Douglas Risely & Sons, Thrapston, England, Full Dead Stock Butcher Paper Roll huge stoneware funnel 5 1/2” across at handle/spout

5 1/2” across at handle/spout

as if she were just stepping out of a dream (or emerging from the void)--and how hopeful she looks about what is ahead

MA in 1764

I would guess the quilt dates to the early 20th c

Douglas Risely & Sons, Thrapston, England, Full Dead Stock Butcher Paper Roll huge stoneware funnel 5 1/2” across at handle/spoutI found this untouched, huge roll of true butcher paper at an antiques shop in Maine, and know from the seller that it came out of a Maine estate, but the butcher shop in question, Douglas Risely & Sons, was located in Thrapston, England. One might think that when I go out hunting for things I am actively making choices, but more often it seems I am just there to let things choose me and this is one of those things that demanded I bring it home,