Five (5) Herbert "Andy" S. Anderson (California/Illinois, 1893-1960) folk art carved wooden figures together in a sculptural group, "Shotgun Wedding", including one (1) bride in a blue dress holding a bouquet, one (1) groom in an oversized crosshatch-patterned suit, one (1) pensive white-haired woman in a polka-dotted dress, one (1) somber white-haired man with a […]
Lot 214: Set of 5 Scott County, VA Jesse Jones Signed Graduated Baskets
Set of five (5) graduated Scott County, Virginia baskets signed by Jesse Jones (b.1907). All buttocks form comprised of white oak, rib-type slit construction with handles secured by nails at the rim. All signed in pencil "Jesse Jones" on the handle; the smallest additionally dated 1982. Ranging in size from 7 3/4" H x 8 […]
Lot 215: 3 Cannon County Middle TN Baskets, incl. Ida Davis & Mary Davis
Three (3) Tennessee split white oak buttocks baskets including one (1) large basket, buttocks form with woven rim and solid handle, signed "Ida P Davis/Thelma Hibdon/Woodbury, Tenn./1988 #7" on underside of handle, and two (2) small Mary Davis baskets, with woven rims and handles, signed in pencil on interior base with maker's name and address; […]
Lot 213: 2 Southern Samplers Incl. Kentucky 1811, Jane McLane & Virginia 1810, Lucy Wills
1st item: Early Germantown, Kentucky needlework sampler, silk on linen, rendered entirely in cross stitch, with seven lines of alphabet in tan, black and blue cross stitch, over a signature, "Jane McClane – Her Sempler (sic) Rouct (sic) In The Year 18011 (sic) And In The 8 Year Of Her Age". A line of numbers […]
Lot 211: Scarce American Chintz Delectable Mountains Quilt Circa 1830's-1840's
American, possibly Charleston SC, hand-pieced and hand-quilted Chintz and cotton quilt, Delectable Mountains Pattern, placed on diagonal. All cotton fabrics in colors Turkey Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green on top, and cotton thread. Four different chintz botanical designs dating to the 1830s are used in the pieced blocks. Feather plume quilted with straight parallel background […]
Lot 212: East Tennessee Needlework Sampler c. 1837 by Mary E. Amos
East Tennessee, possibly Knox County, needlework sampler made by Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Amos, circa 1837. The silk on linen sampler, rendered entirely in cross stitch, features rows of alphabets and numbers over a central urn pictorial emblazoned with the stitcher's signature, and surrounded by trees, plants, baskets of fruit and flowers, a bird and a […]
Lot 209: 2 Cobalt Decorated PA Stoneware Jars, Russell, Hamilton & Jones
Two (2) stoneware pottery jars with salt glaze and cobalt decoration including one (1) R.W. Russell, Beaver, PA, 5-gallon jar with applied lug handles and foliate cobalt decoration to front and base of handles, stamped with maker below rim (19" H), and one (1) Hamilton & Jones 2- gallon jar cobalt stenciled "Jas. Hamilton/Greensboro, PA/ […]
Lot 210: 3 Pcs. Mid-Atlantic Cobalt Decorated Stoneware, incl. 2 jars, 1 cake crock
1st item Mid-Atlantic, probably Baltimore, 2-Gallon salt glazed stoneware jar having cobalt sprig decoration and 2 to the the body together with an impressed 2 on the upper shoulder. 11 1/4" H. Mid 19th century. 2nd item: Mid-Atlantic, Maryland or Pennsylvania salt glazed stoneware cake crock with cobalt sprig decoration to the body. 4" H […]
Lot 208: Eagle Pottery 2-Gallon Stoneware Jug
Eagle Pottery (James Hamilton, Greensboro, PA) stoneware pottery jug, ovoid form with cobalt stenciled decoration to the body depicting an eagle with outstreatched wings holding a banner in his beak that reads EAGLE POTTERY, with additional wavy cobalt line above and cobalt stenciled 2 (denoting capacity) with line decoration below. 14 1/2" H. Late 19th […]
Lot 206: North Carolina, Catawba Valley 5-Gallon Stoneware Jug
North Carolina, Lincoln County, 5-gallon stoneware pottery jug with dark olive alkaline glaze and two pulled strap handles, together with an incised "5" below the spout denoting capacity. Possible additional mark denoting potter initials but not decipherable. 17 1/4" H. 3rd Quarter 19th century. PROVENANCE: Private Illinois Collection. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with some […]