Description
Swing handle carrier & Sister’s fancy goods (3)
Lot 87: Wooden Carrier and Three Sister’s Fancy Goods
$1,298.00
Lot 87: Wooden Carrier and Three Sister’s Fancy Goods
$1,298.00
Estimate: $700 – $900
Price Realized: $1,298
Pine, original brick red painted finish, tall maple bentwood hoop swing handle, fastened with wood, dowels and brass screws, straight canted sides, arched ends with handle attachments, 17″ h (to top of handle), 16 1/2″ l, 7 1/2″ w; Three Sister’s sewn Gift Shop bags: one crocheted, marked “spoons”, edged in copper brown silk, lined in pink felt sections for 14 spoons, 16″ l (open), 12″ w; Sewn cotton bag for sewing notions, “thimble”, “snaps”, “bottons” (buttons), “cotton” with attached silk ribbon, 23 1/2″ l, 6″ w; Linen bag with four sections, red taped edges, needlework script “A place for Everything and Everything in it’s place.”, 22 1/2″ l, 11″ w; (Geiss collection; purchased at WHA Shaker Auction in 1985).
