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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Ceramics
Object ID
1989.997
Date Range
1989
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Collection
Decorative Arts Collection: Ceramics
Description
Pressed redware plate commemorating 175th anniversary of Mountville. Features incised jubilee emblem and floral decorations. Made by the mayor, Victor Lenox, for celebration.
Date Range
1989
Year Range From
1989
Year Range To
1989
Made By
Lenox, Victor
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum North
Storage Wall
East Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 05
Storage Shelf
Shelf 7
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Mountville
Object Name
Plate, Commemorative
Material
Redware
Height (in)
1
Length (in)
11
Width (in)
14
Condition
Excellent
Object ID
1989.997
Place of Origin
Martic Twp.
Accession Number
1989.997
Images
Less detail
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
G.11.01.01
Date Range
c. 1860
  1 image  
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Quaker-made quilt, Star Block pattern of cottons by Ann Mather Ambler. Made before her Jan. 1861 marriage to Quaker farmer Aquilla Bolton Lamborn, after which they settled on a farm near Liberty Square in Drumore Twp.
Made of 16 hand-pieced blocks, each 17" sq., set straight in rows 4 x 4. Each block is a broken star design of red cotton prints and off-white muslin, pieced with diamonds and squares. Red print sashing 3" wide with diamond-in-square cornerstones. Outer border is a red print 5" wide and inner border is white, 3" wide.
Back is a tan and blue cotton print, brought forward to front to create binding. Batting is a very thin-weight cotton. Handquilted in white; outer border has diagonal lines, inner border and sashing have a double-line twisted cable and pieced star blocks have outlined components.
Appraiser notes two names for this quilt: "Carpenter's Wheel" and "Eight-point Broken Star" (Barbara Brackman's book #3810).
Provenance
Maker to daughter Alice Lamborn Long (she and husband James Long moved to Chester Co. in 1915), then to Alice's granddaughter Ruth W. Long (of Toms River, NJ) for safekeeping until finally given to nephew/donor Mitchell K. Long.
Ruth W. Long lived in Toms River, NJ. and recopied the handwritten family history, now laminated. Additional old paper note reads: "Quilt made by Ann M. Lamborn before 1861."
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Date Range
c. 1860
Year Range From
1855
Year Range To
1860
Creator
Ambler, Ann Mather, 1831-1894
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 36
Subcategory
Bedding
Object Name
Quilt
Material
Cotton
Height (in)
9.8
Width (in)
98
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-02-13
Condition Notes
Some small dark stains such as black staining on madder red print. Various liquid stains throughout.
Object ID
G.11.01.01
Notes
Three red calicos used in this quilt; one is pictured on p. 84 of "Dating Fabric".
Place of Origin
Martic Twp.
Role
Quiltmaker
Credit
Gift of Marshall Long, Heritage Center Collection
Accession Number
G.11.01
Images
Less detail