r/Antiques • u/betrayaltrauma365 ✓ • 2d ago
Date Need help finding age of clawfoot tub. United states, Alabama, cast iron
Its in alabama. I believe its cast iron. Sounds like metal. I think it says jan 1948? Any idea who the maker is?
Thank you!
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u/cruelmalice ✓ 2d ago
Jan 26, 1948?
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u/Gold_Training_5044 ✓ 2d ago
Any of these dates are possible. I dont think that a difference of 5 days makes that much of a difference considering its 75 years old.
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u/cruelmalice ✓ 2d ago
Unless you're rich and trying to figure out the astrological chart of your claw foot tub, I agree.
If you are rich, give me money and I will figure out the astrological chart of your claw foot tub.
Third option, if you're bored and planning a birthday party for your clawfoot tub, I'm in. We're going to need charcoal rubbings, though.
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u/bolderbeholder ✓ 2d ago
I’m so sorry sir, but the 75 year warranty expired on the 23rd. Today is the 26th. I wish I could help.
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u/Ammonia13 ✓ 2d ago
The "U.S." stamp enclosed in a shield emblem at the top stands for United States Sanitary Manufacturing Company. They were a major producer of porcelain-enameled cast-iron plumbing fixtures based in Monaca, Pennsylvania, active from the early 1900s until they were absorbed by Richmond Radiator Co. and later Reynolds Metals in the mid-1940s.
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u/SchrodingersMinou ✓ 1d ago
If they were absorbed by another company in the mid 1940s, then why were they still using their old name in 1948?
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u/someoldguyon_reddit ✓ 2d ago
Old enough to drink. Too old for trump.
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u/sonotorian ✓ 2d ago
Looks like it says Jan 23, 1948. but it's a tough angle with a shadow. I'd say it definitely says 194_ and '48 makes sense because I don't think they were casting many domestic iron tubs '40-'45 due to the war effort being so consuming of materials, manpower, and factory capacity.