LancasterHistory Research Collections

Collection

Decorative Arts Collection: Furniture

Title

Martin Shreiner Tall Case Clock #225

Date Range

Circa 1820s

Creator

Martin Shreiner

Object Name

Clock, Tall Case

Object ID

2022.003.001

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Accession Number

2022.003

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Collection

Wheatland

Description

Oval top empire-style table with side skirt. Skirt has beaded top and bottom. Table divides to accomodate four leaves. Four-sided reeded central pillar with two turned feet underneath and four c-scrolled supports. Solid base with four radial, long legs w

Provenance

Possibly William Jenkins

To - Thomas Potter

To - William Morris Meredith

To - James Buchanan

To - Harriet Lane Johnston

To - Mary A. Willson

To - Mary E. & George B. Willson

To - Mary Willson Rettew

To - The James Buchanan Foundation

Date Range

1828

Year Range From

1815

Year Range To

1830

Last Owner

Buchanan, James

Storage Location

Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

Dining Room

Storage Wall

Room Center

People

Jenkins, William

Buchanan, James

Johnston, Harriet Lane

Subcategory

Furniture

Search Terms

James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name

Table, Extension Dining

Material

Pine/Mahogany

Height (in)

28.375

Length (in)

66

Width (in)

53.387

Dimension Details

leaves each 19.875

Condition

Good

Condition Date

2022-02-17

Condition Notes

Casters missing, some veneer missing.

Object ID

W.1936.001.001a-e

Notes

Undocumented stories claim that this table was ordered by William Jenkins in 1828, the year he had the Wheatland mansion built, and that it has conveyed to each subsequent owner with the deed. The table dates from the first quarter of the nineteenth century and might attributed to the Bachman cabinetmakers.

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Accession Number

W.1936.001

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Collection

Decorative Arts Collection: Base Metals

Title

John Getz Copper Teakettle

Description

Copper teakettle, attached seamed spout, dovetailed body. Bottom constructed from a separate piece and dovetailed and soldered to body, Flat band handle hinged to main body, Maker's mark along top of handle, "John Getz"

Domed lid with knob (not copper), classic shape with spout and moveable handle attached to flanges. Dove-tailed verticle seam visible opposite straight seamed spout. Bottom is dovetailed into place. Flanges which the handles are attached are riveted to the body by two rivets. Tin hinge?

Year Range From

1820

Year Range To

1850

Made By

Getz, John

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

West Wall

Storage Cabinet

Unit 37

Storage Shelf

Shelf 2

People

Getz, John

Classification

Decorative Arts

Subcategory

Food Processing T&E

Search Terms

Copper

Object Name

Teakettle

Material

Copper

Height (in)

12.675

Width (in)

14

Depth (in)

9.75

Condition

Good

Condition Date

2013-11-06

Object ID

2002.154.1

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Accession Number

2002.154

Other Number

SA# 24

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Collection

Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title

Mrs. Jacob Eichholtz / Catherine Trissler

Description

Eichholtz oil on canvas portrait of Catherine Trissler Eichholtz (Mrs. Jacob Eichholtz 1791-1867). Middle-aged woman faces left, wearing a dark brown dress with wide white "collar" draped over shoulders. Has a wide lace edging. Draped over right shoulder, coveriing entire dress sleeve, is a white scarf with ornately floral-embroidered edge. Wearing a large, fancy cap of gold ribbons and lace. Tie strings are ribbon. Right hand covers left hand. Dark background shows no details. Lighter 4-inch wide section runs vertically from mid-point to top of left side. Small parts of a chair peek out at left side.

Inscriptions: Various numbers on frame sides and top. Taped to lower back of foam board back cover is an encapsulated old, faded printed card with #36 followed by "MR. BLOCH(?) / MRS. CHAS. ----- / BRYN MAWR PA / MRS. JACOB (EICHHOLTZ) / CATHERINE T(RISSLER)." Stamped at top center of frame back & stretcher is "The Warwick Galleries / NW Corner 17tth & Locust Sts. / Philadelphia Pa". Handwritten in pencil along top left of stretcher is "Property of Mrs. Chas. Walker, Mermont Plaza, Bryn Mawr".

