Quilt Blocks, “Six-Pointed Star” pattern

Alabama

1880-1900

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Large "Gunboat Quilt" of brown silk taffeta, at its center an embroidered basket overflowing with appliqued flowers and two tiny strawberries and a small butterfly, surrounded by an embroidered wreath of similar flowers, like flowers adorn each of the four corners, the quilt front is divided by a geometric pattern of two vertical and two horizontal bands of small dark-blue taffeta squares, the back a medium brown polished cotton, the edges bound with blue taffeta.
Tall, slender face jug of tan stoneware covered with a drippy alkaline glaze, with two small ears sticking out on either side, a strong nose and two eyes high up on the shoulder of the jug, the mouth open and with four white teeth, on either side of the neck are two small loop handles that terminate in small, cartoonish, hands.
Bow tie quilt, knit fabrics.
Cotton in red, green, yellow and red. Print on white ground. Pieced quilt with four major squares across by three major squares down; white ground with "X" design with leaves at end and four fans in each square; arched quilting, cotton batting.