John A Manson Hardware Co Hanging Copper Inventory and Repair Lists antique child's cup with a few very tiny

with a few very tiny (barely noticeable) chips in the lacquer on its body on one side and a tiny bit of loss of lacquer around the very bottom edge of the base--none of which I think detract from the vase overall

I especially love the tornado of smoke rising from his cigar

or on top of a table

and I also found its exact twin selling online for $275

who made this excellent dial to make learning multiplication a lot more fun

John A Manson Hardware Co Hanging Copper Inventory and Repair Lists antique child's cup with a few very tinyA little research led me to discover that John A Manson Company at 253 Broadway in Manhattan (stamped on these copper mounts) was a hardware store, established by Manson around 1910, with a citation in the Hardware Dealers Magazine in 1913 noting that price cards like these (sold via catalogue as well as at the store) were Manson's speciality. These two were certainly put to use, with the handwritten card on one detailing the sizes, costs and sale