Thimble

Simons Brothers Company, Possbily designed by John F. Simons, or Henry A. Weihman

About 1889

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Small Medusa face jug of tan, glazed stoneware with prominent cheeks, crossed brown eyes highlighted with white glaze, dark eyebrows and flat ears wearing pearl earrings, the mouth slightly pursed, the head with incised, brown-glazed hair and covered with a bed of snakes with open mouths, colored with different glazes in shades of green, blue and beige.
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, glass champagne flute with spirally-fluted, conical bowl, in a shade of deep purple that fades to clear at the bottom of the bowl, the clear glass stem is textured, the round foot also of clear glass.
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