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THE ANTIQUE DETECTIVE
How To Identify Many Quilt Types
Recognizing the many types of
quilts can be a challenge for be
ginning collectors. It also helps in
dating them. Among them Crazy
quilts. Album and Log Cabin.
Clues: Crazy quilts are a good
example of unusual names, based
on the fact they had no fixed de
sign. However, their form and
function has changed since they
were first made in the American
colonies. These were made from
whatever fabric scraps were on
hand, fitted together like a pic
ture puzzle. As cloth became
more available in the colonies,
the Crazy quilts became a thing
of the past, usually discarded.
The Crazy quilt of the 1870 s was
totally different, with it’s combi
COMPLETE AUCTIONEERING SERVICE
PUBLIC AUCTION
Saturday, December 2, 2000 • 9:00 AM
Selling Real Estate, Antiques & Collectibles For the Estate
Of The Late Kathryn Kline, Near New Columbia.
DIRECTIONS: From Harrisburg travel north on Rt 15. Take the West Milton exit. At the
traffic light turn right toward Milton. Travel approx. 2 blocks. Immediately after crossing
the railroad tracks, turn left onto River Road Proceed approx I mile Property is on the
left Signs posted
Eh Terry Paint Decorated Mantle Clock w/Reverse Paintings; Marble Top Wash Stand;
Cherry & Walnut Dovetailed Night Stand, Early Walnut Framed Mirror; Pine Walnut
Dovetailed Dresser Box; B”xl6”x7”H, Dry Sink w/Two Top Drawers, New Haven Banjo
Clock, Cherry Dropleaf Table; New Hitchcock Twin Beds & Night Stand; Gate Leg Stand;
Chestnut Wood Box; Sheraton Chest Of Drawers w/Scratch Bead, Reeded Posts & Brass
Eschutons, Poplar Blanket Chest w/Tumed Feet, Mahogany Fall Front Desk w/Fluted
Comer Posts, 3 Captain’s Chairs, One w/Camng; Martha Washington Sewing Stand,
Carpenter’s Chest, Refinished; 2 Cherry Dropleaf Tables, Rush Seat Slat Back Chair; 4
Arrow Back Plank Chairs, Primitive Bench; Dough Box On Legs; Double Student’s Lamp,
Electric. 1/2 Spindle Chairs, Dressing Screen, Kero lamps; One m Amber, Small Three
Drawer File, Royal Doulton China Service For 6, Cantebury; Cast Bank, 1882 w/Key;
Chem Tin Egg w/Roaster On Top, Frames & Prints; E.I Dupont, Game Prints By Hunt,
1913, Sterling Salts & Peppers, Sterling Brush, Near Cut Glass Bowl; Mustache Cup &
Saucer, Ground Top Counter Jar, Flash Cups, Delaware, Mt Holly Springs; Kate;
Stoneware Bottle, 2 Clay Piggy Banks; Cow Bell; Kline & Co. Yard Stick Williamsport;
Griswold #3 & #9 Brass Bucket, Crockery Bean Pot; Sterling Flatware; Costume Jewelry;
Sterling Pins, Bracelets & Necklace, 1921 Silver dollar; Bucknell Print Milk Bottle; Wood
Benches, Wash Board, 2x4 Machine Hooked Rug; Chinese 2’x2’ Louvre Rug, 5 Gal.
