Crazy Quilt

Luta Richardson

1888

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Large quilt in the Tree of Life, or Pine Tree, pattern comprised of a variety of printed and solid cottons forming a grid of nine blocks, each containing a diamond shape with a flowering tree inside it against an orange ground outlined by black strips, at each corner block a black strip extends directly from the corner to the diamond.
flower, leaf
Yo-yo coverlet, pink and green zig-zag borders.
Large, molded, porcelain pitcher, with blue ground, the spout in the form of a sea lion with tusks and beard, on one side the white molded image of King Gambrinus introducing lager into the United States and offering Brother Jonathan his first glass of the foaming beverage, the Buck Goat is seen surmounting the beer keg, on the other side are the figures of Bill Nye and Ah Sin, the "Heathen Chinee," who has just been caught with the three aces falling from his sleeve, the handle is comprised of a nondescript animal, below the lip a border of ivy leaves on a vine, below the spout a medallion in the form of stylized foliate motifs, with gold highlights.