Unknown House -could be Rockford - Living room with desk, Fireplace, wood carved cane, Picture above desk, pewter mug, Oriental carpet and andrions.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Do not reproduce without written permission. The following words must accompany any reproduction of this photograph. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Colonial kitchen display in a museum with sideboad and table and chair. In the sideboard are pewter pieces and spoons hanging. There are two open shelves, three drawers over two doors. the table had a pewter plate and coffepot, and brass candlestick as a decoration. Cookie cutters are part of the display on the wall. Same picture as HK-03-06-26 except from a wider angle encompassing more items - 2 chairs, spinning wheel and bed warmer.
Colonial kitchen display in a museum with sideboad and table and 2 chairs. In the sideboard you can see the pewter pieces on the bottom shelf. There is a display rack on the wall with a few odds and end. Seen also is a hanging cupboard.
Another view of a Colonial kitchen display in a museum with table and 2 chairs.. There is a display rack on the wall with a few odds and end. The fireplace has spoons handing from it and there appears to be a chest with a brass tea kettle and rye straw basket.
Kitchen setting, with carpets, chairs, dish cupboard. Dish cupboard has two drawers over two doors on the bottom and 2 shelves on the top. The bottom shelf has a spoon rack. Items displayed include decorated band box on the top, plates, cups, coffee pourers, bowls and, of course, spoons in each of the spoon slots.
Dish Cupboard appears to be in a private home. Wallpapered room, three shelves over three drawers and twodoors on the bottom. Two of the shelves have a spoon rack with spoons in each slot.. Many pieces of pewter line the shelves.
Large dish cupboard with five drawers going down the middle and a paneled door on either side of the drawers. Two shelves a the top, with a spoon rack on the bottom shelf and a spoon in each slop. Pennsylvania Redware on shelves along with other decoratively painted plates. Piece could be walnut, since the word is just barely visible a the bottom of the picture.
Illustration of a sales room of a Dutch pewterer in the late 17th century. Some of the objects are typical Dutch forms. From Het Menschelyke Bedryf, by Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1694.
Lathe with a headstock facility for skimming flat objects, principally plates, basins, etc. The other illustrations show the various parts in detail. Most of the parts were made of wood. Illustration from Diderot Encyclopedia, Courtesy Smithsonian Institute.
