Quilt, “Whig’s Defeat”

Rispie Couch Neill

1845

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Pine Burr/Cockleburr/Petal/Pine Cone quilt, very old and heavy
Oil paint en grisaille fired onto the glass
Wool "log cabin" quilt in pattern of squares broken on a black ground, the squares forming a larger, diamond pattern, backed in satin
Turned and hand-modelled jug of tan stoneware and covered with blue speckles and a clear glaze, in the form of a rooster with red comb and wattle, the head slightly thrown back and the beak open as if crowing, with loop handle on its back and large pipe-shaped spout, the interior glazed.