Hansen settled in Nelson County, just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and carved may patterns for Captain Dick, among them, dozens of leaf shapes. That carving, along with other pieces carved by Kinstler are still actively sold by the company.Similarly, Clemmer worked with an internationally known sculptor, Oskar Hansen, whose works included the huge angels seen today at either end of the Hoover Dam. Kinstler completed his work in 1949, shortly after Citation had won the Triple Crown. In 1946 he met and retained the services of artist Calvin Roy Kinstler and commissioned him to do a carving of the great horse Citation. It is said that this marked the beginning of the company’s gift sales.In 1938, the company installed equipment for melting brass and other non-ferrous metals and began to market products under the name Virginia Metalcrafters.Although World War II halted the casting of brass products, immediately after the war, Clemmer continued developing the gift line. Upon presenting his “card” at a local resort hotel, Clemmer was asked if he would make a quantity customized for the hotel. Together they designed an electric stove and by the mid 1920’s the company was marketing what Clemmer named the Hotpoint Range.In promoting the cast iron stove business, “Captain Dick,” as he was known, used a small cast iron frying pan as his calling card. Clemmer realized that the future was not in wood and coal heating and in 1922 hired a Canadian electrical engineer, Mr. At the end of World War I, he invited his paternal cousin, retired Army Captain Richard Clemmer, to take control of the business. Loth died in 1904, Percy ran the company until failing health caused him to seek help. Some of the tools used to make those original cooking products are still in the company’s archives.When Mr. The company’s motto at the time was, “Loth Stoves Make Happy Homes”.Loth, together with his son Percy, made the decision in the late 1890’s to add frying pans, waffle irons, tea kettles and other cookware to the company’s product line. Located in Waynesboro, Virginia, on the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the company manufactured cast iron stoves and wood and coal heaters. THANKS FOR LOOKING -the history is below Virginia Metalcrafters was founded on October 6th, 1890, as the W.J. I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME SET AND HOPE YOU DO TO. PART #'S 1019 & 1020 14 1/2'' TALL -7 1/4'' WIDE -AND THE SET WEIGHTS IN AT 26 LBS A FEW SMALL RUB MARKS BUT NOTHING THAT DETRACTS FROM THE AWESOME SET THAT THEY ARE. George Washington Andirons And Fire Dogs PRE- Virginia MetalCrafters 1890-1938 MADE BY THE HARVIN CO.
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