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PMAD-002 Wetherill & Brother
 

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IMSA #: PMAD-002

Estimated Date: 1900

Country of Origin: USA

Manufacturer: Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, NJ

Catalog No.: None

Material: Celluloid wrapped, nickel plated ends, metal body

Markings: No. However, it is the typical June, 1905 Whitehead & Hoag patent design.

Patent/Design No.: No

Patent/Design Date: No

Size (Inches): 2 3/4" X 1 1/2" X 3/8"

Reverse: Lithograph of factory on one side and advertising of products on reverse.

Description and Comments: The Wetherill & Brother white lead manufactory & chemical works had its beginnings during or before the American Revolution. The litograph inset on the factory image shows how the factory appeared from 1808 to 1848. (This lithograph resides in the Wainwright Lithograph Collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia.) The factory was situated on the corner of 12th & Cherry Streets in Philadelphia. It is said, the maufacture of white lead was introduced into the United States by the Wetherill family. Around 1850, they employed a steam engine of eighty horsepower, and comsumed 18,000 lbs of pig lead daily.
 



 
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