Description from "Early American Copper, Tin & Brass," page 40: The motif on this lid detail of an early nineteenth-century brass warming pan is not one of the rarest, but is pleasing and well executed.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. This photo appeared in Spinning Wheel, national Antiques Magazine, Hanover, Pennsylvania in the May-June issue, 1980
From the back of the photograph: "Molds for rifle bullets and buckshot, made of cast brass, and bearing the mysterious initials I.M. A reasonably large number of brass molds have been found in America bearing these initials, but nothing is known about the owner of the initials.
Description on back of photograph: String of brass bells strung around a horse while pulling a sleigh, hence the name "sleigh bells." The sleighs moved so quietly bells were needed to warn approaching vehicles to avoid a collision. In the nineteenth century they were also known as "crotal bells."
Courtesy Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley
Coffee mill, walnut case, brass bowl and iron handle. On the top side of the handle is imprinted T. Vogeler, Salem, N.C. Timothy Vogeler was the son of Christoph, the gunsmith, and is called a "gunstocker" in local records. Timothy Vogeler (1806-1896) was apprenticed to John Vogeler and started his own business about 1828. Courtesy Old Salem, Inc.
Photo of a page from an English brass founders catalogue. Such catalogues were doubtless used by American merchants for selecting the imports which they wished to make. They also inspired American designs in making objects of cast brass. This page illustrates Chinese Chippendale parts for a clock case. courtesy Joe Kindig, Jr.
Mould, brass, for tablespoon b John Clark, 1825, for T. Osgood of Salem; brass mould; pewter teaspoon; late 18th century pewter spoon, back view. According to information on back of photo, "Collection of Negatives of Historical and Architectural Subjects, Essex Institute, Salem Mass."
Note: Essex Institute merged with Peabody Museum of Salem to become Peabody Essex Museum in 1992.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. From the Collection of Negatives of Historical and Architectural Subjects, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. See note in description.
Brass ladle made by Richard Lee, Pewterer and worker in brass, 1847-1823. Imprint R.Lee on under side of handle. Courtesy Newark Museum, Newark, N.J.
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. Publication of this phtograph must be accompanied by the words: Courtesy of The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey.
