"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.
Advertisement from a Baltimore business directory dated 1850 for Joseph K. Stapleton, manufacturer of brushes, bellows, fishing rods and tackle. The brush on the left is a fireplace brush.
Page from the book "The American Fireplace" showing newspaper advertisement of Robert Wellford in which he mentions patterns for stoves. He is most famous for the mounts he made for mantles.
