Antique Buick & Sherwood "Safety" Detroit, Buick's patent, unknown cast iron item.

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Unknown item.  Cast iron.  Measures 173/4" long and 7 1/2" wide.  

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Buick and Sherwood MFG of Detroit was a manufacturer of water closets, seats and bathtubs, according to a small ad in the back of this magazine. See the second to last page:

https://heatinghelp.com/assets/documents/d.e.july-1897.pdf

More general info about David Buick:

https://jalopnik.com/the-man-behind-buick-was-also-the-genius-who-gave-us-ba-1139491308