Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 19, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 96
Notes:
There are minerals based on lead phosphate; but considering that the donor is a chemical manufacturer, this could be a chemical, although natural lead phosphate is not a common starting material for lead-based chemicals.
Philadelphia importer Samuel Wetherill, Jr. (1764-1829) founded a white lead factory in the early 19th century with his father. He and his successors manufactured and sold white lead and other paints, as well as drugs, chemicals, and glass, until 1932.
