Quilt Blocks, “Grecian Square”, “Crow’s Nest”, or “Attic Window” pattern

Alabama

About 1940-1945

  • Titles Quilt Blocks, "Grecian Square", "Crow's Nest", or "Attic Window" pattern (Descriptive)
  • Artist Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, United States
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions each: 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.149.2009.1-.2
  • Work Type quilt blocks
  • Classification Quilts

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Rosecraft Blended vase, shape 35-5"
Tall glass wine goblet with a shallow bowl of burgundy glass, the exterior of speckled light burgundy and white glass, the long stem, likewise with a white exterior, in the form of a stylized female without arms and with the two legs joining to form the lower portion of the stem, the round foot of clear glass, a burgundy glass "drip" emerges from the lip of the goblet and runs down the exterior of the bowl and stem to the female form where it divides into two drips.
Cup or Mug, Miller Pottery, Alabama, Perry County, stoneware with Albany or Michigan slip and white feldspar glaze, blue pieces tinted with cobalt
Three-piece tête-a-tête tea set consisting of teapot, creamer and sugar, each piece three sided, the teapot with handle, finial and curved spout with overall embossed surface decoration of stylized leaf and berry design, the sides engraved with asymmetrical pattern of birds, butterflies and chrysanthemums, the border of applied "Japanese chain" design (a pattern of painted ovals and half flowers with scrolls); the creamer with similarly embossed handles and finial, with beak-shaped spout, same border pattern, the body likewise decorated with engraved chrysanthemums and insects; the sugar with three embossed handles of same motif, the body engraved with insects and chrysanthemums, same border pattern, all pieces with the engraved initials: "C.B.E." in the Japanese style