Rockbridge County, Virginia, needlework sampler apparently stitched by two sisters, Narcissa B. Hamilton (1809-1888) and Mary H. Hamilton (1811-1853). The undated sampler, circa 1820, features a sprig border enclosing six alphabets rendered in a variety of 5 kinds of stitches and includes numerous pictorial motifs including birds and baskets of flowers, along with a verse titled […]
Lot 242: 2 Southern Red, White & Blue Wool Coverlets
Two (2) Southern red, white, and blue wool coverlets, one woven in a double snowball and window sash table design and the other in a snowball and pine tree border design. Blount County, Tennessee, history. 90 3/4 in. x 74in. and 68 1/2 in. x 80 in. Mid-19th century. PROVENANCE: The collection of Marty and David Black, […]
Lot 241: Maryville, TN Woolen Mills Blue & White Coverlet
East Tennessee black and white coverlet made by Maryville Woolen Mills Company. The corners feature eagles with shields flanked by “M.W.M. Tenn.”. The center panel features a central circular foliate medallion flanked by stylized scrolling foliate borders. The wide border with birds, potted flowers, foliage, and dogs carrying flags. 72 3/4 in. x 79 in. Note: Maryville Woolen Mills operated […]
Lot 240: Maryville, TN Woolen Mills Red & White Coverlet
East Tennessee red and white coverlet made by Maryville Woolen Mill Company. The corners feature eagles with shields flanked by “M.W.M. Tenn.”. The center panel features a central circular foliate medallion flanked by stylized scrolling foliate borders. The wide border with birds, potted flowers, foliage, and dogs carrying flags. 77 in. x 77 in. Note: Maryville Woolen Mills operated […]
Lot 239: Maryville, TN Woolen Mills Green & White Coverlet
East Tennessee olive green and white coverlet made by Maryville Woolen Mills Company. The corners feature eagles with shields flanked by “M.W.M. Tenn.”. The center panel features a central circular foliate medallion flanked by stylized scrolling foliate borders. The wide border with birds, potted flowers, foliage, and dogs carrying flags. 79 in. x 79 in. Note: Maryville Woolen Mills operated […]
Lot 238: Southern White on White Coverlet or Counterpane, Signed & Dated 1817, Likely TN
Tennessee white on white coverlet or counterpane, attributed to Susannah King Alison (Sullivan County, TN, 1779-1851). Consisting of two 40-inch white cotton weft-loop woven panels sewn in the center and decorated with a central, stylized medallion and repeating geometric designs on four sides. Finished with a hand-woven 6-inch fringe attached on three sides. “Susannah Alison, Her Counterpin, June 16 […]
Lot 237: East Tennessee Sampler, 1838, Sarah E. Warren
Maryville, East Tennessee Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler, stitched by Sarah E. Warren in 1838. Silk on linen, featuring an unusual and time consuming Queen’s-stitched sawtooth outer border and a strawberry embroidered interior border. Seven lines of alphabets and numbers are divided by decorative bands rendered in cross, cross over one, eyelet and queen stitches, over a […]
Lot 236: McMinnville TN Needlework Sampler, 1832
McMinnville, Middle Tennessee schoolgirl embroidered sampler, silk on linen, stitched by Louisa Hill, 1832, at the McMinnville Female Academy. The sampler features a wide floral border enclosing a partial uppercase alphabet, lower case alphabet, and row of numbers, above a signature/date line of May 2, 1832, “McMinnville Female Academy,” and verse, “It is wise to talk […]
Lot 235: West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, 1837
Scarce Weakley County West TN Schoolgirl Needlework Sampler, stitched by Unity M. Terrell in 1837. Silk on linen, featuring a hemstitched border with strawberry and vine embroidery, enclosing 6 rows of alphabets and numbers, over a verse and signature: “Unity M. Terrell’s sampler wrought in the 10 year of her age – Dresden 1837.” (Note: Dresden is the […]
Lot 234: Springfield TN Whiskey Jug, Pitt Bros.
Robertson County, Middle Tennessee 3-gallon stoneware advertising whiskey jug with an Albany slip glaze inscribed “Pitt Bros./ Distillers & Liquor Dealers / Springfield, T”. Additionally inscribed “3” denoting gallon capacity. 15 in. H. Late 19th century. Note: Early Robertson County settler Arthur Pitt established a small still on his property in the early 1790s. Over the next […]
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