Gavel with turned wooden handle and turned ivory head. Ebonized handle has three vase turnings near middle and swell at handle end with acorn terminal. Handle is fitted into hole in side of ivory head. Gavel belonged to General Daniel B. Strickler.
Mennonite cotton bonnet, winter grey. Previously stored in box printed, "Kraus Millinery / 209-211 West King Street / Lancaster, Pennsylvania" Owned by Barbara Sue Trout of Landisville, PA. See more info in Archives.
Mennonite cotton bonnet, black. Previously stored in box printed, "Kraus Millinery / 209-211 West King Street / Lancaster, Pennsylvania" Owned by Barbara Sue Trout of Landisville, PA. See more info in Archives.
Walnut flat-top tall case clock made by John George Hoff, Sr. Arched iron dial (circa 1770), has pewter attachments, a chapter ring, spandrels and lunette. Attachments probably made by Hoff himself. Roman numerals used with stylized fleur-de-lis half-hour markers.The two hands are wide and stubby, cut from iron sheeting. Asymmetrical winding arbor holes.
Bonnet has tall arched side windows. Plain columns on hood; plain quarter columns on waist and base. Thin molding at bottom of base.
Note: John J. Snyder, Jr. states "This is one of the finest flat-top clock cases from Lancaster County; it is distinguished by its molded platform on the hood, crisp cove molding of the cornice, and narrow waist section." (Clockmakers of Lancaster County, p. 36 and p.113).