Pair of Brass candlesticks; Octagonal base, cusped corners; one step to baluster stem; cylindrical cup bean out to form lip.
Orgin: England
Early 18th C.
Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.This photograph not be be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. No reproduction of this photograph is permitted without written persmission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Application form furnished on request.
Pair of Brass Candlesticks, square base, 6 9/16", 1800-1806, English
Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.This photograph not be be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. No reproduction of this photograph is permitted without written persmission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Application form furnished on request.
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.This photograph not be be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
A disassembled brass andiron. The maker's name is engraved on the plinth. The name is Wittingham, who was a famous producer of andirons. Courtesy: Quentin Bowers Collection
Brass andirons with baluster turning and low arched legs; circa 1740-1750.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.This photo appeared in SPINNING WHEEL National Antiques Magazine, Hanover, Pennsylvania in the December issue, 1976.
Page 215, "American Copper and Brass" Henry J. Kauffman: "Typical "S" shaped door knocker of the eighteenth century. (Bottom striking plate missing) None of these has been identified as the product of an American Brass founder.
Front and back views of brass pulls marked "S. Parker," with a close-up of the name of the back of one of the pulls. Very few pulls were marked and the origin of these has not been positively established. A brass founder named S. Parker did work in the Philadelphia area in the eighteenth century. Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg
Brass furniture pull with close-up of the name of the back of one of the pulls. Very few pulls were marked and the origin of these has not been positively established. A brass founder named S. Parker did work in the Philadelphia area in the eighteenth century. Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg
Three spoon molds made of bronze and brass. The smallest is approximately 4 in. long. The middle one has a side gate designed to produce more perfectly formed spoons in the casting process. From the collection of H.J. Kauffman
Stamp on back of the photograph: This photo appeared in Spinning Wheel National Antiques Magazine, Hanover, Pennsylvania in the June issue, 1967
