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3 visions coming together.. 1)...Take a small porter motor and turn into a fan.. 2)... Put animal feet on it like a Curtis Crocker fan.. 3)... Make a custom antique quarter sawn battery box that fits it perfectly, making portable...

Laminated stator

Congratulations! True quality.

I'm pretty sure they were hand-painted. The repeated design motifs aren't the same on the same fan. My fan below has 7 of the circle/diamond motif and all seven are slightly different from each other.

That's an idea. Maybe I can match my cars color but do a metallic instead of pearl.

How about a grey metallic. I've been around so many muscle cars with some sort of dark red metallic and I'm over it. Your 19666 looks great though. But I've always liked grey metallic. Can look classy but yet still a bit of a modern twist with the metallic.

How about an early Iron Clad?

The later oscillating mechanism was patented with a filing date of 24.

Now, look what the 21st century "artisans" are doing... Argh!

Interesting topic Dan. My best guess is the motors were sent to a striping room. Each striper (probably women) did their own version.

Dan, I am not that expert you seek--- and by the way of nothing else, how are you doing with that three-phase fan?--- but I want to relate something I was told some years ago by an expert, possibly not an expert on Edison fans but definitely an expert on Edison. Showing me his fan, he stated that only the first 500 or so fans carried the Edison signature. Since being told that, I've seen many photos of course, and it seems that, even within this Forum, that pics have suggested the statement might not be accurate... and, considering that Edison's signature continued to be plastered everywhere, it lends a bit of skepticism to the idea... However, there are Edison fans to be seen which do not display the signature, so perhaps that's another related subject to factor. I too have tried to examine decorative patterns on fans by Edison and by Holtzer-Cabot to link them with some timeline, and have failed to conclude anything on the subject... I hope this thread leads to an answer to your question, but I'm unable to assist..... Compare the following to your second image........

OK, John,... ...an Edison ceiling fan?

Emerson tripods followed a similar path. By 1900 the only "painting " was two simple gold stripes around the circumference of the motor.

If there were variations for the fans, were there variations for the motors also?

I just heard from Donald on text. It is in regard to doing the Simplex tags for the vane tables. He works a full time job and does the tags on the side I believe. I always let him know what my time frame is prior to ordering and I am never in a hurry. The Work is always the best....

Just light machine oil, just like you would use to lubricate the motor. The shaft is actually tapered with the larger end at the rear, and that is what holds it in place.

I was fortunate enough to find one with a fairly busy paint job.....

I find it amazing the detail work of the late 19th century artisans. I know a sign painter in my area in his 70s and still doing it. He is good with his camel hair brushes, but I have never seen him do the fine line work like these relics sport.