Done in cross stitch. Background in wheat gold, floral pattern. Repeated every 21'. Edge turned under and lined with green cotton twill. One end is turned under and weighted, other end is folded triangularly and stitched. Brass ring on latter end is 3/4"
Fine linen with a floral pattern. Cutwork scalloped border in gold silk. Violets in gold and violet silk - satin and outline stitch. Hand embroidered. Roughly square in shape.
Remains of green silk at both ends over linen. Backing appears to be natural color linen with an open weave wool decorated with needlepoint floral-design repeated about ten times down length. Red rose/lavender rose/blue violets, with green leaves also shadings of brown.
Small table mat with floral outline having 6 lobes or scallops and dense 3-D floral beadwork around perimeter. Clear round and tubular beads appear to have a paper substrate underneath. At center of beadwork is a circle of red velvet, 2.75" in diameter. Fringe of clear beadwork composed of strands of overlapping loops. Bottom is covered with a glazed light red fabric. Edges are finished with a white ribbon binding
Worn areas on red velvet, beadwork has heavy soil, dust and some candle wax drippings near one edge. Beaded fringe is detaching from edges. Binding ribbon is dark, soiled and very deteriorated with considerable loss above and some below.
Bisque fired vase with figurine. Unglazed, white bodied ceramic vase with figure. Colored with with pearlescent paint and gold enamel. The bowl of the case is shell like with floiate scrolls on the rim and a rough rock-like component oppposite the figure. The figure is a boy in romantic costume of white shirt, blue waistcoat or vest, pink cravat or tie, salmon breeches, white stockings, gold shoes, and large straw hat with blue bow. On bottom is number 51 in red and number 5 in varnish.
Bisque fired white ceramic bowl-shaped vase with figure of a girl. Colored with pastel, pearlescent paint and gold enamel. Bowl is ornate, shel shped with foliate scrolls on rim and rock-like form opposite of figure. Base is blue, rock-like in texture with foliate scrolls. Girls is in romanticiized dress of white top with full sleeves, green skirt with pink underskirt or flounce, gold shoes, salmon sash, pink vest and large tan hat with salmon feather. Number 40 or Y O painted in gold and number 5 in varnish on bottom.
A ceramic pot decorated with flowers in brown, cream, green, red, white, yellow, and indigo. Also known as a cuspidor.
Provenance
According to Frank Mowrer (Real Estate & Ins.) this cuspidor belonged to James Buchanan. Frank bought it at a Public Sale of Buchanan's things held by George B. Wilson many years ago; before the restoration of Wheatland, for .35.
Yellow earthenware lobe-paneled spittoon decorated with streaked and spattered dark brown manganese under a clear lead glaze. Oval drain hole on side. Underside has impressed maker's name in block letters: "Eagle/ Porcelain Works / Lancaster City, PA / Henry Gast, S.Q. St. "
