Metals
Henry William Stiegel (Maker)
Elizabeth Furnace (Maker)
Brickersville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1769
Iron
Puddle cast
1960.0145
Object Number1960.0145 |
Stove plate
Metals
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
Henry William Stiegel (Maker)
5/13/1729-1/10/1785
An article in the Supplement to the Philadelphia Inquirer (May 27, 1962, p.20) discusses stove plates made by Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel (1729-1785). Stiegel began working for Jacob Huber, the owner of the furnace, as a bookkeeper in 1752. Stiegel later married Huber's daughter Elizabeth and became part owner in the furnace in 1758. He immediately began growing the business and with the financial collaboration of Philadelphia merchants Charles and Alexander Stedman, he added land and built a new furnace on the site.
Elizabeth Furnace (Maker)
Brickersville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1769
1. Inscription; Upper center; "H.W.STIEGEL.ELIZABETH/FURNACE 1769", cast, words separated by pellets
Portrait
Iron
Puddle cast
22.874 (H) , 26.969 (W) , 1 (D)
58.1 (H) , 68.5 (W) , 2.54 (D)
Text available soon.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 73-75, cat. no. 27.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. 1960 Accessions 1960.
• Published: illus. p.16, fig.9
[Book] Schiffer, Herbert F., et al. 1979 Antique Iron: Survey of American and English Forms: fifteenth through nineteenth centuries.
• Published: p. 301.
[Book] Nutting, Wallace. 1928 Furniture Treasury.
• Similar in 1948 edition, vol. 2, fig. 3966.