Round tin plate with alphabet on rim and bird in the middle. Surrounding the bird are the words to a childhood nursery rhyme "Who Killed Cock Robin I Said The Sparrow With My Bow & Arrow'
Late 18th center punched tin grater. In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. No reproduction of this photograph is permitted without written permission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Application form furnished on request.
Rare tin pie safe. Found from New England into the mid west. Has star and George Washington motifs on the panels. Whle the star design is quite common, the bust of Washington with his bith and death dates is probably unique. courtesy of Guest Antiques. (3 copies)
The invention of the percussion lock doubtless stimulated many craftsmen to improve on the early pattern. The function of this side hammer or "Mule ear" lock was satisfactory but it never was popular with gunners and few of them were made. Some of them were made by men who seem to have been experimenting rather than producing locks in quantity. A side hammer lock in Henry J. Kaufman's collection has the mainspring on the outside of the lock plate.
Although this lock is the only one known to the writer made by Drepperd of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, it is not surprising that he made one. He was a fine craftsman and it is reasonable that he would try his hand on this strange style. It also possible that he made it for a customer who specifically asked for such a lock. It is obviously the shape of a standard percussion lock and is beautifully engraved in the style and workmanship of a fine lock maker.
Colonial kitchen display in a museum with sideboad and table and 2 chairs. In the sideboard you can see the pewter pieces on the bottom shelf. There is a display rack on the wall with a few odds and end. Seen also is a hanging cupboard.
Another view of a Colonial kitchen display in a museum with table and 2 chairs.. There is a display rack on the wall with a few odds and end. The fireplace has spoons handing from it and there appears to be a chest with a brass tea kettle and rye straw basket.
Plate with famous "Love" touch mark which is now universally regarded as the mark of an American craftsman living in the Philadelphia area, despite the fact that virtually all such pieces have a London imprint. The mark consists of two doves with the letter LO on one side of them and VE on the other side. Many forms of vessels bear the mark of this man.
