Silver two-handled bowl or loving cup. Engraved, "To: Ezra B. Fritz / from some of his friends / 1844 June 22 1909 / Quarryville, PA " engrave on back of object, the list of friends.
Foldable eyeglasses with D-shaped blue-tinted lenses and similar side panel lenses. Worn by Amos Ellmaker (1787-1851) and are seen in portrait.
Provenance
Amos Ellmaker (1787-1851) wore these glasses, including during his sitting for accomplished Lancaster portrait painter Jacob Eichholtz. Amso graduated from Princeton before embarking on a long and successful career as both an officer in the army and a lawyer; rising to positions such as State Representative and Attorney General of the Commonwealth. Amos almost became a state senator as well, but lost to the future president, James Buchanan.
Eyeglasses and case belonging to Mary Eichholtz. Glasses with gold/brass frames are stamped McAllister on inside of one arm and engraved, "Mary Eichholtz," on the outside of the opposite arm. Case is silverplated, unmarked and lined in blue velvet.
Green leather-covered box with profile of Samuel Hahnemann in gold on cover. Inside the top cover is a list of 86 medicines contained in the case. Numbered cork tops and corresponding labels on glass vials with medicines (small white balls) are in the case. Nos. 1, 7, 9, 35, 78. are vacant. 79 through 86 are "Tinctures For External Use." Interior paper label reads, "Prepared and sold at the Homeopathic Pharmacy of /William Radde, No. 635 Arch Street, Philadelphia"
Typed card: "Medicine chest/ property of Dr. William/ Shelly of Lititz PA./ through Dr. John Atlee 1938."
There is a key to the case.
Provenance
Dr. William Addison Shelly was born May 15, 1818 and died Jan. 15, 1863.