Date Range

c. 1830

Year Range From

1825

Year Range To

1835

Creator

Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

Art Rack

Storage Cabinet

North Side

Storage Shelf

Rack 2

Storage Drawer

Front

People

Eichholtz, Catherine Trissler

Eichholtz, Jacob

Subcategory

Art

Frame

Early 20th c. frame, painted bronze. Has bold profile with wide cove and projecting bead at outside edges.

Object Name

Painting

Material

Paint, Canvas, Wood

Medium

Painting, Oil

Height (in)

30.25

Width (in)

25.125

Dimension Details

Canvas dimensions

Frame size: H: 35.5 inches x W: 30.5 inches

Condition

Good

Condition Date

2016-10-11

Condition Notes

Relined canvas has patched areas and many inpainted areas, including lips and both sides of hair. Large section along left side from center to top has been repainted.

Frame is good with several paint chips on bead section at both sides, right center and top left. Back of painting is covered with foam board.

Object ID

2016.008

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Role

Artist

Accession Number

2016.008

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Collection

Fraktur Collection

Description

Fraktur is a simple hand done birth record in German for Adam Kindig and Anna Kindig. Page is likely removed from a Bible. Adam was born 17 Sept 1794 in Conestoga Twp. and Anna was born 22 Oct 1799 in Conestoga Twp. Layout of Fraktur lettering with serifs is simple and straightforward but not with an accomplished hand. Letter colors vary from red to ochre to green. No additional decoration except for curlicue lines surrounding the upper case "A" of both Adam and Anna.

Mounted in a brown modern frame with white window mat. Kraft paper dustcover on back. A "#10" is written small in pencil at lower right corner.

Date Range

c. 1820

Year Range From

1818

Year Range To

1822

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

Island 5

Storage Cabinet

Unit 43

Storage Shelf

Shelf 2

Storage Drawer

Bin 2-D

People

Kendig, Adam

Kendig, Anna

Haverstick, Anna

Subject

Fraktur art

Frakturs (Documents)

Search Terms

Fraktur

Object Name

Fraktur

Material

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Height (cm)

25.4

Height (ft)

0.8333333333

Height (in)

10

Width (cm)

17.78

Width (ft)

0.5833333333

Width (in)

7

Dimension Details

Frame is H: 15.75" W: 12.75"

Condition

Good

Condition Date

2017-06-07

Condition Notes

Paper has foxing, brown stains and fly specks (bottom right). Two horizontal fold lines across middle; the one with the greater crease shows breaking and some holes at several points.

Object ID

2017.999.6

Notes

See Mylin Family Genealogy 929.M513 in library.

Adam is the son of Christian Kendig and Barbara Mylin. Anne is the daughter of Michael Haverstick and Eve Bender. Adam Kendig married 1) Anne Haverstick and 2) Mary Helm. Six children by Anne, nine children by Mary Helm. Anne H. Kendig was b. 22 Oct 1799 and d. 17 Jan 1833. Likely buried in Reformed Church, Conestoga Centre or Rush Farm, New Danville.

Adam and Anna's daughter Mary Amanda Kindig was born 1821 and baptised 1837 by Pastor Martin Bruner of the Reformed Church in Lancaster City. Her Taufschein in English is done free hand by Eli Haverstick and is signed on reverse "E Haverstick / No. 11" This document is in the collections of the Evangelical & Reformed Historical Society. Eli Haverstick was likely a relative of the family and was almost certainly a schoolmaster. (See similar examples done for brothers John and Christian Bachman in the Heritage Center Collections).

Appraisal conducted by Pastor Fred Weiser, Sept. 2, 1988. A slide transparency is in file.

Place of Origin

Conestoga Twp.

