On October 6th, 1890, the W.J. Loth Stove Company was started in Waynesboro, Virginia. The company manufactured "Cast Iron" stoves and wood & coal heaters. In the late 1890's frying pans, waffle irons, tea kettles and other cookware were added to the company's product line. Mr. Loth died in 1904. Percy, his son, ran the company till the end of World War I. His paternal cousin, retired Army Captain Richard Clemmer, then took control of the business. Clemmer realized that the future was not in wood and coal heating. So, in 1922, Clemmer hired a Canadian electrical engineer, Mr. Fred Cuffe. Together they designed an electric stove and by the mid 1920's, they marketed Clemmer's "Hotpoint Range".
(See the German Shepherd Doorstop by the Loth Stove Company in the "All Other Dogs" Section)
In 1938, the company installed equipment for melting brass and other non-ferrous metals and began to market products under the name
Although World War II halted the casting of brass products - they began again and hired Artist Calvin Roy Kinstler who was primarily a wood sculptor.of animals. The wood carving would be used to make reproductions in primarily bronze or in the case of doorstops - Cast iron. Calvin Roy Kinstler was commissioned by Clemmer to do a carving of the great horse Citation. Kinstler completed his work in 1949, shortly after Citation had won the Triple Crown. See the "Citation" Doorstop in "Horses & Farm Animals" section at this site.
Another Calvin Roy Kinstler Horse Doorstop, "Hunter" - Can be seen in the "Barnyard Animals" section The right corner of this doorstop is marked "C.R.K. for Calvin Roy Kinstler
Clemmer signed a license with Colonial Williamsburg in 1951 to produce brass and iron reproductions. Other Gift Shops followed:- the Smithsonian Institution, Mount Vernon, Monticello and others. In 1953 Charles Eckman purchased the company and expanded the company's operations and, in addition to making such diverse products as lawn mowers and tractors. The company went out of business in 2005. Colonial Williamsburg bought some of the Virginia Metalcrafters' molds, and still uses them to produce items today.
as seen in
GERMAN SHEPHERD- Dog
DALMATION - Dog
BOXER - Dog
SETTER - Dog
CITATION - the Race Horse
HUNTER - the Horse
KING'S GENIUS - Show Horse
SPANIEL Dog - " DREAM BOY "
(Dream Boy was copyrighted in 1949 and was still being manufactured until 1996.)