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1920s CAST IRON HINGED PAPERWEIGHT, 8" SWARMER TERMITE, ASTOR EXTERMINATING MASS. Here is the one of the more unique advertising premium promotional items I have ever run across, an early 1920s vintage cast iron gold tone paperweight with a hinged lid entitled model of a swarmer termite, and when the wings are lifted it reveals a very small opening between the wings and the thorax of the body, and engraved on the cast iron wings on the underside is model of termite swarmer, Astor exterminating company, terminix company of massachusetts, 810 memorial drive cambridge, mass. This fascinating early 8 inch long advertising cast iron paperweight, a very quality made item of a very large size cast iron with gold tone plating promoting this swarmer termite, complete and all original with no brakes or cracks, including delicate and 10A and six legs. I have no idea what would have fit in that small opening under the wings, possibly an ashtray, but it would not allow for many ashes. Still, this fascinating promotional item, a rather expensive premium, possibly a door store display or counter display advertisement that would have been given to the terminix contractor Astor exterminating company in cambridge, massachusetts, is what it was for. Please review photos. Fascinating, unique, interesting early cast iron bug paperweight, hinged container, promoting the Astor Exterminating Co. Terminix Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 810 Memorial Dr.,, ambridge, massachusetts, model of termite swarmer, a great addition to your vintage terminix or exterminating or pest control related early 20th century Cambridge, Massachusetts or east coast related pest control memorabilia collection, early high quality cast iron molded and plated premium or promotional paperweight item collection or vintage quality bug control or exterminating related promotional memorabilia collection.
