08-09-201408-09-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 9, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Group of Shaker Sewing-related Items

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$5,228$4,250
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2744MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 10, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Group of Shaker Sewing-related Items, Enfield, New Hampshire, 19th and 20th century, comprising a large oval five-finger box with brown-red stain; two smaller oval boxes lacking their tops, one containing a variety of threads; a yellow-painted box with pincushion containing wax and a small ruler; a red-painted tray containing twelve mostly Shaker thread spools, five of them painted yellow; a pair of Shaker silk gloves; a red and white woven handkercheif with ink inscription "Rosetta"; a "REAL SCOTCH OR AYRSHIRE HONE" with labeled cardboard sheath; a small pair of steel scissors; two hardwood clothespins, one reportedly from Enfield; ten bone or horn sewing implements in a linen sugar bag monogrammed "RC," probably for Sister Rosetta Cummings of Enfield; an early 20th century cardboard box with sewing implements including a purple felt needleholder stitched with the letter "R"; three letters written to Mrs. Carl Weighman and a Mrs. Jeffries by Sister Rosetta Cummings in 1923, a calling card for Rosetta Cummings and Fannie C. Fallon, a receipt from the Trustees at Enfield totalling $96.00 for goods purchased by Mrs. Carl Weighman on September 14, 1923, including several pieces of furniture; a dated 1940 photograph of two women, probably Rosetta Cummings and Fannie Fallon, Sisters at the Enfield, New Hampshire, community.

Note: Much of this lot was acquired directly from Sisters Rosetta Cummings and Fannie Fallon in 1923.
Estimate $800-1,200


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Keywords

Enfield, Rosetta Cummings, Fannie C. Fallon, New Hampshire, Carl Weighman, steel scissors, Sisters Rosetta Cummings