Quilt, “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” pattern

Family of Elmer Wood

About 1940-1950

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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.
Lattice quilt in red and white.
Glazed stoneware face jug with undefined white eyes and an open mouth with teeth, the face glazed half brown and half tan with a splotch of brown on the nose and splash of gold above the left eyebrow, with a phallic-shaped handle and short spout, the entire piece with applied bits including a blue and white teacup hanging from the left side, ceramic shards projecting from the face, shell motifs, a baby’s head, and stuck in the forehead a white porcelain cow's head, on top of the face are the torso and head of a male figure sticking his tongue out, with undefined white eyes and wearing stacked dishes on his head, from his torso project ceramic legs and arms and on his left shoulder sits a blue ceramic horse, on the right and resting on the spout are a pale tan horse and white porcelain head, with a round bail handle with two loose snakes wrapped around it and a hollow head with pierced eyes as finial, on the back incised LENZO and the date 9-11-2001 along with God Help Us.
A press-molded circular pitcher with matte green galze, with a broad spout and tall neck decorated in relief with a grapevine motif. The handle is in the form of a greyhound, which appears to be climbing into the jug. The body is decorated in relief with hunting scenes: hounds attacking a stag on one side and mastiffs attacking a boar on the other.