19th century pieced and applique cotton quilt, Rose of Sharon pattern variant, likely made in Ohio, featuring 9 floral medallions within a meandering vine border. White borders separating the nine medallions are quilted. Off-white ground with solid red, pink, yellow, and green appliques. Straight applied matching green binding. Densely quilted throughout at 6-8 stitches per […]
Lot 257: Caroline Wills 1836 Sampler, possibly Southern
American schoolgirl needlework embroidered sampler dated 1836 by Caroline Wills (b. 1824 – d. Knoxville, TN 1857), silk on linen, featuring a simple blue geometric border enclosing 5 alphabets in a variety of stitches including Queen’s, eyelet, box and cross, above a signature, CAROLINE WILLS SAMPLER WROUGHT AD 1836, over a flowering bush flanked by […]
Lot 256: Southern Hand-Stiched Pineapple Applique Quilt
19th C. Southern Pineapple pattern applique quilt, hand appliqued and quilted. Consisting of 4 rows of 5 reverse applique pineapples within a vine border, rendered with turkey red and green cotton fabrics in colors on a cream ground and cream unseamed backing, with hand-stitched green binding and mitered corners. Very fine cross hatching quilting throughout. […]
Lot 255: TN Flying Geese Folk Art Crazy Quilt
Tennessee Flying Geese pattern folk art crazy quilt, made primarily of wool suiting fabrics tied with decorative yarn balls and embroidered with wool multi-colored yarn in a turkey track pattern. Two sleeves en verso for display. 74 1/4″ x 75 1/2″. Circa 1910. PROVENANCE: Private Memphis, TN collection. CONDITION: Some restoration on the triangles, and […]
Lot 254: East TN Applique Quilt & Basket
1st item: East Tennessee, Sullivan County, machine pieced and applique quilt with rounded corners. A unique rendition of the Coxcomb & Currants pattern consisting of eight medallions within a meandering flowering vine border emanating from four flowering pots on each side, all on a white ground and worked in solid blood red and dark green […]
Lot 253: Folk Art Eglomise View of New York and Brooklyn
Folk Art reverse glass painted Bird’s Eye View of New York, after the very scarce print by Parsons and Atwater, published 1875 by Currier and Ives. The scene depicts New York and Brooklyn, with Jersey City and the Hoboken Water Front, with a variety of boats traversing the area’s waterways, and an operational Brooklyn Bridge […]
Lot 252: Folk Art Carved Panel, Man with Plow
American Folk Art carved oak panel depicting a man plowing with rolling hills in the background. Signed lower right “K. Saltzer/n”. 17″ H x 28 1/2″ W. 20th century. Found in Berks County, Pennsylvania, possibly WPA period/1930s. CONDITION: Scattered wear and rubbing around the perimeter, water staining to top edge, otherwise overall good condition.
Lot 251: Stephen Iwasko Bas Relief Portrait of George Washington
Stephen Luke Iwasko (Ukrainian/American, 1883-1972), folk art bas relief carved bust length portrait of President George Washington, with carved sides simulating a frame. Lower edge of frame with carved title and signature, “George Washington Carved by Stephen L. Iwasko”. Circa 1930. Sight: 19″ H x 15 1/2″ W. Frame: 22″ H x 18 1/2″ W. […]
Lot 250: American Gilt Carved Figural Eagle
A gilt carved and gesso wood figural eagle depicted with outstretched wings on a rounded base. Drill hole to the base underside, likely for a pedestal, not present. 9 3/4″ H x 14″ D x 10 1/2″ W. American or English, 19th century. PROVENANCE: The Estate of John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville, TN. CONDITION: Overall […]
Lot 249: 4 Historical Glass Flasks plus 1 Early Glass Bottle
1st item: 1936 Franklin Roosevelt TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) clear glass bottle or flask, possibly made for the dedication of the Norris Dam located in Norris, Tennessee. Raised image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt above the American Eagle holding a banner reading “E Pluribus Unum” and the date 1936 on one side. TVA logo (hand holding […]
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