Hoyt Metal Company lead ingot advertising paperweight. Marked: Hoyt Metal Co. St Louis Genuine-A & R Hoyt and at the bottom, illegibly, NOT GENUINE WITHOUT SIGNATURE. And on the base: Registered U.S. Pat. Off. The Hoyt Metal Company was founded pre-1900. Their lead ingots were made to be melted and used to create other products. The company itself is associated – via online sales – with the manufacture of toy soldiers, pewter candlesticks, a cast chameleon / lizard paperweight for Sherwin Williams Paints, etc. The company also operated a shot tower in Granite City Illinois for the production of lead shot – pellets – for shotgun shells. ( The postcard pictured is not included in the sale. ) In 1905, the company merged with The Markle Lead Works and National Lead Company, thereafter operating as the National Lead Company. About 1 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches.
Weight: 2.835 LB
Measurement: 1.125 x 5.875 IN
Depth: 2.125
Condition report:
Excellent. Some age toning to the metal.
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