Extremely rare brass kettle made of one piece of brass. There are no joints and the forming was done completely wth a hammer. Signed W. Heyser, Chambersburg. From Horst Collection
(3 copies 1 one 5"x7", one 8"x8", the other 8"x10")
Spun brass basin by Hiram Hayden of Waterbury, Conn. This must have been one of his earliest products since it bears the patent date 1851. From the collection of H.J. Kauffman
Spun brass basin by Hiram Hayden of Waterbury, Conn. This must have been one of his earliest products since it bears the patent date 1851. From the collection of H.J. Kauffman
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.