American Folk Art or Tramp Art carved ballot box, tall stepped tower form with two slots to insert paper ballots and triangular top, comprised of two parts. 31 3/4" H x 10" square (base). 19th century. PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with general light use wear. Base missing 3 panes of […]
Lot 267: Kentucky Advertising Firkin & English Peat Bucket
1st item: Kentucky advertising firkin or bucket, one side with label reading "Goodwin's Best Applebutter, The Goodwin Preserving Co., Louisville, KY, U.S.A". 12" H x 11 3/4" dia. Late 19th century. 2nd item: George III mahogany navette shaped and brass banded peat bucket. 14 1/2" H x 10 5/8" D x 14" W. 19th century. […]
Lot 266: Carl Worner Folk Art Bottle Saloon Diorama
Carl (Karl) Worner (Germany/United States, 19th/20th Century) folk art carved and assembled miniature wood and paper saloon bottle diorama titled "Find the 6 Man". Depicts a Cincinnati, Ohio saloon belonging to Joseph Albermann, with a bartender serving two patrons at the bar and two other patrons seated at a table drinking beer and playing cards. […]
Lot 265: Rare Dated & Signed Hawaiian Applique Quilt
Hawaiian applique quilt in two shades of pink cotton or cotton sateen, ink-Inscribed en verso to one corner, "1932/Peter Leilani Kaaekuahiwi/From Mother". All appliqued and quilted by hand. The reverse applique on top reveals a lighter coral-colored cloth of the foundation. The quilting thread is yellow and the backing is a light coral color. The […]
Lot 264: Double Sided Silk & Satin Quilt, Drunkard's Path & Square in a Square Patterns
Southern two-sided silk and satin hand-pieced quilt featuring two patterns including the "Drunkard's Path" pattern to one side and the "Square in a Square" pattern to the other. The hand quilted lines follow the curved lines of Drunkard's Path blocks and the batting is cotton. 69 1/2" H x 82 1/2" W. Circa 1930's. Provenance […]
Lot 263: Bourbon Co. KY House Sampler c.1815
Bourbon County, Kentucky House Sampler attributed to Martha "Patsy" Hook, c. 1815. Silk on linen sampler featuring a strawberry border enclosing three alphabets, a basket of flowers, and a verse surrounded by bird and flowering vine motif, reading, "Teach me to feel another's woe/ To hide the fault I see/ That mercy I to others […]
Lot 262: Franklin County TN Sampler by Margaret Foster
Franklin County, Tennessee needlework sampler stitched by Lucy Margaret Foster, and dated 1867. Wool on linen, strawberry border surrounding uppercase, lowercase, and script alphabets, a row of numbers and a signed verse: "The desire of improvement discovers a liberal mind; and is connected with many accomplishments, and many virtues. Margaret Foster finished this sampler in […]
Lot 261: Rare West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, Lucy Macon Green
Rare West Tennessee Needlework Sampler, stitched by Lucy Macon Green and dated 1842, silk on linen. Strawberry border enclosing five rows of alphabets and a geometric border over a signature line, LUCY M. GREEN AGE 11 YEARS 1842; two stitched conjoined hearts beside a verse, "Celestial happiness when'er she stoops / To visit earth one […]
Lot 260: Three (3) East TN Pieced & Applique Quilts, incl. Prize Winner
1st item: Irish Chain pieced quilt made of cotton prints and solids in red, black, claret, and white. Quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted. Penciled quilting lines are still visible. Binding is attached by sewing machine and the backing is an off-white thin cotton fabric. An undated 1st Prize blue ribbon for the "Old Quilts Category" […]
Lot 259: 3 American Pieced Cotton Quilts
1st item: Hand-pieced, quilted, and bound cotton quilt, variation of "Trip Around the World" pattern with a single white square placed between each colored square having a single border at the top; fabrics include double greens, double pinks, cheddar, and a navy and white stripe. Binding is navy with small white print. Backing panels (from […]