Surveying theodolite, made by Augustus Platt, Columbus, Ohio, probably in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. The telescope is 13 3/4 in long; the needle is 3 1/2 in. long; the limb is 5 1/4 in. in diameter. Augustus Platt and his father, Benjamin, also a well-known instrument maker, moved to Columbus, Ohio about 1817. Courtesy Ohio State Museum
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Credit to be given to Ohio State Museum.
An extremely rare pair of brass andirons. The column is four sided and connectiong the important parts of the andirons. The flame and cube finial are particulary good. Courtesy Quentin Bowers