Edward Shippen home. Note on bottom of picture: "Lancaster residence -1752- of Edward Shippen - Mayor of Philadelphia 1744; buried in St. James Church-yard, Lancaster, Pa., 1781--His grand-daughter, Mary Shippen Burd, married Peter Grubb II, Ironmaster,Cornwall, Pa., Grand-father of Clement B. Grubb."
American Balance of the mid-nineteenth century. the name of the maker is blurred, however, Philadelphia can be deciphered as the place of manufacture. "American Copper and Brass" H.J. Kauffman, page 233.