Open 'Wicker' work bowl, scalloped edge, interwined vine stem handles; oak leaf and acorn motif along outer rim. White background with gilt on bowl; gilt, bright blue and salmon on open work base. Bowl oval-shaped.
Oval open-design ceramic pedestal dish. White ceramic dish decorated in blue and gold paint. The oval-shaped bowl (about 15 inches from handle to handle and 9.25 inches across) has sides with an open design. The base is outlined in gold and a hole in the center contains a metal flat-topped pin about 4 inches long that extends below the bowl and is held in place by a cork, threaded onto the pin secured by a wing-nut. The ornately decorated base has open spaces with cascading blue leaves detailed in gold with hanging white acorns. 4 curled designs form the feet for the base. Made in France.
Band of salmon color with gold line at edges of both lids and dishes. Gold decoration branches of peas, oats, berries. Sauceboat: Foot dish attached to oval plate. Two handles on narrow ends of dish, half loops. Dish has cut-out for ladle. Butter Dish: R
Hand-painted daisies adorn these porcelain cornucopia-shaped vases mounted on Gilt Spelter cast bases featuring four cherub faces amidst vines and leaves. The top of each vase is pierced with gilt paint highlighting the piercings and hand painted gilt vines.
Lancaster Amish Bars quilt, circa 1920. Deep colors such as these are usually found in early quilts.
Top: Twill-weave wools. Seven-inch wide bars of blue and green with red inner border and blue outer border with green blocks.
Back: Black & white and blue & white chambray, machine joined in four widths. Just one narrow strip is in blue.
Quilting: Although the quilting of fine even stitches is excellent, the patterns are hard to see in dark colors. Outer border has baskets containing a tulip and tiny paired loops a the side of each basket handle. Baskets alternate with 6-point stars. A row of scallops along inner edge. The inside border has a double cable with 6-point star in corners. Centerfield is waffle.
Binding is red, machine sewn to the back, turned and machine sewn to front with black cotton thread.
North of White Horse, Lancaster County (Esprit Book, plate 43)
Provenance
Purchased by Esprit from the Holsteins for $10,000 on 6/12/1986.
Some fading of blue fabric. Some small holes and one tear, now darned, at back of binding in one corner caused by a heavy nylon strap sleeve, removed by conservator Linnea Davis. Other hole repairs made by Davis in binding (see file).