I didn't know it when I found this drawing, but WearEver Cookware was quite a notable thing, originating (according to Wikipedia) "in 1888 when Charles Martin Hall, a young inventor from Oberlin, Ohio discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum by perfecting the electrochemical reduction process that extracted aluminum from bauxite ore. Seeking to fund his continued exploration of this new process Hall eventually partnered with Alfred E. Hunt, a metallurgist in charge of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, raising $20,000 with the help of investors and eventually forming the Pittsburgh Reduction Company which would later come to be known as the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA)." WearEver Cookware thus became one of the first widely available aluminum based consumer products of their time, initially sold door-to-door by college students and later purchased in large quantities by organizations. (i.e. in 1912, the United States Marine Corps adopted WearEver aluminum utensils as their standard issue utensils.)
Whether this drawing was in fact a sketch for a real WearEver advertisement or a student illustration I am not sure, but I think it's a pretty good either way (I especially love the white steam coming out of the kettles) and a nice one to hang in the kitchen!
Paper size 10 1/16" x 7 3/8"; drawing size 7" x 6 1/6". Ink and gouache, very good condition.
