1 Coverlet and 3 quilts, including a Tennessee Princess Feather quilt and 2 matching Log Cabin quilts. 1st item: 19th century handmade Tennessee Princess Feather pattern pieced quilt; red, orange and green feathers, leaves and flowers on an ivory quilted background with teal binding. 91" x 71". 2nd item: Red, white and blue overshot geometric […]
Lot 598: Pieced and Appliqued 4 Quadrant Quilt
Pieced and appliqued cotton quilt, oak leaf pattern consisting of four quadrants of four large red oak leaf flowers with calico green centers, divided by a red grid and framed with wide red border. 74 1/2" H x 78 3/4" W. Mid-Atlantic or Southern, early 20th century. Provenance: The Estate of Ellen Johnson, Crossville, TN. […]
Lot 596: East TN Appliqued & Pieced Quilt
East Tennesee, Knox County appliqued and pieced quilt, NC lily pattern variant in colors of peach, coral, and light green on a cream ground. Finely quilted all over diamond pattern, with a peach, coral, and light green border. Made circa 1940 by Annie Mary "Mace" Russell, wife of Hugh McClung Johnston. Provenance label en verso. […]
Lot 594: TN Crazy Quilt, “From Mammy,” plus 2 others, c. 1900
Three (3) Tennessee Quilts. 1st item: Middle TN hand stitched crazy quilt circa 1900, Coffee County, attributed to Fanny Hickerson Wooten (also spelled Wooton, 1844-1927). Wool and gabardine crazy quilt with brown cotton backing; green border with tan corner blocks and fuschia stitching, enclosing a field with multiple pieces of fabric in various colors and […]
Lot 595: Pr. of East TN Appliqued & Pieced Quilts
Pair of East Tennessee twin sized pieced and appliqued quilts, NC lily pattern varient in colors of blue and green with blue calico print on a cream or white ground. Finely quilted all over teacup pattern with blue triangle border. Both made circa 1930's by Annie Mary "Mace" Russell, wife of Hugh McClung Johnston. Provenance […]
Lot 592: Tennessee Sampler by Mary Martin, 1838
Wilson County, Tennessee pictorial needlework sampler dated 1838, made by Mary Saunders Martin (1825-1881). Rare all-pictorial sampler featuring a rose border, enclosing a fruit basket, butterflies, and multiple birds, including parrots, a stork, and peacock, flanking a central male figure. Roosters, three dogs, and a rabbit are also depicted. Signed and dated "Miss Mary Martin […]
Lot 593: Tennessee Crazy Quilt, c. 1875
Tennessee crazy quilt, circa 1875, attributed to Fanny Hickerson Wooton (also spelled Wooten, 1844-1927) of Coffee County and/or her mother, Mary Saunders Martin Hickerson (1825-1881, whose sampler is also in this auction). Hand stitched quilt comprised of a dark blue velvet border with gold stitching to blue cotton backing, enclosing nine squares of silk, velvet, […]
Lot 591: Tennessee Sampler, Henley Family, Knox County
Tennessee needlework Family Register sampler, worked 1830 by Elizabeth M. Henley at the Knoxville Female Academy. Elizabeth Henley, granddaughter of Revolutionary War hero Col. David Henley, married Barclay McGhee, grandson of Knoxville settler and politician Col. Charles McClung. Silk on linen sampler with wide floral border, partially unfinished, with zig zag design satin stitch edging […]
Lot 589: 2 NC Catawba Alkaline Stoneware Pottery Items
2 NC Catawba Alkaline Glaze Pottery Items. 1st item: Western North Carolina alkaline glaze stoneware double handle pottery jar or vase with strap handles. 6 1/8" H. 2nd item: North Carolina Lincoln County alkaline glaze stoneware chicken waterer, alkaline glaze with scattered rutile drips. 10 3/8" H. Both items Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Southern […]
Lot 587: 5 PA & MD Decorated Stoneware Pottery Items
Group of five (5) Pennsylvania and Maryland stoneware pottery items including: one (1) Jas. Hamilton & Co./Greensboro, Pennsylvania 2-gallon cobalt stenciled and decorated stoneware jar with stenciled floral garland above name and and "2" below denoting gallon capacity (11 1/2" H); one (1) Williams & Reppert/Greensboro, Pennsylvania stenciled and decorated stoneware jar with colbalt floral […]