J. W. ROGERS
A love and friendship token to J. H. P.
Probably Batavia, New York
Circa 1860 to 1865

Antique Love Token, Friendship Token, Cutwork and Watercolor, J.W. Rogers, close up

Layered cut white and tan paper with watercolor and ink; mounted under glass within period gilt frame. This love token is unusual for its large scale and the high quality of its allover cutwork designs which incorporate watercolor detailing on the blue birds and hearts, and a polychrome floral still-life at the center of the composition. Largely an anonymous genre, it is quite rare to find a cutwork picture signed by its maker.

Inscribed in ink over red watercolor within heart at left center:
"When this / you see / remember me"
Inscribed in ink over red watercolor within heart at right center:
"Love / & / Friendship / J. H. P."
Inscribed in ink at lower right:
"Cut by J. W. Rogers, Batavia"

A possible identification for the maker of this rare large scale love token is a John W. Rogers, born about 1845, in New York, son of Aaron Rogers (born 1811), and Sarah Fosdick-Rogers (born 1815). The family resided in Batavia, and later Pembroke, in Genesee County, New York. This piece is published within David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles, The Heart of the Matter: Sentimental works on paper by 19th century Americans (Woodbury, CT, 2009), no. 15, illustrated in color. (Frame: 16.5 x 20 inches; view: 12.5 x 16 inches.)

$4,885

210-152

Antique Love Token, Friendship Token, Cutwork and Watercolor, J.W. Rogers, with ruler for scale

Antique Love Token, Friendship Token, Cutwork and Watercolor, J.W. Rogers, center detail

Antique Love Token, Friendship Token, Cutwork and Watercolor, J.W. Rogers, heart detail 1

Antique Love Token, Friendship Token, Cutwork and Watercolor, J.W. Rogers, heart detail 2

Antique Love Token, Friendship Token, Cutwork and Watercolor, J.W. Rogers, signature detail

Friendship Token, True Love Knot
To Ann Crocker
April the 9th 1759
Anonymous
Precise draftsmanship, remaining colors are bright otherwise fugitive pigments

Antique Friendship Token, To Ann Crocker, 18th Century, entire view

Neatly compartmentalized verse, hearts, pinwheels, and other devices; thinning paint seems to be mostly confined to lettering. (Frame: 16 by 21.75"; view: 14 by 19.75")

$1,295

424-160

Antique Friendship Token, To Ann Crocker, 18th Century, top detail

Antique Friendship Token, To Ann Crocker, 18th Century, center detail

Antique Friendship Token, To Ann Crocker, 18th Century, bottom detail

Antique Friendship Token, To Ann Crocker, 18th Century, with ruler for scale

Islamic Prayer Board, Scripture Board, Koranic Teaching Tablet Africa, Late 19th to Early 20th Century

(Original condition: 23.25 x 11.5 x .5")

$1,200.00

1039-41

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Heart Taufschein Print, Hand Colored, Fraktur
Printed in Reading, Pennsylvania by Jacob Schneider for Frederick Krebs
Circa 1801
Ex Musselman Collection (1989) - SOLD

Antique Heart Taufschein Print, Fraktur, Hand Colored, Pennsylvania, entire view

Very good condition, mounted within a period painted frame.
(Frame: 19.5 by 16.5"; view: 16.5 by 13.5")

1009-3 - SOLD

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Applique paper hearts with braided hair signed and dated in lemon gold frame
Dimensions: sight size 6.5 by 9-inches, frame 8.5 by 9-inches.

210-125 - SOLD

Love Token Knitting Sheath
Britain or Wales - SOLD

Antique Love Token, Knitting Sheath, British or Welsh, right side view

Antique Love Token, Knitting Sheath, British or Welsh, left side view

Exquisitely carved fruitwood knitting sheath.
Condition: excellent.
Dimensions: 13.25-inches long.

348-211 - SOLD

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Antique Love Token, Heart and Hand, Daniel Leatherman, entire view

Cut and appliqued paper with hair memento in lemon gold frame
Dimensions: sight size 6.25 by 8.25-inches, framed 9.75 by 12-inches.

210-126 - SOLD

J. W. ROGERS A love and friendship token to J. H. P. Probably Batavia, New York Circa 1860 to 1865

Friendship Token, True Love Knot To Ann Crocker April the 9th 1759 Anonymous Precise draftsmanship, remaining colors are bright otherwise fugitive pigments