Rev-O-Noc Paneled Aluminum Teapot with Wood Handle and Hinged Lid, H.S.B. & Co. Pat. App. For
This is a Rev-O-Noc aluminum teapot, sold under the house brand of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., the Chicago hardware wholesaler. It has a round, paneled (faceted) spun aluminum body, a long straight spout with built-in strainer holes, a bell-shaped lid on a gold-tone riveted hinge, a black ball knob and an angular dark wood handle on riveted plates. The bottom is stamped in a rectangular box "H.S.B.&CO. / REV-O-NOC", with a worn registered trademark line below and "PAT. APP. FOR". Rev-O-Noc reads Conover backward. Exact production years are not documented. Its patent-applied mark suggests an early version of the design.
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A Chicago hardware house brand
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. was a Chicago hardware wholesaler founded in 1855. It sold goods made by other manufacturers under its own brand names, including Rev-O-Noc, which appears on items such as Griswold-made waffle irons. In 1932 it introduced the True Value name. Cotter & Company bought its assets, including the True Value trademark, in 1962.
Paneled aluminum teapot with a hinged bell lid and wood handle
The Rev-O-Noc aluminum teapot is a round-bellied, spun aluminum teapot in silver, a dull satin aluminum gray, with a dark brown, almost walnut brown, wood handle and a black, a scuffed matte black, knob. Its belly is paneled: many narrow vertical flat facets run around the lower body, while the shoulder above them is smooth and rounded. A straight, slender spout rises from the lower front at an angle and ends in a plain cut tip.
Front to back: the lid is a bell or dome shape with a narrower raised crown, set on a wide flat brim that sits inside the rolled rim of the pot. A black ball knob with a metal grommet in its top caps the crown, fastened through the lid with a bent metal tab on the underside. At the back the lid is joined to the body by a two-knuckle hinge in gold-tone metal, a tarnished brass color, with lobed plates riveted to both the lid brim and the pot rim. The handle is a squared, angular ear shape in dark wood, fastened top and bottom to oval metal plates riveted to the body. Inside, the base of the spout is pierced with a group of small holes that act as a built-in strainer.
The maker's mark is stamped (impressed) into the bottom. A thin rectangular border holds REV-O-NOC in tall, narrow serif capitals with hyphens, and H.S.B.&CO. in small serif capitals tucked into the upper left inside the box. A faint line of small capitals under the box is mostly worn, with S. PAT. OFF. readable at its end (consistent with REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.). Lower down, separate from the box, PAT. APP. FOR is stamped in plain block capitals.
On this copy: not measured. The aluminum is dull and lightly scuffed, with small dents and white oxidation spots on the paneled belly. Heavy scratching on the bottom has worn the line under the box. Greenish and yellow residue sits around the hinge plates, the knob and the rivets inside the lid, and the wood handle is darkened and worn. Scuffs mark the knob. All parts (lid, hinge, knob and handle) are present.
- Brand: Rev-O-Noc, house brand of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago
- Type: Hinged-lid aluminum teapot with built-in spout strainer
- Shape: Round belly with vertical flat panels, smooth shoulder, straight spout
- Material: Spun aluminum body, wood handle, black knob, gold-tone hinge
- Colors: Silver (dull satin aluminum gray), brown (dark walnut brown) handle, black (scuffed matte black) knob
- Lid: Bell shape on a flat brim, riveted two-knuckle hinge
- Handle: Angular dark wood ear handle on riveted oval plates
- Marks: Boxed H.S.B.&CO. REV-O-NOC, worn trademark line, PAT. APP. FOR, stamped on the bottom
- This copy: Not measured; dull scuffed aluminum, small dents and oxidation spots, worn handle, residue around the rivets
Bottom, inside a rectangular border: H.S.B.&CO. REV-O-NOC Below the border (mostly worn): ...S. PAT. OFF. Lower on the bottom: PAT. APP. FOR
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About the Rev-O-Noc Aluminum Teapot, HSB & Co.
Who made Rev-O-Noc aluminum teapots?
Rev-O-Noc was a brand of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., a Chicago hardware wholesaler. The company sold goods made for it by other manufacturers, and the teapot does not name the factory that made it.
What does Rev-O-Noc mean?
It is Conover spelled backward. Charles H. Conover was a director of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. in the early 1900s, and the brand name is commonly linked to him.
What does 'PAT. APP. FOR' mean on my teapot?
It means a patent had been applied for but not yet granted when the piece was made, so it usually marks an early production run of a design.
Is Rev-O-Noc related to True Value?
Yes, through the same company. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. created the True Value name in 1932, and Cotter & Company bought the business and the True Value trademark in 1962.