Bama Planter

I"m feeling better lately so I'm back at the blog.  Here is some purple transferware I bought from an auction in Bainbridge.   I am always fascinated by the movements of the people.  They always seem to be so busy.  Where have they been?   I read that the saucers were deep so as to hold the coffee -  that it was impolite to drink from the cup.  I've heard other victorian stories that were just made up ( such as the petticoat table myth)  so I never know if these tales are true or not. I remember the old folks here pouring their coffee into their saucers and blowing on it to cool it, so there is some truth to the drinking from the saucer part.  I saw that myself. Where is she going?  Who are these people telling her goodbye? 

A portrait of a young boy has arrived from an auction in NY.  He has no frame and no identification for either himself or the artist who painted him.  There will need to be a touch of dark infilling around his collar. The canvas measures 28 1/4 x 23  1/4.     He will need a gold gesso frame with an oval insert to fit. That hunt might take a while.

Crazy Quilts seem to be popping up in a lot of auctions lately all over the country.  I've purchased three in June and can't seem to get enough. Unless a person sews, there is no way of realizing how much time went into their creation. The quilt collector books seem to agree that the fad of the crazy quilt was a late victorian thing. Silks, satins, wools, velvets.... All have the same format, yet some of them show greater skill and artistic ability.

He is a large oval  43 x 35 frame  from an auction house in Pennsylvania, ca. 1850. He holds a book which some say signifies that he can read. Other just call it a prop. Usually a person well off enough to pay for an oil portrait was well off enough to have some education.  The canvas is 35 x 27.    I think the gesso decoration on this frame is going to be some of the best examples I have of that lost art. He should arrive within two weeks.  I need more wall space.