The Howard Kron ashtray designs at bottom are of a distinctly mid-century modern style.
The hen and Early-American teapot lamps are designs Kron previously used on cookie jars produced at Gilmer Potteries.
This and the following several pages were used by Louis G. Berman, a Texans Inc. distributor in Chicago.
Berman was a "middle-man", selling incomplete lamp bases and parts to other companies.
These pieces could be assembled in various ways into lamps with metal frameworks. (examples on previous page)
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