Usage

Kindig, Adam and Anna

Accession Number

2017.999

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Collection

Heritage Center Collection

Description

Copper measure of sheet copper with conical body. Beneath applied handle is a keyed seam. Rolled copper base and lip. Applied strap handle, attached with 2 rivets at top, 1 rivet at bottom. Handle terminates with heart form at bottom and two lobes at top. Interior is tinned.

The name "(E)ICHHOLTZ" is stamped onto top of strap handle. "E" of Eichholtz is hidden where handle is attached at top. Interior is coated with tin.

Jacob Eichholtz worked as a coppersmith/tinsmith with his brother George on East King St. until c. 1815, when he began focusing on portrait painting. 1830 Tax Assessment lists him as a portrait painter.

Research by Pat C. Keller at Historical Society of PA in Jacob Eichholtz's daybook, indicates he made measures, not mugs. Notes in file indicate purchase was contingent on results of an effort to x-ray upper handle for evidence of initial unseen letters of stamped name. No indication this was ever done.

Provenance: Sellers Jackie & Vernon Gunnion purchased measure at Conestoga Auction circa March 1986. Jackie reports Don Fennimore of Winterthur knows only two other signed copper pieces -- by Apple and by Schlosser.

Photos: slides #23-5-1 to 9 and multiple B&W 8x10s

Date Range

c. 1802-1815

Year Range From

1802

Year Range To

1915

Made By

Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

West Wall

Storage Cabinet

Unit 37

Storage Shelf

Shelf 1

Object Name

Cup, Measuring

Material

Copper, Tin

Condition

Good

Condition Date

2017-07-25

Condition Notes

Small to significantly larger dents on sides and bottom Some scratches from general wear. Surface has been polished and lacquered. Some polish residue visible at both the rolled lip and rolled base.

First "H" and "T" of "ichholtz" are very worn. Corrosion and wear to interior tin surface.

Upper terminal of handle has split at left rivet (stable).

Object ID

G.86.03

Notes

See accompanying P86.3 file for research done by Heritage Center Director Pat Keller-Connor to determine authenticity of the touchmark. There was a possibility of the first initial being "J" for Jacob or "G" for George, a brother. On Feb. 17, 1802 Jacob advertised with his brother George as "tin-plate workers". Pat K-C intensively did research to settle the matter before finalizing the purchase of the measure

studied Vol. 1 & 2

See Henry Kauffman, American Copper and Brass, p. 119.

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Credit

Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number

G.86.03

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Collection

Heritage Center Collection

Description

Flintlock long rifle by Melchoir Fordney has a 44-inch octagonal rifled barrel, 44 caliber, with tooling & brass insets has "M Fordney" on top near lock. Elaborately relief-carved full-length curly maple stock has engraved mounts: side plate (w/ squared ends), trigger guard (few did this), butt plate, muzzle cap and rear ramrod pipes. Cheek side of stock has a silver inlaid double eagle; engraved oval silver plate on top of stock behind lock. Engraved brass patch box with horse head terminal is of the later Lancaster type due to exposed wood between lid and upper & lower plates. Hickory ramrod.

The top of the barrel is signed "M Fordney" in script. The engraved lock is marked "DREPPERD", a lock used by many Lancaster gunmakers. See NOTES.

Date Range

c. 1811-1840

Year Range From

1811

Year Range To

1840

Made By

Fordney, Melchoir

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

Island 5

Storage Cabinet

Unit 46

Storage Shelf

Shelf 2

Object Name

Rifle

Material

Wood, Iron, Silver

Height (cm)

20.32

Height (ft)

0.6666666667

Height (in)

8

Length (cm)

152.4

Length (ft)

5

Length (in)

60

Width (cm)

6.35

Width (ft)

0.2083333333

Width (in)

2.5

Condition

Good

Condition Date

2017-11-21

Condition Notes

Trigger and lock rusted. Minor wear on wood and brass. Long crack in stock under barrel has amateur glue repair (seen when ramrod removed).

Object ID

P.77.04

Notes

See:

The PA-Kentucky Rifle, Kauffman, pp. 229-231.

