Advertising label for the Philadelphia stationer. Between the words of the title is a tabletop crowded with stationers’ products, including an artist’s palette with brushes, a box of watercolor paints, quill pens, a pair of compasses, boxes of paper, and books. Samuel M. Stewart moved to New Orleans in 1840 and Lipman operated from the Chestnut Street address through 1849., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 240, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf Duva Stat
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf Duva Stat
Illustrated advertisement and price sheet for wrought iron pipes. Nineteen figures with numbers corresponding to the list below illustrate the available "tubes," including various bends, a "reducing socket," T and cross branches, and a burner jet. Also contains a vignette depicting the seal of Pennsylania featuring two horses and an eagle flanking a shield. Morris, Tasker, and Morris was founded by Stephen Morris in 1821 as a stove and grate manufactory. In the late 1820’s, Henry Morris and Thomas Tasker joined the firm which was renamed S.P. Morris & Co. Circa 1836 the firm was renamed Morris, Tasker, & Morris when Wistar Morris assumed the position of Stephen and the firm began to manufacture gas pipes. In 1856, the firm was renamed Morris, Tasker & Co. The factory closed in 1896., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on recto: 4th mo. 1st, 1838., Title annotated in ink: Now Morris, Tasker & Morris., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 243, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithf LehmD KramG Morr
Creator
Kramm, Gustavus, artist
Date
[ca. 1835]
Location
American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithf LehmD KramG Morr