Tea service made of pewter with knobs and tea pot handle made of walnut wood. Each unit is spun in two parts and joined at the greatest diameter. A split chuck is used to spin the upper half of each unit.
Decorated tinware turns up at a Lancaster auction on rare occasions. There are many bidders for such items. Decorated coffee set including tray, Coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, mug and creamer. 4 copies
Coffee and tea service made by Joseph Richardson, Jr., Philadelphia, c. 1790. These objects are evidence of Philadelphia's rise to a position of laedership in the arts, despite its late start in comparison with earlier settlements in New England and Virginia. He obvously used techniques in the making of these vessels which were both old and new. Courtesy Winterthur Museum.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Wintertheur Museum accession number: 57.822 - 827
Shallow drinking bowl believed to have been made by Henricus Boelen, c. 1690, in New York. The modest style of the decoration seems very well suited to the vessel to which it was applied. Courtesy Winterthur Museum
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Winterthur Museum accession number: 56.46.4
