Vintage Bradley & Hubbard Wood Lined Enameled Metal Dresser/Desk Top Box NR yqz

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Welcome to Estate Auctions Inc!We are one of the Leading Sellers of Antiques, Collectibles and Quirky items on eBay. We have been selling since 1998 and ALL of our auctions start at .99 cents. We are proud to announce that we maintain a 'FIVE STAR Detailed Seller Rating' and our staff strives for 100% customer satisfaction, our 100% feedback rating will vouch for that. We work with consigners from Coast-To-Coast and work hard to make sure we have top quality items.We are 'Your Quality Zone' - search 'YQZ' to see our other listingsSee Other Listings Vintage Bradley & Hubbard Wood Lined Enameled Metal Dresser/Desk Top Box NRMarked on Bottom - Estate Found!In this auction we have a vintage Bradley & Hubbard wood lined, enameled metal dresser/desk top box. The entire box is metal and the inside is lined with wood. On the top of the lid are etched boxes with multi colored spots of enamel. On the bottom it is marked Bradley & Hubbard Mfg Co. It measures approx. 5 3/8" x 3 1/2" x 1 3/8". Besides the scratches throughout, this box is in good condition and just beautiful. Be sure to check out all of our photos for further details. !!Here is some history on Bradley & Hubbard we found on the si website. (Great Site)The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company...Masters of MetalworkSelected Objects from the Smithsonian Institution Castle CollectionA Brief Company History1852-1940The partnership of Nathaniel and William L. Bradley, Walter Hubbard, and Orson and Chitten Hatch began in Meriden, Connecticut in 1852 as Bradley, Hatch & Company. Clocks were the sole product...keep scrolling there are 15 pictures and more description beneath the photos below!of the newly formed company. When the Hatch brothers sold their interests in the firm two years later, Nathaniel Bradley, William Bradley and Walter Hubbard formed a company which they named simply Bradley and Hubbard. By 1856, they were producing call bells and sewing machines, but clocks continued to be the main line of production throughout the 1850's and 1860's. Many northern manufacturers prospered immensely during the Civil War due to the expanded market west of the Mississippi and increased foreign exports. Bradley and Hubbard was no exception, adding the production of flags, hoop skirts, spring measuring tapes and match safes during the war years.The discovery of oil in Pennsylvania in 1859 also had a great impact on the product line of Bradley & Hubbard with the decision to begin production of kerosene burning lamps. By 1871, kerosene virtually replaced whale oil for heating and illumination and new ways of burning it more efficiently were needed. Between 1868 and 1875, Bradley and Hubbard secured 33 patents relating to the design and mechanics of oil burning lamps (in all, the company would eventually patent a total of 238 designs and mechanical devices). The company was again reorganized in 1875, this time as a joint stock company renamed The Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company.Link to Image of The Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company factory complex, ca1880 The Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company factory complex, ca1880.Growing rapidly throughout the 1880's, the company added new products such as architectural grilles, railings, fences, window guards, and elevator enclosures. By the 1890's, the Bradley and Hubbard name was synonymous with high quality and artistic merit. Their products were marketed not only in their own showrooms in New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, but also by a force of salesmen traveling throughout the country and by the large retail firms of Marshall Field & Company, Sears and Roebuck & Company, and Montgomery Ward & Company. The Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company survived the Great Depression, but after 88 years in business, it was sold in 1940 to the Charles Parker Company, also of Meriden. Famous for its Parker sporting shotgun, the company also made household ... read more

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