No. 133.] 



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GRATES AND FENDERS. 



The above cut represents a parlor grate from the factory of 

 Messrs. W. & N. Jackson k Sons, 238 Front street, New- York. 

 These gentlemen are entitled to the highest praise for their skill 

 and perseverance in this department of manufacture. The arti- 

 cles shown by them at our late fair, are unsurpassed by any thing 

 of the kind, imported or otherwise, that we have seen. Our 

 judges, in their report, make the following statement: 



"Previous to 1840, parlor grates were manufactured of sheet 

 iron, on which zinc ornaments were riveted. AboUt that period 

 Mr. Bacheler imported a number of Berlin gi'ates, which gave 

 promise of superseding those made of sheet iron. Mr. Jackson, 

 unwilling to be outdone, resolved to try the experiment of ma- 

 king cast iron grates, himself He commenced with very costly 

 patterns, and has continued to improve from that day to this j 

 his success has been most triumphant ; Berlin grates are no longer 

 imported, and the creditof perfecting this branch pf manufactures 

 in the United States, is emphatically due to Mr. Jackson. Those 

 on exhibition are equal, if not superior, to the finest European 

 grates." a.c. 



