Combined clock and planetarium by David Rittenhouse. This device was in the home of Rittenhouse when he died and presumably he made it for his own use. Courtesy, Joe Kendig, Jr.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Permission necessary for publication or reproduction American Philosophical Society
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")
