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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Compass
Object ID
G.04.23.32
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Title
Compass
Description
Compass housed in a round, turned brass case with fitted lid. Scored circles decorate exterior. Inside case bottom is paper printed with decoration and cardinal points. Blued needle has gold-stenciled "N" on one end. Flat glass window on top held with brass retaining ring. Lid screws onto case bottom.
Handwritten note states compass brought to America from Nuremburg, Germany by immigrant ancestor John Leonard Ellmaker(1697-1782) in 1726.
Unknown German maker
Provenance
Descent within Ellmaker family to donor, then donated to the Heritage Center.
Year Range From
1700
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 37
Storage Shelf
Shelf 3
People
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Subcategory
Surveying & Navigational T&E
Object Name
Compass
Height (in)
0.75
Diameter (in)
1.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-01-28
Condition Notes
Minimal wear, small areas of tarnish
Object ID
G.04.23.32
Place of Origin
Germany
Credit
Gift of Sarah Muench, Heritage Center Collection, LancasterHistory.org
Accession Number
G.04.23
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Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
P.97.08.10
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Pewter plate, part of the Warwick Congregation's (now known as the Brickerville United Lutheran Church) communion service.
Flat bottom, rounded booge and wide, flat rim with single reeded edge.
Underside struck with two worn round marks, on left an anchor over top of the letter "G", undereath of which is "PERCHARD". The right mark has a flower over "LONDON". Another stamp below is heavily worn with "MADE I(N) (L)OND(ON)". Three smaller square marks below.
Provenance
The entire communion service remained in use over the years until the congregation decided in 1997 to find a safe place for this valuable communion set. Purchased by the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.
Year Range From
1709
Year Range To
1740
Made By
Perchard, Hellier
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 32
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Subcategory
Food Service T&E
Object Name
Plate, Communion
Oither Names
Paten
Material
Pewter
Diameter (in)
8.875
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-09-02
Condition Notes
Dented and abraded overall. Dent at edge of rim. Pitting and dark discoloration.
Object ID
P.97.08.10
Place of Origin
London, England
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of the James Hale Steinman Foundation and Friends of the Heritage Center Museum, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
P.97.08
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