Crazy Quilt

Alabama

1890

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Large stoneware shell-shaped bowl with blue-green glaze on slightly raised foot, on the upper rim the stylized figure of a recumbent mermaid, inside dolphins modeled onto the interior of the bowl, the outside ribbed like a shell, with original pierced "flower frog"
Large quilt of natural and synthetic materials of rectangular shape, the border a bright yellow and the ground a patchwork of various fabrics, with an interior border of blue that divides the quilt into sections, the top includes the title of the quilt, "Five Loaves and two fishes" in black paint, while the middle section includes the scene of Jesus with one of his Disciples and a small boy holding a basket full of loaves of bread and fish, in a landscape with hordes of people in the background, the lower two sections include the inscription, "It is Late afternoon. The crowd that has followed Jesus is hungry. But the only food available belongs to a boy. He eagerly gives it to Jesus Who thanks God for it and hand it to his Disciples. They had faith. on passed out 5 Loave and 2 fishes Feeding a crowd of five Thousand. 12 baskets of food was left."
Pitcher commemorating the "Discovery of America" of transfer-printed, lead-glazed earthenware in shades of monochrome blue-green, of tapering form with a bulbous neck, the shaped handle inscribed "1492" and "Discovery of America," the body decorated with oval reserves depicting many firsts in American history, including three large oval reserves enclosed by chains depicting "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians 1683"; "Landing of Columbus"; and "De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi 1541," below these are four smaller reserves enclosed by ropes depicting "Landing of Roger Williams"; "Columbus before Ferdinand and Isabella"; "Daniel Boone's first view of Kentucky"; and "First view of the Rocky Mountains," and above the large reserves are two small reserves with scrolled borders depicting "Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith" and "Landing at Jamestown," under the handle is one reserve enclosed by rope depicting "Pilgrims receiving Massasoit," on the bulbous neck are additional reserves with the portrait of "Du Quesne"; "Fremont raising the flag"; "Christopher Columbus"; "Fernando de Soto"; "Landing of the Pilgrims"; and "Amerigo Vespucci," all against an oak leaf ground with ropes, anchors and a ship's porthole, with small spout, the inside lip of the pitcher with a pattern of entwined ropes.