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Vintage Texas Paintings carries an assortment of fine antiques. However we specialize in more artistic works such as Harding Black pottery, San Jose Tile, and rare Texas Utilitarian pottery. Please view our assortment below and contact us if you have any questions.
This piece has a front door panel that is chamfered inside and out. The front is mortise & tenon jointed with wooden pegs. It has the original lock, but we have no key.<br><br>The cornice or crown appears to have a few of the tip broken off but the "Stars & Circles" are pretty amazing.<br><br>The back of the cabinet is made from an early Texas Shipping Crate.<br><br>The body is joined with square nails. <br><br>There is a shelf inside and a pocket behind the cornice. I have more photos if you are interested.
2 Gallon Ultra Rare Signed Jug. Impressed in Jug G. H. Cranston
13 inches tall by 9 inches across at widest point
In business 1869-1875
<div><div><img alt="Sale of property and improvements by Nancy Cranston to George Cranston legal document" src="https://texasartisans.mfah.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p15939coll6/6212/default.jpg?highlightTerms=Cranston"><br><img alt="Sale of property and improvements by Nancy Cranston to George Cranston legal document" src="https://texasartisans.mfah.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p15939coll6/6213/default.jpg?highlightTerms=Cranston"><br><br>Title Sale of property and improvements by Nancy Cranston to George Cranston. (legal document) Description Conveyance of property by Nancy V. Cranston, widow and legatee of John Cranston, to George H. Cranston [her son] for five hundred dollars. The property sold includes a parcel described as the "John Cranston dwelling and outhouses, stone factories and fixtures of every kind whatsoever embracing the entire tract sold to said John Cranston by Elenor Daugherty on the 23rd day of August 1854. The sale includes one undivided interest in and to all Potters clay or clay mines that are on or may be found in and upon a certain tract or parcel of land" located by A. H. Serren and being the privilege/benefits conveyed by A. H. Serren to John Cranston on August 23rd, 1853. The sale also includes the "exclusive right and privilege of digging, removing, and using potters clay from and upon" sixty-four acres and sold to John Cranston by John S. Lovejoy on July 5, 1854. This document was filed for record on April 26, 1876.Source Denton County Clerk's Office. Deed Records Book A, pp. 177-178. Date Original November 9, 1869 Date Cranston, George H.; Cranston, John.; Cranston, Nancy V.; Cranston Pottery.; Serren, A. H. Name Variations Cranston-Donaldson Pottery. Subject LC Potters Subject MESDA Potter Occupation Potters Coverage Place Denton County (Tex.) Coverage Date1869Keywordland conveyances; property deeds; court records Contributing Institution Denton County Clerk's Office Rights For more information, contact [email protected] Format JPEG Hill Texas Archive Research Notes The deed record is cited in Susan Ann Lebo, "Specialization: Stoneware pottery production in northcentral Texas, 1850-1910," doctoral dissertation, University of Washington, 1992. Ann Arbor, UMI Press, p. 338-341.Artisan or Artist IdentifierAI-00090 ; AI-00125 ; AI-00124 ; AI-00130IdentifierTXLND-DEN-003Date created2023-10-25Date modified2023-10-25</div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2>Item Description</h2></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<h3>Kiowa Youth's Shirt and Leggings, circa 1880<small><i></i></small></h3><div><p>The body of the shirt is ochre dyed in yellow and green. Beadwork decorates the bottom edge, bib and shoulders of the shirt. On the shoulders, the colors are arranged to form a rainbow-like motif. The leggings are tailored in a "bat-wing" style, the central body being year and "wings" being red. Separating the two colors is a linear row of leather thongs accented by brass trade beads and cowrie shells.<br><br>Shirt: 34" long, 22" wide; Leggings: 24" long, 10" wide.<br><br>These were last sold by Malcolm Grimmer's "Antique American Indian Art" in 2013. Santa Fe, NM. Now retired Malcolm was and is considered the leading authority in his field.</p></div>