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Posted 11 years ago
Finy
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Found at an estate sale. Was told these were theater seat sides. Beautiful detail I. Wrought iron.
Marked KD on back side.
Has anyone ever seen these before and might know how old it could be?
Not sure what I will do with these , but I just love them.
Very heavy also
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Just found on the back the name
Heywood and Wakefield.
Probably made in Wakefield, Mass. Railroad walkover seats if I am correct.
This link will give you an idea. You need to scroll down on the page.
http://books.google.com/books?id=RAidPrpZUNQC&pg=PA377&lpg=PA377&dq=Heywood-Wakefield+walkover+seat&source=bl&ots=VNlqnIiXdK&sig=O4_K1phEuQEYbR8wBZLx0o6k5xo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vOAYUrXePJKl2AW5s4EY&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Heywood-Wakefield%20walkover%20seat&f=false
This link will help you date them. Probably after 1945.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heywood-Wakefield_Company
I call this type stuff tired iron but some of it can be quite collectable and I believe these would be. Look the back side over closely for a mold number. If there is a mold or design number that will really help you put a date on it. If there is no number then the image on the seat side is going to be how you identify and date it. I am willing to bet someone on one of the railroad collectors sites would be able to identify it right away. You could also Google Heywood - Wakefield foundry and see if they have a public archive available or even an old catalog. Thanks a bunch for sharing these. I love tired iron.
Make sure you put "foundry" after the name or you will get their wicker furniture site.
One has a letter l and the other has LL
Looks like it may be PA.
Thanks for all your help fhrjr2!!!
Finy - Where I put after 1945 above it is a general guess plus or minus a few years because the sleepy hollow seat was introduced around 47 or 48 if memory serves me. These very well could be much earlier and I suspect they are. The reason I think they may be older is because they wanted to reduce the weight of the seats to save fuel. These are full metal which indicates to me they are probably older. In reducing weight they started eliminating metal by making openings or using scroll work designs. I am not sure if Heywood Wakefield seats were used on passenger ships. I think not. Most likely they were in a railroad passenger car. I am also not sure when Heywood & Wakefield merged but that will date these pretty close. If they are stamped with both names it was after the merger. I have seen items like this go for $25 all the way up to several hundred. The interesting part of selling these isn't to a collector believe it or not. Having the right pair makes them way more valuable to someone wanting to make a new mold to reproduce them. I wouldn't clean them etc. until I had done some research. I would keep them out of the weather and where they won't get damaged. If the original molds were destroyed after the line was discontinued you may have a fun item here. Sorry to be long winded but as I said.....I love tired iron.
I was wrong . It did not say PA.
It reads at the bottom
Reg US pat off
At least that is what it appears to say.
Beautiful detail!
Those are amazing, I love the detail in old cast iron.
The "design" is most likely what is registered with the patent office.
Great purchase!
From what I found on the patent it was for the fold up/down of the seats. I would love a pair of these to make a porch bench out of.