Joe Kindig, Jr., Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle..., pp. 130 ff. (this rifle on p. 136).

Reprint of Lancaster Examiner and Herald, Wed, Oct. 21, 1846; 1847 "Report of the Trial & Conviction of John Haggerty..."

H.J. Kauffman writes Fordney was 1st listed as a gunmaker on Lancaster Borough's tax lists in 1813 (an 1846 news article states 1811 and gives his genealogy). His shop was in the 5th block of So. Queen where he worked until his tragic death in 1846 at the hands of an axe-wielding neighbor. Fordney created guns in a unique style with old-style carving and engraved patterns that were "cut deeply and profusely," comparable to some of the best in Pa.

Kindig notes Fordney was first listed as a gunmaker on tax list of 1811 in Lancaster. In 1835 he and his wife agreed to separate and in 1839 he sold his home on S. Queen St. While apparently living elsewhere in town in 1846, his death occurred at the hands of a neighbor, John Haggerty, a religious fanatic who was incensed because Fordney was living with a common-law wife. He attacked Fordney outside, then inside, his gun shop, killing him with blows to the head with an axe.

Kindig states Fordney was one of the finest Lancaster gunsmiths, making "distinctive rifles that are particularly outstanding for their engraving." He likely engraved "more extensively" than any other gunmakers during the Golden Age; he was one of a few who engraved the trigger guard. HJ Kauffman notes his wood carving is also exceptional.

This was one of four guns stolen from a wall case Aug. 17, 2000 by workmen in the Masonic Lodge, but later recovered.

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Credit

Gift of the James Hale Steinman Foundation, Heritage Center Collection

Accession Number

P.77.04

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Collection

Decorative Arts Collection: Ceramics

Title

Spitton

Description

Light tan earthenware sectional spittoon with darker "runny" slip or glaze finish. On bottom is impressed "Eagle Porcelain Works / Lancaster PA / Henry Gast S.Q. ST."

Year Range From

1829

Year Range To

1917

Creator

Gast, Henry

Made By

Eagle Porcelain Works

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

West Wall

Storage Cabinet

Unit 36

Storage Shelf

Shelf 3

People

Gast, Henry

Subcategory

Household Accessory

Object Name

Spittoon

Oither Names

Cuspidor

Material

Clay

Height (cm)

10.795

Height (ft)

0.3541666667

Height (in)

4.25

Diameter (cm)

23.495

Diameter (ft)

0.7708333333

Diameter (in)

9.25

Condition

Good

Object ID

1963.006

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Accession Number

1963.006

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Collection

Print Collection

Title

Public Sale notice

Description

Broadside: Notice of Public Sale - 1 story brick dwelling, estate of Thomas M'Caslin. December 26, 1829, at 3 p.m. at public house of Bernard M'Gonigle.

Date Range

December 26, 1829

Year Range From

1829

Year Range To

1829

Made By

Maxwell, H.

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Cabinet

Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf

Shelf 1

Storage Container

Box 0031

People

Maxwell, H.

McCaslin, Thomas

McGonigle, Bernard

Subcategory

Need to Classify

Object Name

Broadside

Material

Paper, Wove

Height (in)

14

Width (in)

8

Condition

Fair

Condition Notes

Some stains; brown along a fold line. Portion bottom center cut out.

Object ID

2003.196

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Accession Number

2003.196

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Collection

History Collection

Description

Leather covered cylindrical gig trunk. Brass plate on top, engraved, "Adam Reigart, Jr. / Lancaster"

Date Range

1820-1840

Year Range From

1820

Year Range To

1840

Storage Location

LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room

DAC

Storage Wall

Island 3

Storage Cabinet

Unit 16

Storage Shelf

Shelf 2

Subcategory

Documentary Artifact

Object Name

Trunk, Document

Material

Wood, Leather, Metal

Height (in)

10.5

Length (in)

20

Width (in)

11

Condition

Good

Object ID

2003.078

Place of Origin

Lancaster

Usage

Reigart, Adam, Jr.

Credit

Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number

2003.078

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