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 […]
Lot 233: East TN Decker Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Jar
East Tennessee stoneware pottery jar attributed to Charles Decker of the Decker pottery of Washington County (1832 – 1914). Four (4) cobalt decorated flowers with five petals each around the circumference of the jar. One of the flowers is applied horizontally, an unusual variance for Charles Decker. Underside of base with partially legible inscription reading […]
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