Quilt, “Jacob’s Ladder” pattern

Mary Maxtion

1991

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Early blocks quilt in brown corduroy, "made before I knew how".
Large white stoneware pitcher of baluster form with leaf-molded spout and scrolled handle, the body with on both sides the same molded image in relief of Christopher Columbus and his crew landing in the New World, with gilt highlights around the lip, spout, handle, foot and shoulder.
Embroidered and painted picture on silk, decorated with beading and tassels, featuring a female figure as Liberty, central to the composition, holding up a cup to the American eagle in her right hand and supporting a staff with her left arm, the staff with an American flag, waving as if in a breeze, the stars picked out in metal, and a Phrygian hat with tassels perched on top, in her left hand Liberty holds a floral garland that extends down to the ground, Liberty wears a gold dress with a tasseled sash around her waist and fringe at the hem, she stands atop a key, likely the "Key of Tyranny," the key to the Bastille which had been sent to George Washington in 1790 by Lafayette, and which is symbolic of the American triumph over monarchy and oppression, and garter, with a banner bearing the motto IN ROY M and a broken candlestick, the background features a painted blue and gray cloudy sky with a domed church on the right and a sea or harbor, along with a rock with flowers and grass in the foreground, a column with a floral garland is immediately behind Liberty.
Burnt orange, sleeveless, embroidered hem, large gold flower, silk lined