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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Teakettle
Object ID
P.80.115
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Teakettle
Description
Copper Teakettle has large 7-quart round body, domed lid with brass button knob attached to a metal base visible inside. Goose-neck spout. One vertical dove-tailed seam opposite spout, straight seam along top of spout and short seam underneath. Dove-tailed bottom. Arched handle hinged at chordal sector tab bases with three rivets each.
Maker's mark on top center of handle within serrated rectangular reserve: "7 JOHN.GETZ 7"
Made by John Getz (working 1801-1840).
Provenance
See 2009 materials sent by Shelley Horvath Poston (dau. of Don Horvath).
Transferred from Heritage Center, December 2012.
Year Range From
1815
Year Range To
1818
Made By
Getz, John, 1757-1841
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 37
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
People
Getz, John
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Object Name
Teakettle
Material
Copper
Height (in)
13.5
Width (in)
14.75
Diameter (in)
10
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2013-11-06
Condition Notes
Copper has many dents and scratches. Significant 3 1/2" series of dents down the side opposite the spout and one under lid finial. Heavily soldered repair joint at base of spout.
Object ID
P.80.115
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Credit
Heritage Center Collection. Purchased through the generosity of the James Hale Steinman Foundation
Accession Number
P.80.115
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Frederick Steinman Copper Teakettle
Object ID
G.77.14
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Frederick Steinman Copper Teakettle
Description
Large copper teakettle with rounded body, goose-neck spout and hinged handle having a medium arc, mounted on shaped flanges with three rivets. The domed lid has a small brass mushroom knob (replaced). Dovetailed seams on bottom and vertical seam on side opposite spout. Seamed repair to spout tip.
"F. STEINMAN" is stamped on the handle within a reserve.
Provenance
Transferred from Heritage Center Collection, Dec. 2012
Year Range From
1790
Year Range To
1810
Made By
Steinman, John Frederick, 1752-1823
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 37
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
People
Steinman, John Frederick
Classification
Decorative Arts
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Search Terms
Copper
Object Name
Teakettle
Material
Copper
Related Publications
Jack Brubaker, The Steinmans of Lancaster, pp. 11-15.
HJ Kauffman, Early American Copper, Tin & Brass, 1995, pp. 42-43.
HJ Kauffman, American Copper & Brass, 1979, p. 65.
Height (in)
13
Width (in)
16
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2013-11-13
Condition Notes
Many dents and overall wear. HJK says handle slightly shortened (likely done by him). Tip of spout replaced. Plugged hole in bottom. Replaced knob. Stamped name very worn. Tarnished with polish residue where the spout, handle, and lid meet the main body.
Object ID
G.77.14
Notes
When his father died in 1758, John Frederick Steinman, Sr. (1752-1823) moved with his mother to Lititz from his birthplace, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His mother remarried a few years later to John Christophe Heyne, a tinsmith and pewterer from Lancaster. The shop of Heyne and Steinman would become known as Steinman's Hardware Store, the oldest hardware store in America.
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Credit
Heritage Center Collection. Gift of Henry J. Kauffman
Accession Number
G.77.14
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Cake Mold
Object ID
G.80.123.7
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Cake Mold
Description
Turk's head cake mold of glazed redware with splotches of manganese decoration. Number "10" incised on inside of center cone near bottom.
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1850
Made By
Unknown
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 36
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Object Name
Mold, Cake
Material
Redware
Height (in)
3
Diameter (in)
8.375
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Large chip on the inside of lip; minor nicks at top of cone interior ; minor wear throughout, especially on underside.
Object ID
G.80.123.7
Place of Origin
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Credit
Heritage Center Collection, gift of Mrs. Paul A. Mueller
Accession Number
G.80.123
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Canning Jar
Object ID
G.99.22.1
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Redware Canning Jar
Description
Redware canning jar, ovoid shape with no handle. Pronounced foot ring and rounded flaring lip with recessed interior to receive a fitted lid (missing). Dark brown manganese decoration with some mottling, streaks and dark spatters. Lead glaze overall except for underside.