Buckeye Pretzel Tin, Williamsport, Print Of Chalk Dove By Wyeth; Nippon Pieces;
American Fostona, French Ivory Dresser Set; Bone Handle Carving Set; Cast Dog; Horn
Whistle, Machine Braided Room Rug; Dovetailed Cutlery Carry All; Bronze Shakespeare
Bookends, Wobble Head Dog: Brass Candle Sticks, Decorated Preserve Crock; Historical
Flow Blue Plate By Wedgewood; Alummumware; Fish Creel, One Man Saw, Sprinkle
Can
Pretty Polly Kid’s Book; Early Photos, Loss Of San Francisco Or Incidents of Shipwreck,
1855, Hebrew German Book, 1812, A Picture Of Lycoming County; Union County
History, Shumaker’s Black Forest Souvenirs And Juniata Memories; Examples of
Goodness Translation From German, 1866; Photo Cards; Milton; Blue Bell, Jersey Shore,
Montgomery, Bucknell & 100’s More, UMA Methodist Church 1905 Piece, 13 Turkish
Trophies Tobacco Prints
Gold 30” Electric Range, Refrigerator, Upright Freezer; Washer & dryer, Microwave; Sofa
& Other Upholstered Furniture, Cherry Comer Cupboard; Boston Rocker; Maple Double
Bed; Portable TV’s, Card Table, Sweepers, Air Conditioner, Jacobson Mower, Elec Leaf
Blower, Gas String Trimmer, Camp Stove, Lawn Furniture; Bird Bath, Lawn & Garden
Tools, Lawn Cart, Wood & Aluminum Ex t Ladders, Wood Step Haddens
KENNETH E. MASSINGER
RR 02, Box 985
McClure, PA 17841
(570) 658-3536
AU-001532-L
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Anne Gilbert
nation of everything from velvet
to cotton, wool and silk. Other
fabrics used were plush, satin
and linen. It was called the
“crazy patch quilt,” with each
block hand-sewn to a backing of
coarsely woven material. Once
sewn together, they were con
nected with fancy stitchery in
variously colored threads. Collec
tors today look for examples with
embroidered flowers, bugs and
people as well as names. Even
advertisements or pictures print
ed on satin and woven silk
badges were used.
Among the most expensive
quilts are those known as Album
quilts, made in Baltimore, Mary
land between 1846 and 1854. The
Williamsburg, Virginia
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
BOOKS, PAPER & PHOTOS
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
* NEIL A. COURTNEY
R.D. #1 Box 239
Richfield, PA 17086
ligP 7 (570) 539-8791
AU-002651-L
name “album” was taken from
the then popular hobby of put
ting mementos into scrapbooks.
The album quilt used the same
idea with sloth squares. Each of
the squares had a central motif
such as an animal or a flowering
tree.
Other subjects for the applique
squares used identifiable Balti
more buildings, religious motifs
and overall geometric patterns.
What makes them so special is
the intricate piecing and appli
que work. For the special album
bridal quilts almost invisible
stitches were used. Each square
was supposedly made by a differ
ent friend of the bride and auto
graphed by the maker in India
PUBLIC AUCTION of ANTIQUES
Eugenia “Genie” Hoaster Clemens Estate,
Mt. Lebanon Campmeeting Grove, Lebanon, PA.
Eleanor Pitts, Queens NY, Robert Wolfe Estate, Lebanon, PA
& local collections & estates
KLEINFELTER’S AUCTION ROOM
105 Chapel St., Lebanon, PA 17046
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 2000 • 8:30 AM
Exhibition: Friday, December Bth, 2000 - 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM
NOTE: All day sale - Furniture approx. 3:00 PM
10% Buyer’s Premium
Directions: Lebanon is located 28 miles East of Harrisburg, approx. 28 miles West of Reading,
approx. 30 miles North of Lancaster - Exit #2O PA Turnpike (Lebanon-Lancaster interchange)
North on Rt.#72 approx. 8 miles to Lebanon (Rt. #72 & Rt. #422) - 9th & Cumberland Sts.
1 blk. North to Willow St. East 1-1/2 blocks auction on left next to library at 7th & Willow Streets
(1 block North of Rt. #422)
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Cherry 8 day
Grandfathers Clock w/painted moon dial signed
Joseph Gorges Myerstown, Cherry 8 day
Grandfathers Clock w/painted moondial, Cherry
Grandfathers clock w/brass works, walnut 2 pt.
Dutch cupboard, cherry slant front desk, cherry 2
pt. comer cupboard, softwood 2 pt. comer cup
board, yellow grain painted 2 pt. high dry sink,
walnut 3 drawer farm table, softwood grained
blanket chest, softwood red decorated blanket
chest, redecorated settee, brass bed, 2 low soft
wood dry sinks, 1 w/copper lining, oak 5 shaded
roll top desk, softwood flour chest, softwood
bucket bench, red decorated sm. blanket chest, sq.
glass door china closet. Empire bureaus, green
decorated sm. chest, walnut Victorian upholstered
sofa, walnut Victorian arm & side chairs, set of 6
decorated chairs, set of 6 decorated balloon back
chairs, walnut dropleaf tables, 5 Victorian caneseat
chairs, balloon back rocker, misc. blanket chests,
childs decorated settee, walnut Victorian bm. mar
ble top tables, mahogany dropleaf sewing stand,
piecrust tilt top table, ornate teakwood flower
stand, softwood 1 drawer stands, early wood doll
carriage, 44” wood carved indian w/buck on
shoulders, ornate metal yard ornament, 3 music
boxes, oak table top “Harmony Talking Machine”
w/moming glory horn, Ig. walnut Humidor
w/Benson & Hedges label inside.
