PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: I sell ORIGINAL items ONLY and NOT ANY reproductions.

This sale is for one

historical BILLHEAD

from

BENNETT B. SCHNEIDER 

(SUCCESOR TO RICHARD DOUGLAS & CO)

located in

New York during the year of  1880.   

It is handwritten! 

I was curious what crystal illuminator was? 

Notes from the Blog of the CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS:

We recently discovered in our Library three issues of a rare glass trade journal that features these types of glass wares. First published as the "Chicago Illuminator", and then "The American Potter & Illuminator", it featured advertisements for pottery, glassware, and lamp goods. The American Potter & Illuminator, like many trade journals, was probably considered ephemeral. Because it was printed on newsprint and with mostly ads, it is quite possible that subscribers discarded the previous issue when the next one came out. Today, many researchers value these ephemeral publications for some of the same reasons they were discarded.  The October 1883 issue of Chicago Illuminator includes ads for pottery, furniture, buckwheat flour, shaving mugs, pressed glass, oil and kerosene lanterns, library lamps, and more. One of the featured advertisers is the Chicago firm French, Potter and Wilson, a jobber and importer which opened around 1880 and about whom little is known. Founder Walter H. Wilson of Chicago was first involved with the firm Abram, French & Co. in Boston, and then established French, Potter and Wilson in Chicago in 1880; he “disposed of the business” in 1888. Jobbers were wholesalers, who purchased from manufacturers or other wholesalers, and sold to retailers; their catalogs are an important source for documentation of glassware, especially from about 1870 to 1940. Sometimes the actual manufacturer of wares are identified, but frequently not.

So this is likely manufacturing of crystal glass in my humble opinion! 

Approximate size of  letterhead is

 8 1/2" X 8".

Condition: Good condition with toning, subtle glue marks, etc.  Normal letter folds tiny tear bottom as shown in image.

The "SEE MORE" item is just a loose piece of paper that is NOT attached to this letterhead.

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