Covered Jar

Ron Meyers

About 1995-2005

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Picture or story quilt handcrafted of multi-colored cotton and cotton blend fabrics in shades of red, green and blue, made in commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement, in a grid pattern of nine blocks beginning in the upper left corner with block 5) Bus Boycott--Rosa Parks; upper middle block 6) [illegible] Baptist Church (appears to be an image of Bethel Baptist Church); upper right block 8) Kennedy Saga; middle left block 1) 16th Street Baptist Church; middle block 3) Extra Milers; middle right block 2) Freedom Riders; lower left block 7) Edmund Pettus Bridge; lower middle block 4) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church; lower right block 9) Directory.
Large, roughly square quilt made of cotton feed sacks assembled in a grid pattern of 9 rows, each colorful quilt block made in a different pattern and some blocks are of different sizes, the whole a conglomeration of geometric and floral motifs in soft and subdued colors.
Tall, glass champagne flute with spirally-fluted, conical bowl, in a shade of deep emerald green that fades to clear at the bottom of the bowl, the clear glass stem is textured, the round foot also of clear glass.
Rosecraft Blended vase, shape 41-6"