This month's finds: carvings, pottery, jewelry, clothes, and a few other things.
A little of the place.
Carvings
Tree spirit
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Junior Cobb
A face carved into a tall, crooked branch. This is the one Junior Cobb piece in the group.
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David Goodlett carving
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Signed David Goodlett and dated 1984 underneath. Goodlett also carved the Sequoyah statue at Oakville Indian Mounds Park and Museum in Alabama.
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Tree spirit · flowing beard
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Tree spirit · forked branch
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Tree spirit · root carving
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Railroad-nail golfer
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An old railroad nail, painted and made into a golfer.
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Santas
T. Nelson Robertson
Long hats, long beards, and a different face on each one.
Painted wood
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Mose Tolliver
Blue watermelon
Painted on board. It even has a beer-can pull tab on the back for hanging, something Tolliver often used.
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Around the house, and an old photograph.
Pottery
John S. Collins merchant pot
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A 19th-century merchant pot. John S. Collins was a general-merchandise dealer in Finleyville, Pennsylvania.
An 1893 county history records a John S. Collins married to Rachel Narcissa Finley, granddaughter of the town’s namesake. Family history
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Stoneware jug
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A blue flower on the front.
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A closer look
Alabama jar
Found in Alabama. This dark, round-bodied jar has a flared rim and incised triangular decoration around the shoulder.
It recalls Late Mississippian Barton Incised pottery, like the Chucalissa example dated AD 1400–1550.
For comparison, a Barton Incised jar at Chucalissa is dated 1400–1550. That museum jar has shell-tempered clay, incised decoration and two handles.
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Out by the cars.
Birds
Curved-bill shorebird
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Straight-bill shorebird
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Lesser scaup decoys
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Mark A. Daisey · Chincoteague, Virginia
A drake and a hen. Both have Daisey's name and the bird's name underneath.
Drake
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Hen
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Jewelry
A closer look, from a few different angles.
A few together
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Derrick cuff
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Sterling silver cuff by Navajo silversmith Derrick Gordon, signed DERRICK STERLING. Gordon learned from his uncle, Delbert Gordon, in 1990 and is known for intricate stamped silver.
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Turquoise ring
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An oval turquoise stone.
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Hat ring
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Skeleton Key Workshop. A little cowboy hat with a green stone, signed SKW.
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Blue-green pendant
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Turtle ring
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Inlaid ring
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Patterned band
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Earrings
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Bead necklace
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Round beads in a mix of colors.
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Braided bracelet
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Dark beads
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Bead necklace
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Tabra bracelet
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Signed Tabra underneath the clasp.
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Tommy Singer watch cuffs
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Signed T. Singer in script, with Sterling stamped on the back.
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Blue watch cuffs
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Blue oval stones on a pair of curved watch ends.
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Aquahyeoma watch cuffs
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Marvin Lucas Aquahyeoma
Blue and pearly inlay, side by side.
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Watch cuffs
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Three pairs, together.
A few things along the way.
Tableware
Bowls, cups and cutlery
A Towle sterling cup, a Paul Revere reproduction porridge bowl, and a mix of spoons and forks.
