Ladle

James Conning

1840 - 1860

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Whiteware dish with silver overlay trim around rim and foot; winged scarab motifs in silver overlay with green and orange overglaze enamel at 12 and 6 o'clock positions; Egyptian lotus motifs in silver overlay at 9 and 3 o'clock.
Floral group comprised of a narrow bud vase of clear glass with a pattern of green and brown threads and cross-hatching, with one upright flower with long, bulbous stem and lavender Jack-in-the Pulpit-shaped flower on top, the lower stem with green cross-hatching, and a large round flower made of clear glass with a powder white glass center applied to the reverse, with yellow and green lines that radiate from the stem outwards to the edges of the petals, with fluted three green leaves, all designed to be placed into the vase.
Pink strip quilt.
Large, rectangular quilt in the "Pine Burr" pattern, the official quilt pattern of Alabama, made of 23,850 square pieces of colorful cotton and polyester fabric, folded and sewn layer on layer to create the textural effect of a pinecone, pieced together in a grid of 99 blocks with circular patterns in the center comprised of triangular elements, edged in red.