This article shows text and color pictures to accompany the pattern from member Pat Oxenford’s just completed Heritage Crafts Today, Tole Painting, Stackpole Publishers, PA., appearing in the Fall 2008 Newsletter. Pictures were provided by the author. See the Newsletter for more descriptive details.
Red
toleware octagonal tray, rolled wire edge, red, green, blue and yellow foliate
design on white ground with red center reserve and gold double line detail on
edge, 8 1/2 " t, 12 1/4" w'. prov.: Fred Koch, Condition: minor flaking.
Estimate $2,500- 3,500. Actual sale price $1,600.
The design presented is an
adaptation of the original tray. Please note that the end designs were not
identical as well as the sides were not identical, but very similar. The
original design was done in oils, most likely from the Filley Shop in
Philadelphia in the mid 1850's. I have adapted the design and painted it in
acrylics (JoSonja's Artist Colors).
Pat Oxenford
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