Lot 92: Canterbury Shaker Collection

Seed sieve with screen, 11 1/2″ d; Peg (3″) from Sister Ethel; Miniature basket pincushion; Corbett’s Shaker box; Toy box; 19th c. oat straw bonnet binding (history); 1792 clothespin from Sister Ethel; Three Shaker spools with thread (silk); Tin decorated cake box with side handles, “Given to Cindy by Ethel Hudson (not Shaker but used by Ethel…”, 8 1/2″ h; Knitted cup holders in Canterbury card box; Hanging basket match holder given by Sister Ethel to Marilyn & Ted (made by Martha Wetherbee); Reproduction cherry wood candle holder made by David Lamb, 1978 (gift); Glass sugar bowl with turned maple sugar spoon, with paper Eldress Lucy Ann Shepard, Ministry of Canterbury Shakers; Ephemera group including a Marilyn Phillips scrapbook with photograph of Sister Ethel Hudson and Sister Alice Howland, “Canterbury N.H. Shaker Friends”, c. 1992, on the cover; many cards, photographs, news articles and Shaker letters; By Shaker Hands, June Sprigg, signed by Sisters B. Lindsay, G. Soule, M. Wall and E. Hudson, 1976, and also by June Sprigg; The Shakers and their Homes signed by Ethel Hudson; “The World of Shaker” newspapers, 1971-1977, and other Shaker paper goods; Framed motto print given to Marilyn by Sister Ethel Hudson in 1972; (ex. Marilyn Phillips collection).

Estimate: $400-600