Two (2) American quilts. 1st item: Log cabin pattern quilt in the Sunshine and Shadow layout, rendered in cotton and wool fabrics, including brown and dark neutral challis, red plaid, and patterned centers. The quilt top was made on a foundation and applied to a backing comprised of printed dress robe fabric with a separately […]
Lot 985: 3 New England Signed Samplers, incl. Fayetteville Coldsmith 1832 & Heyst 1836
Three (3) New England signed samplers.1st item: Rosanna Coldsmith (1821-1877) Fayetteville, Pennsylvania 1832 needlework sampler, silk on linen, featuring rows of alphabets and numbers over signature; title, "Sampler"; location and date; and family members' initials "CC MC RC", including her father Conrad Coldsmith (1782-1847) and her mother Mary C. Coldsmith (1781-1858), having flowers to lower […]
Lot 986: 19th C Fayetteville, NY Sampler and American Sampler, Total 2
Two American samplers. 1st item: Sampler made by Hannah Higgins (b. circa 1826), silk on linen, rendered entirely in blue cross stitch with four lines of alphabet and numbers above poem, "Jehovah Jesus condescend to bless/[th]e early, with thy love and righteousness,/And daily, teach me how to praise, and pray,/For God regards, what little children […]
Lot 984: 2 Mid Atlantic or Southern Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Pottery Jars
Two Mid-Atlantic or Southern cobalt decorated stoneware pottery jars including one (1) barrel form storage jar with cobalt decorated rings and numbers on the base edge (indicating a possible museum deaccesion number) and one (1) canning jar with three applied cobalt sprigs to the upper shoulder. 14" H and 10" H. Second half of the […]
Lot 982: 2 Small Jack Savitsky O/B Paintings, Horse & Peacock
Two (2) Small John "Jack" Savitsky (Pennsylvania, 1910-1991) oil on board paintings depicting animals including one (1) painting of a horse against a blue landscape background, signed lower right, and one (1) painting of a green peacock and flower against a gradient landscape backdrop, signed lower right, housed in a wood frame. Horse: 4" H […]
Lot 983: Eddy Mumma Outsider Art Painting, Figure w/ Orange Face
Eddy Mumma (Florida/Ohio, 1908-1986) Folk Art/Outsider Art painting on cardstock depicting a half-length figure with orange skin and brown hair, rendered in gestural brush strokes over exposed white support. Identified as "Lori Justice" on sticker attached to verso: "$400 / Eddy Mumma / Lori Justice." Unsigned and unframed, includes general informational print-out. After 1969. 16" […]
Lot 981: 2 Small Jack Savitsky O/B Paintings, Mining Related
Two (2) small John "Jack" Savitsky (Pennsylvania, 1910-1991) oil on board Folk Art or Naive Art paintings. Includes one (1) small coal mining-related painting depicting a white horse pulling a cart with two miners, signed "Savitsky" on cart, and one (1) vertical portrait of a coal miner attired in a red shirt and purple coveralls […]
Lot 979: 2 Peti Clements O/C Paintings, True in Blue & Precious Memories
Two (2) Peti Clements (Alabama, 1911-1999) Black Americana folk art acrylic on canvas paintings depicting children’s scenes. 1st item: Painting, titled “True in Blue”, depicting two young girls with curly hair and blue dresses, one black with a white apron and one white with a bonnet over her red hair, standing shoulder-to-shoulder beside a spotted […]
Lot 980: Victor Gatto O/B Jungle Scene, Lion
Victor Joseph Gatto (New York/Florida, 1890-1965) oil on board folk art jungle scene painting depicting a lion surrounded by diagonal palm trees and forest foliage. Signed "V.J. Gatto" lower right. Small biography on the artists affixed en verso. Housed in a painted frame with scrolling giltwood decoration. Sight: 8 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. […]
Lot 978: Purvis Young Folk Art Drawing Book, 22 Total Drawings
Purvis Young (American/Florida, 1943-2010) yellow legal pad containing twenty-two (22) pen ink and marker on paper drawings featuring a variety of subjects including figures on horseback, portraits of people, abstract figures and animals. Most signed 'Young" in upper right corner. 11 3/4" H x 8 1/2" W. PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jay Justice, South Carolina. […]
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