13” All Original Shirlev Temple doll • pink
Hooki
ted 1802.
Kleinfelter’s Antiques & Sales
105 Chapel Street, Lebanon, PA 17046
Phone 717-272-7078 or 717-274-5067
AUCTIONEERS: Clayton C. Kleinfelter, Sr. AU-000497-L David L. Kleinfelter AU-002057-L
Ralph P Kleinfelter AU-001456-L Faye R. Brensinger, Proprietor
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Rues,
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Walnut mantel & steeple clocks,
For desi
Log Cabin quilts are easily rec
ognized since part of their de
signs always resemble the logs
that were stacked in pioneer
homes. As such, they are symbol
ic of the actual log cabins. The
center square is usually red, rep
resenting the placement of a fire
place or hearth. They were popu
lar in the late 19th century.
A Show quilt can also be a
Crazy quilt or a Log Cabin quilt.
They were made in those styles,
but strictly for display and of
silk. Other popular patterns such
as the “Star of Bethlehem” were
transformed to silk show quilts.
Currently, popular because of
their bold colors and large geo
metric designs are Amish and
Mennonite quilts. Printed fabrics
were rarely used. Amish Crib
quilts can be expensive not only
because not many were made,
but few have survived.
Patriotic or Freedom quilts al
ways surfaced in times of war or
surrounding some historical
Empire box clock w/reverse painting on glass,
Early brass carriage lanterns, mechanical & still
banks (mule entering bam, speaking dog, Jonah &
the Whale), 2 Chippendale mirrors, Ig. collection
of Blue decorated stoneware including signed
jugs, crocks, wine decanter, etc., Weller &
Roseville pottery, Ig. collection of Redware pot
tery (signed John W. Bell Wavnesburg. PA crock.
mugs, crocks, flower pots, etc.), Ig. maps of
American Republic published by Mitchell, Phila,
1848, Reverse paintings on glass, framed marriage
birth certificates, Currier & Ives prints, watercol
ors, pictures, etc., butter prints, framed arrow
heads, Early powder horns. Astro lamp, Ornate &
Hand painted oil lamps, brass & pewter hanging
oil lamps (blue milk gl. shade, coinspot ruby shade
& hand painted), early lamp w/hand painted, pan
eled translucent silhouette gl. shade & matching
shaft, leaded & glass handing light, Early quilts &
hooked mgs, Gaudy Welsh, early & late Adams
china, historical blue, spatter & spongeware,
Leeds (dome teapot w/butterfly, peafowl cup &
saucer, etc.), Stiegel, Gaudy Dutch (Warbonnet
squat teapot, creamer, toddy plate & bowl-
Camation, Single Rose, Butterfly, etc.), Ig. collec
tion of cut glass (lamp, compotes, vases, carafes,
bowls, wine decanters, etc.), 17-1/2” pr. of
“Waterford” crystal mantel lustres w/cut gl.
prisms, 11-1/2” pr. of green Enameled Lustres,
hand painted china, cookie cutters, Early iron
ladles, spatulas, forks, etc., 3 bell horse hames,
pocket watchef .(2-14K gold & 6 gold filled),
windup toys, glass candy containers, advertising
items & collectibles plus many items too numer
ous to mention.
Earl
;riotiv(
event such as the 1876 Centenni
al. They used such symbols as
the Stars and Stripes, American
heroes and statesmen. The most
popular symbol was the Ameri
can Bald Eagle. For quilters
commemorating the 1976 Bicen
tennial, the eagle was an impor
tant motif.
A most fascinating, and lesser
known type, is the Hawaiian
(Kapa) quilt It was a spinoff
from missionaries’ patchwork. It
was made of two whole pieces of
material and appliqued in a free
style Island motif, usually a sin
gle color on white. Pattern de
signs included the breadfruit,
turtles, ferns, the crescent moon
and basket of flowers.
Trapunto quilting began in
fourteenth-century Italy. In
America from 1800 through the
Civil War, two layers of clothes
were stitched together with a de
sign: popular examples were
flowers and vines. The use of bat
ting stuffing in the largest design
areas gave it a raised look.
oved checl
lash or
ive letter of
Iress or ohom