by Henry J. Kauffman. Hardbound, 287 pages, 8-1/2” x 11”. A reprint of a 1968 edition by famed historian Henry Kauffman. This volume provides a detailed look at copper, brass and pewter items commonly found in American homes during the 18th and 19th centuries. Tea kettles, cooking kettles, pots and pans, warming pans, saucepans, coffee pots, stills, butter churns, mugs, ladles, skimmers, measures, funnels, basins, pumps, glue pots, weathercocks – all items made of copper – are featured in this new reprint. Then there are items made of brass: andirons, bells, gun parts, molds for casting pewter, door knockers, skillets, tomahawks, lancets, jagging irons, buttons, sundials, clocks, and door locks.
