A mid-nineteenth-century brass candlestick; circular base with molding on edge; deep, concave pan; cylindrical shaft, removable cap; spring platform for candle; shaft stamped in front "Cornelius & Baker/Philadelphia" inside a rectangular metal frame; height 9 1/8" in. "Cornelius and Co. Lamps" and "Isaac F. Baker, lamp mfg." are both listed at 176 Chestnut Street. As early as 1810, a Christian Cornelius had been listed as silverplate worker and later appeared as a patent lamp manufacturer. Courtesy: Henry Francis du Pont Winterhur Museum
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. This photograph not be be reproducted in any form without written permission of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum and it is understood that reproduction will be accompanied by the credit line: "Courtesy, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum"
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.
