Title page of the Martyrs Mirror, printed in the Ephrata Cloister print shop in 1748. This is one of othe greatest publications in America in the eighteenth century. It described in deteal the fate of martyrs in Europe and was intended to placate any local intentions to return to Europe,
Coffee and tea service made by Joseph Richardson, Jr., Philadelphia, c. 1790. These objects are evidence of Philadelphia's rise to a position of laedership in the arts, despite its late start in comparison with earlier settlements in New England and Virginia. He obvously used techniques in the making of these vessels which were both old and new. Courtesy Winterthur Museum.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Wintertheur Museum accession number: 57.822 - 827
