Liens filed by contractors showing names of parties including owner of property; description of property including location; nature of claim; description of materials and work done on property; volume and page number of recording in Mechanics' Liens Docket; and date filed.
"Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Late eighteenth-century billhead of Benjamin Harbeson was printed from a plate engraved by Henry Dawkins, who was one of the earliest engravers in America. The importance of this item lies in its portrayal of the styles of vessels made at that time."(see same picture as a trade card #HK02-03-08)
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Description from page 36, "Earlhy American Copper, Tin & Brass, Henry J. Kauffman, 1995.
Early trade card of Benjamin Harbeson from Philadelphia, dates 1754. Obviously a very globular tea kettle.
(See billhead on HK-02-03-02)
Description on above referenced billhead: ""Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Late eighteenth-century billhead of Benjamin Harbeson was printed from a plate engraved by Henry Dawkins, who was one of the earliest engravers in America. The importance of this item lies in its portrayal of the styles of vessels made at that time."
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. . Description from page 36, "Earlhy American Copper, Tin & Brass, Henry J. Kauffman, 1995.
Billhead of Benjamin Harbeson of Philadelphia. Notice the European style tea kettle in the center. He also illustrates several other objects which he made. Dated 1754
