Tin candle mold with 2 rows of 4, mounted on a raised rectangular base. The 8 molds incline toward each other at their tips and are soldered together for strength. Wire finger ring attached to one side of base and large looped strap handle at other side.
Provenance
Provenance before donor is unknown. Transferred from Heritage Center, December 2012.
Copper sculpting/modeling tool hand fashioned to create a flattened, spoon-like handle leading to a rounded shank ending in another flattened end bent at the tip to create a short 1/2" extension bent to nearly a right angle for working in clay or plaster. End is squared off. Crude but effective tool for sculpting bears marks of hammering, especially underside of flattened handle. Used by Lloyd Mifflin. Tool presumed to have been fashioned by Lloyd Mifflin himself from a length of copper. Provenance: Mifflin to the Minnich sisters to the groundskeeper at Norwood to donors.
Ceramic stoneware hot water container is called a foot warmer (used in bed) or "pig." Top has cork opening to fill with water. Sides have marks from hand work.
Bottom maker's mark: "American Pottery Jersey City, NJ"
Wheel-thrown redware pot (with 2 applied rolled handles) and lid. Slip decorated with yellow vertical lines and darker trim at base. Knobbed lid decorated in yellow and dark brown with floral motif.
Earthenware oblong pot constructed in a two-part mold. Off-white / tan glaze with cobalt blue decoration consisting of a Chinese village / rural scene with mountains in the background.
