From note on back of photograph: "Brass mold for casting pewter buttons. U.S.A. is engraved on the bottom surface of each cavity and was reproduced on each button. The two handles of wood originally fitted on each tang are missing. Courtesy Don Berkbile
Mould, brass, for tablespoon b John Clark, 1825, for T. Osgood of Salem; brass mould; pewter teaspoon; late 18th century pewter spoon, back view. According to information on back of photo, "Collection of Negatives of Historical and Architectural Subjects, Essex Institute, Salem Mass."
Note: Essex Institute merged with Peabody Museum of Salem to become Peabody Essex Museum in 1992.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. From the Collection of Negatives of Historical and Architectural Subjects, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. See note in description.
A small liquor still used on the premises of a plantation in the south. The object is made of two parts which are held together with rivets. The spiral condensing part was made of pewter or tin.