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1850
Made By
Unknown
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 36
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Object Name
Jar, Food Storage
Material
Redware
Height (in)
9
Diameter (in)
8
Dimension Details
Diameter at shoulder
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2014-03-25
Condition Notes
Very strong wear with losses. Lip has very large chip and one very small chip at outside edge. Strong losses of glaze at lip. Very strong abrasions at salient point of side, with considerable scattered scratches. Foot ring has three large chips and one very large chip. Soil on inside and underside.
Object ID
G.99.22.1
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania
Credit
Gift of Drs. Irwin and M. Susan Richman, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.99.22
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Miniature Teakettle
Object ID
G.00.03.1
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Miniature Teakettle
Description
Finely crafted miniature copper teakettle with tinned interior. Classic late 18th-early 19th c. kettle shape with round body, goose neck spout, hinged arched handle and fitted domed lid with globular knop.
Keyed/dovetail joint at back side. Handle attached to riveted tabs with elongated tomahawk bases. Fits in oval tin box G.00.03.2.
Lancaster County or region
Provenance
Ownership by donor's father, William A. Heitshu. Donor believes she was told teakettle was a salesman's sample.
Year Range From
1880
Year Range To
1930
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 37
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Object Name
Sample, Sales
Material
Copper, Tin
Height (in)
2.875
Width (in)
2.875
Diameter (in)
1.875
Dimension Details
Width includes spout.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-08-12
Condition Notes
Few signs of wear or corrosion. Minor abrasions.
Object ID
G.00.03.1
Credit
Gift of Martha Munster, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.00.03
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
P.00.43.1
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Wrought iron can opener fashioned from .25" thick flat iron bar. Long flat handle ends with a scrolled-under terminal; other end is a bifurcated functional head with curving fulcrum and sharpened blade.
Stamped on top surface of handle in large letters is "P.E.WILL." See Notes
Year Range From
1890
Year Range To
1930
Made By
Will, Phares E., 1867-1933
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 31
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Object Name
Opener, Can
Material
Iron
Length (in)
6.75
Width (in)
1
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-03-24
Condition Notes
Minor pitting and corrosion, but surface is generally smooth and polished. Blad has considerable wear.
Object ID
P.00.43.1
Notes
MG-332, Folder 1 has materials about P.E. Will, noting he erected a shop in 1892. His obituary states "Phares E. Will died at his home in Penryn on Monday am aged 65 yres. 5 mos. and 1 day. He was ill with pneumonia for his last 2 weeks. He was a blacksmith for more than 40 years.
Will was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn. He is survived by wife Sarah Jane Williams Will, also his father Elias P. Will and brother Thaddeus of Lititz. He was buried in Penryn cemetery.
There is an image of the blacksmith shop & residence in Folder #1, insert #49.
Findagrave gives bio: "P. E. Will operated a blacksmith shop in Penryn, PA. He was renowned In Lancaster County as one of the best craftsman around the area. He made hand-forged tools such as meat forks, cooking turners, ladles, tobacco shears, and tobacco spears. His tools were stamped "P E Will" and are highly sought at auctions.
Mr. Will also sold Studebaker wagons from his shop. His shop was clean and orderly. At his shop all the race horses which ran on the Speedwell track were shod. Will also shod horses at Mount Gretna for the National Guard who camped there.
He had a rack/cage for shoeing unruly horses which he invented. He used a special foot rest for the horses instead of holding the horses hoof on his knee. In a 1926 interview, Mr. Will stated that he had placed more than 200,000 shoes on horses during his career as a blacksmith.
Mr. Will was also known as an author and local historian. He was a contributer of Penryn news."
Family links:
Parents:
Elias P Will (1846 - 1936)
Annie B Eberly Will (1851 - 1927)
Place of Origin
Penryn, Penn Twp.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
P.00.43
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
E.9.1
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Wrought iron trammel made of two pieces that engage and adjust in length. Each piece has a hook to hanging a pot from a fireplace crane.
Formerly part of Heritage Center's study collection.
Provenance
Purchased in the Wilmington, DE, area for exhibit use at the Heritage Center in a kitchen fireplace.
Year Range From
1800
Year Range To
1850
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 1
Storage Cabinet
Unit 46
Subcategory
Food Processing T&E
Object Name
Trammel
Material
Iron
Length (in)
11.5
Width (in)
1
Dimension Details
Dimensions while in shortest position.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-04-01
Condition Notes
Blackened overall by use in a fireplace.
Object ID
E.9.1
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
E.9
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