Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co.

[Nancy W]

Yesterday, the 18th, I received an email from the empolyee at the warehouse in NYC asking about the status of the project and my thoughts on the toilets. I replied that is certainly seems to be a match, and while I anticipated the old toilet would be more expensive than buying a new one, I could not afford the quoted cost considering todays financial situation. I added the project is still a couple years away, and there is time to continue looking. I would just have to take my chances that some other old house renovator doesn't buy it before I can afford it - if I don't find another.

The replay came back today, that he certain understands the fiances in current economy, but that his boss would enteratin offers. So now I have to come up with an offer. Hmmm.

I got an email notice this afternoon that the book, "The Well Appointed Bath " is at the library for pick up.
More reading tomorrow!

Nancy

[mgb1234]

So now I have to come up with an offer.

I love that, it baffles me on vintage prices one person will ask $500 for a tub and the next will take $100.
I bought a toilet from habitat restore for $35 kinda what you are looking for, mine has the chrome pipe connection and the tank mounts on the wall it has a slight Grey tint to it but otherwise acts the same way as you described yours. I figured I would never find the matching rest of the set. So I go pick up a pedestal sink 3 month's later that was listed on craigslist and there was the matching tub I was looking for,perfect condition including the water facets and curved chrome shower curtain rod so I traded her for some vintage floor tile work that she was going to have torn out .I got the tub she saved the $2000 that they were going to charge her for destroying a perfectly good vintage custom floor tile that was missing a few pieces and it all worked out.

Here another site to kinda get some price options I have a link on my other laptop of a guy that deals only in vintage toilets and is very realistic on his prices, unfortunately it is in another city right now.

http://www.deabath.com/index.html

[melissakd]

I saw some yellow American Standard fixtures today on the Pasadena Architectural Salvage website. Don't know whether they're what you need. The salvage yard is about as far as you can get from your house while remaining on dry land . . . but you could always play the two dealers off each other !

This is their one yellow toilet:
http://www.pasadenaarchitecturalsalvage ... ited-1.jpg

This is a sink that they say matches the toilet:
http://www.pasadenaarchitecturalsalvage ... ited-1.jpg

MelissaKD

[Nancy W]

Melissakd - The sink and toilet pictured in the links you posted do appear in one of the bathroom groupings in the book, "The Well Appointed Bath." The book says it is a reprint of a 1935 catelog. There are also some color samples, one a pale yellow is called Ivorie de Medici. I checked the spelling carefully, that is not a typo. I think it is the color the tenant (who is helping me search) was hearing someone at another salvage company (Vintage Bath in Buffalo, NY) call "Ivory Dementia." I don't know if the guy couldn't pronounce it or had an accent or what. Maybe both.

The color in the book doesn't really match what I have, so it may be that by 1938 they had added or changed colors. The New York co. calls the color India, and it looks more exotic, like India could be the correct name. When you put green next to the sink or the tub, it looks pale yellow, but if you put yellow next to the sink or tub, the color looks pale green.

I would much rather drive to Buffalo, I have friends in the area I can visit. They would even take me in town to pick up the toilet.

I have some paint chips I will be sending to try to verify a good match.

I really do appreciate all this info everyone is giving me. Thank you so much.
Nancy

[melissakd]

Nancy--

I'm just glad you have a line on one that's closer !

I love the color name story and I'm sure you're right about the mispronunciation. There is NO WAY they were calling colors "dementia" before the rise of the modern ironic hipster. "Ivorie de Medici" sounds like an attempt to be French, or possibly Italian. Real ivory is fairly yellow...not greenish of course...but it's not important. Thank you for the reply, and you are most welcome !

: )
MelissaKD

[chuvashka]

Nancy -

I think the color of your fixtures is what Standard called "ivoire de medici," if that helps in your search.

Lisa

[Nancy W]

I don't think Ivorie de Medici is correct, as I mentioned before in the book, "The Well Appointed Bath," that appears to be pale yellow. This color is not exactly yellow. The Demolition Depot calls it India.

I took pictures today with a pale yellow towel, and a yellow Post-it note as well as a pale green towel and a mint green piece of paper. This may help explain the difficulty in explaining the color. Pale yellow towel and yellow Post-it on the left; and pale green towel and mint green paper on the right. The tub is the better color representation.

[chuvashka]

Sorry - guess I should read the whole thread before chiming in!

"India Ivory" is a color that Crane used, not Standard, so Demo Depot may be confusing the two.

[Nancy W]

While in bed last night, before actually falling asleep, I remembered that the man who had the bathroom installed went to India. I'm not sure if it was before or after the installation. So if India was a color available to him, I could see him choosing that color. I would still like to find more color charts.

[LHausler]

I have what appears to be the same bathtub in our 1920"s bungalow in Houston. We are in the process of renovating the house and removed the tub to demo the bathroom and redo floors etc. The stamp on the bottom of the tub shows the following:

Made in United States of America by Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co.
Pittsburgh
136 5 1/2
PW 1925
Oct. 16

I looked everywhere for a replica and can not find anything even remotely close. Also researched having the tub reporcelained but can't find anyone to do that. We are going to have it "refinished" with the paint process instead.