Whiskey Jug

Possibly William ("Willie") A. McPherson, Sand Mountain

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Quilt, Alabama, textiles
Large water glass, or goblet, with a deep bowl and short stem, the bowl in reddish-pink glass that fades to pink lower down the bowl, with vertical ridges that contain a pattern of black spots that resemble watermelon seeds, the fluted stem of light green glass, the round foot is of clear glass.
Large, colorful quilt of various cotton fabrics in the "Everybody" and "Houses" patterns comprised of a semi-grid system of quilt blocks, likely made from left over blocks from other quilts, featuring several different traditional patterns and five quilt blocks with houses, with a green border and simple printed lining.
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.