO ADVERTISING ON THE BACK GUESS ON AGE 1880's NEAR FINE AS SHOWN ANTIQUE CONDITION THE CARD AT THE TOP LEFT HAS A SMALL 1/4" CLOSED TEAR AT THE RIGHT SIDE BETWEEN THE LETTERS "W" AND "I" IN WILLARD BOTTOM LEFT CORNER ON FIRST CARD IS SLIGHTLY ROUNDED THE LAST CARD HAS ALL 4 CORNERS SLIGHTLY ROUNDED THE OTHER TWO CARDS HAVE SQUARE CORNERS FAINT REMNANTS ON THE BACK WHERE THEY WERE REMOVED FROM AN ALBUM SIZE EACH about 3 1/8" HIGH x 4 9/16" WIDE FINE BRIGHT CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY AND BRIGHT GILT REALLY LOVELY VIBRANT COLORS & CONDITION FOR THEIR AGE BID NOW! BUYER PREPAYS PLUS SHIPPING AUCTIONS MUST BE PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS OF AUCTION END BY PAY PAL FOREIGN SHIPPING ARRANGED MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMERS ADD 6.25% SALES TAX WE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!

Price: 60 USD

Location: Hanover, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-12-06T22:36:56.000Z

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