A chunk of native copper displayed at Smithsonian Institution. Pieces were sheared off at the left edge. Ontonogan Copper Boulder, Hall of Physical Geology, Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution
Copper kettle used to "boil down" apple butter. The tripod kept the kettle a safe distance from the fire. The contents were stirred by hooking a long handle to the apparatus mounted on top of the kettle. Constant stirring was necessary to prevent the contents from sticking to the bottom of the kettle.
The Lancaster Schaum family is known to have made many such kettles and signed them.
Cast metal dyes in which thin sheets of copper were pounded to create the various forms used for weather vanes. The running horse was a popular motif. Courtesy of Shelburne Village
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Picture courtesy of Shelburne Village
