A Rare Nineteenth-Century Iron Works Studio Catalogue

A Rare Nineteenth-Century Iron Works Studio Catalogue Illustrated Catalogue of Statuary, Fountains, Vases, Settees, etc. For Parks, Gardens and Conservatories, Manufactured by the J.L. Mott Iron Works New York: E.D. Slater, 1875. First edition. Folio. Profusely illustrated with dozens of examples of fountains, basins, benches, and other statuary from the J.L. Mott Iron Works studio. Original full brown cloth-covered flexible boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, lightly worn; front hinge repaired; scattered wear and chipping to plates; dampstaining along top and bottom edge of front paste-down, as well as faintly present on first few leaves, and in bottom gutter at rear; rear free endpaper loose; in modern full brown cloth portfolio. Together with: "Lamp Pillars. Supplement to Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Department of the J.L. Mott Iron Works, 1877".J.L. Mott Iron Works was established in 1828 in by Jordan L. Mott, originally producing coal fueled cooking-stoves. Mott's son, J.L. Mott Jr., expanded the manufactoring of the company to include fountains, basins, benches, and other decorative statuary. Their grand designs were famously showcased at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, featuring a 25 foot tall cast iron fountain. Avant garde artist Marcel Duchamp memorably used one of Mott's urinals for his 1917 readymade "Fountain".