It’s not a hootie ring. Or a huddee ring. It’s a hudee ring. I still don’t know why it’s called that exactly – presumably there was a Mr. Hudee involved. But now, we at least have a paper trail via these 1958 and 1959 ads. At this point the ubiquitous metal ring for porcelain kitchen and bathroom sinks was sold by the Walter E. Selck and Company of Chicago. And according to the second blue ad, there were 1062 different kitchen and bathrooms sinks to take a metal ring!
Vintage Crane sink set into a metal vanity cabinet
Posted by: • November 28, 2008
Scathing Jane spotted this Crane sink set into a custom-size metal cabinet, on craigslist. In my vintage marketing material, I definitely have seen examples of this this kind of installation. This is the first we’ve seen live, though! And boy…the more I see of these Crane sinks, the more in love I fall. They are so beautiful!
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