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.
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.
Tray of Ivory Py-ra-lin, a celluloid material. Tray edge is molded into a .5in ridge. Ivory refers to the color of the material. Py-ra-lin was produced by EI du Pont de Nemours & Co, Inc Pyralin Department in Arlington, NJ, and was available in amber and tortoiseshell. The ivory color was also called "French ivory."
Light tan earthenware sectional spittoon with darker "runny" slip or glaze finish. On bottom is impressed "Eagle Porcelain Works / Lancaster PA / Henry Gast S.Q. ST."
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.