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.
Grand jury list: Joshua Anderson, William Davis, John Smith, John Griffith, James Love, William Douglass, Thomas Hastins, John Kirk, John Evans, James Gibbins, John Gibbins, Joseph Steer, James Marshal, George McCullough, Joseph Miller, Abram Ferree, Martin Kendrick, Stephen Atkinson, Theophilus Hartman, John Long, David Mungomery, Peter Light, Michael Devedever, John Ferree.
Traverse jury list: William Hammelton, Daniel McFarson, James Perry, Thomas Henderson, William Hamilton, James Miller, Thomas Harris, Richard Gilston, James Ramsey, Robert Whitehill, Hugh Paden, Joseph Howard, Jacob Downer, John Whitehill, James Patterson, John Douglass, John Long, John Cooper, Garrett Branner, James Baley, John Blare, Robert Mucklehinny, Patrick Kelley, James Clerk.
Sheriff: William Smith.
2 items, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.