Cast Iron Herb Grinder

Description:

Cast Iron Herb Grinder, C.B. Rogers (1848-1885),Philadelphia, the trough marked "C.B. Rogers" on four feet and the grinding wheel with carved hardwood handle, lg. 18, ht. 7, wd. 8 in.


Note: In his collection notes, Howard Roth had found that Clayton Brown Rogers, born in Hainesport, New Jersey in 1810, moved to Philadelphia in 1848 and opened a seed and agricultural warehouse, which he operated until his death in 1885. (Sinnott, Mary Elizabeth. Annals of the Sinnot, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine, and Alied Families. [Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1905]. Pp. 57, 62. Jordan, John Wolf, Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, vol. III. [New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914]. Pp. 923-24).

Provenance: The Howard Roth Collection.
Estimate $600-800


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