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.
Photograph- Group of seven photographs including Windsor Forge, Burkhart-Atlee House, Herr House, Unidentified old house, Lititz, Friendship Firehouse, and Burning of Columbia Bridge in Civil War, 1863.
Photograph- Group of seven photographs including Windsor Forge, Burkhart-Atlee House, Herr House, Unidentified old house, Lititz, Friendship Firehouse, and Burning of Columbia Bridge in Civil War, 1863.
Description
Group of seven photographs including Windsor Forge, Burkhart-Atlee House, Herr House, Unidentified old house, Lititz, Friendship Firehouse, and Burning of Columbia Bridge in Civil War, 1863.
