3 Outdoor decorative objects. 1st item: Cast iron boot scraper with openwork ram's horn design and mounted into limestone block, 14 1/2" H overall x 9 3/4" H x 5 1/2" x 5 3/4" block base. Early 19th century. Found in the Georgetown/Washington, DC area. 2nd item: Southern single carved limestone garden urn with swag […]

Companion pair carved limestone fruit and floral garden baskets of different but similar arrangements in basketweave base, likely Continental. Fruits include grapes, bananas, peaches, apples and pomegranates. 12 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W x 12 1/2" D. Purchased by consignor's grandmother in Washington, DC area in 1930s. 1st quarter 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good […]

East Tennessee pieced and appliqued cotton quilt, New York Beauty variant, turkey red, green and yellow colors with a floral vine and compass border. Very fine stitching including feathered wreath. 84 1/4" H x 46 1/2" H. 3rd or 4th quarter of 19th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition. A few areas of light staining, […]

East TN pieced and appliqued quilt, North Carolina Lily pattern variant with red and cheddar yellow flowers on green stems with green binding and cream backing. 81 3/4" H x 63 1/2" W. 19th century. CONDITION: Minor staining lower right front corner. A couple of minor areas of staining on reverse.

Kentucky schoolgirl needlework sampler with verse, signed by Mary Ellen Ellis (Hadley, Warren County, b. 1854) and dated 1865, rendered primarily in red and green wool/cotton on linen. Depicts an upper and lower case alphabet over a large red house flanked by a ship and flowering plants, over a verse and signature "I am the […]

Williamson County, Tennessee needlework sampler circa 1835, silk on linen, worked by Elizabeth Buford Fleming (1826-1892). Wide floral border enclosing four rows of alphabets rendered in cross, Queen's or four-sided, and eyelet stitches above a signature and possible verse line, with bands of chevron or flame and guilloche below. Later linen mat and frame. 16" […]

Three (3) 19th century decorative works depicting flowers and birds, likely American. 1st item: Embroidered needlework panel, silk on linen, depicting a flowering basket with roses, tulips, and a variety of other plants and flowers, resting on a naturalistic patch of grass and earth with a bird, lower left. Unsigned. Housed under glass in a […]

Four (4) 19th century school girl samplers, likely American. 1st item: Needlework verse sampler, silk on linen, signed and dated "Eleanor Byrne Ballma July 1824", with a floral garland of pink, purple, white, and green and brown surrounding a poem titled "The Bible". Housed under glass in a carved wooden frame. Sight – 12 3/8" […]

1820s Maryland needlework house sampler, silk on linen, signed Elizabeth Boyd with partial date 182_; wide floral and vine border enclosing a two story house with central pediment, framed by two weeping willow trees, behind an "eyeglass" garden gate and fence. Floral cartouche with central ribbon and rose spray, enclosing an 8-line poem with subject […]

4 wooden items including three 19th century American treenware items and a Shaker style box. Treenware items include one lidded bowl with black paint (7" H x 9" dia.); one S. Silliman (Chester, Connecticut) painted inkwell with original label on the base (2 1/4" H x 3 3/4" dia.); and one small painted circular compote […]