VIA Marble Spoon Rest, 1995 Design By 'ANCONA 2' N.Y.

For whatever it's worth........

Archiving info about our Marble Spoon Rest.

We have owned this for a while now.  Just tried to find the UPC online, with no results.  But there are lots of results for "Marble Spoon Rest"!  Just not this one!

The label on the back

793658926777

via (TM)

DESIGN:  ANCONA 2, NY
(C)1995 MADE IN TAIWAN

gave me some clues to search online, from which I'm guessing the following:

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FINDING ONLINE:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-ancona-65744b53
Jane Ancona
Design Professional
    New York
Previous   
    Ancona 2

Design Professional
Principal
Ancona 2
1983 – 2003 (20 years)

GOOD DESIGN AWARD
Chicago Athaneum - International Industrial Design Competition

VIA Pasta Timer, VIA Bagel Slicer, VIA Kitchen Baster

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SHE LEFT, AND THE BUSINESS IS NOW:
http://www.a2inc.com

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SO:
"VIA" appears to be a brand associated with kitchen stuff....
"ANCONA 2" was a design firm in "NY".....



SO this is probably:
VIA Marble Spoon Rest, 1995 Design By 'ANCONA 2' N.Y.
Dimensions:  5.5" x 4.5" x .63"

Information you just can't live without.........
 

Toilet Tank Drip Tray - Melard 1634

MELARD 1634 DRIP TRAY
MELARD NO. 1634
UPC:   071862016348

9:34 AM Tuesday, February 16, 2016
In the "good ole days", toilet tanks used to "sweat":  in the summer when it is very humid, moisture from the air would condense on the toilet tank, due to the cooler water inside the tank, after a flush.  The water would then run down the outside of the tank and drip onto the floor, making puddles, and general yuckiness.



You could suspend this drip tray under the toilet tank, hanging from the aluminum straps, and attach a plastic tube to the little drip extension, and run the tube off to a container (kind-of hidden under the toilet).  Voila!  No more puddles!

I think the sponges they included were to be placed on the tray, as an alternative to using the tube.  But you might have to remove them and wring them out occasionally if the water did not evaporate before running over the edges of the tray.  But who wants to lift a yucky sponge and wring it out!  Not me!  I used the tube, going to a container.  Then I'd only have to empty the container occasionally.



It was a little tricky to get the tray off-level just enough to have the water goe towards the tube, to empty the tray, but it was do-able.

And it worked well.


But today's toilets don't seem to sweat the same way, so we haven't used the drip tray for several years now.

And these two pieces of paper have now been recycled!