Quilt, “Blocks” pattern

Nora Ezell

1930-1940

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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."
Large, round, red-and-pink glass flower with white and clear glass rod stem and thin green and yellow bands interspersed with black dots emanating from the center.
Stemless, conical drinking glass of clear glass and decorated with a thread of blue glass that spirals around the cone of the bowl and into the foot, which is comprised of a thick, clear cube-shaped blob of glass.
Transparent glass vase with wheel-cut decoration consisting of horizontal lines in an ascending-descending checkerboard pattern.