Stillman: First 100 Years

Nora Ezell

1986

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Large, molded, porcelain pitcher, with blue ground, the spout in the form of a sea lion with tusks and beard, on one side the white molded image of King Gambrinus introducing lager into the United States and offering Brother Jonathan his first glass of the foaming beverage, the Buck Goat is seen surmounting the beer keg, on the other side are the figures of Bill Nye and Ah Sin, the "Heathen Chinee," who has just been caught with the three aces falling from his sleeve, the handle is comprised of a nondescript animal, below the lip a border of ivy leaves on a vine, below the spout a medallion in the form of stylized foliate motifs, with gold highlights.
Pieced Diamonds quilt
Rosecraft Blended vase, shape 35-5"
A mold-formed cottage-type vase with central cartouche featuring a polychrome domestic genre scene. A woman in a pink dress, standing at left, cranks a serinette [French for "little canary"], a small barrel organ used to teach songs to canaries. The a birdcage, housing the canary, hangs above the table, upon which rests both the serinette, and a blue vase contain pink flowers. Beside the table, a grey cat sits upon a wooden chair with green upholstery. This was also the subject of a 1751 painting by Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699 - 1779) entitled "La serinette," now at the Louvre.