The Hunt for Vintage Kitchen Sinks
By Jason
Gluckman
Editor's Summary: If you are thinking of installing an
antique or vintage sink in your kitchen, you won't want to miss
reading this article. A brief history of kitchen sinks is included
along with ideas as to where to purchase them.
Want to relive the excitement of California’s gold rush of the
mid 19th century? Or the grandeur of the Victorian age? If your
answer is a ‘Yes’, try installing an antique sink in your kitchen
and mull over the glorious past of your ancestors while eating your
meal.
Obtaining a real antique or vintage kitchen sink is not going to
be easy. The kitchen sink from the pages of the history book is
likely to have developed cracks or chinks and the one you are lucky
to chance upon may not have the necessary accessories like faucets
to make it workable in today’s kitchen.
The kitchen sinks of the mid 19th or early 20th century were made
of marble, porcelain, fireclay or copper. They mostly came from
Continental Europe – France and Italy.
Kitchen sinks from the early 20th century are quite difficult to
find in useable original condition. This helps drive the price up.
To take one example, a classic 1900 model of marble sink, manufactured
in Chicago by the Wolff Mfg. Co, which the Los Angeles-based Vintage
Plumbing has put up for sale, has a 4' tall heavy French plate beveled
mirror back splash. It has full original mixer hardware and complete
supply and drain hardware below sink. It has nickel plated brass
cabriole legs and carved soap dish in the slab drains into the basin.
The store has priced it at $8,900.
According to the Vintage Plumbing, kitchen sinks from the teens,
20's and 30's are very popular among the customers and so they have
a fairly good stock of them. The store stocks antique farm house
kitchen sinks manufactured by the Kohler’s, Standard Sanitary Mfg
Co, besides the Wolff Mfg. Co. However, the store admits it is difficult
to find sinks in good condition.
Kitchen Sinks
Info provides detailed information on stainless steel, copper,
vintage, granite, corner, and acrylic kitchen sinks, faucets, and
more. Kitchen Sinks Info is the sister site of Granite
Counter Tops Web.
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