tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059433023740583912024-03-19T04:42:35.692-07:00South Coast Antiques & GalleryMichael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-21075003261531935312014-10-30T17:08:00.001-07:002021-01-04T11:02:34.602-08:00A Happy Halloween From South Coast Antiques and Fluffy the Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fluffy the Cat Wishes everyone an exceptionally creepy Halloween!</div>
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Our shop South Coast Antiques in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, has been closed for well over two years now. It seem like it was just yesterday. </div>
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The town of Ocean Springs closes the main roads in the center of the old part of town and has all the trick or treater's go around in the shopping area. It was a great "safe zone." The shops all give out candy and there are usually some type of a zombie street show. It is always a lot of fun for both the children and the adults</div>
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I loved setting up with a bunch of our friends giving out the candy in front of the shop. On a number of occasions, I would dress up in a costume and sit beside the candy that we were giving out to the kids and I would be oh, so very still and not move a muscle until the right kid came up and needed a good Halloween scare! I wouldn't just jump and yell, because usually I would just move the slightest bit and the young treater would scream and run. They thought I was a mannequin, but they thought wrong!</div>
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It was always so funny, the little children would look at me and smile and not be frightened usually, it was mainly the older kids and adults that would actually scream and run. Halloween at South Coast Antiques... it's one of the things that I truly miss from the shop -- community interaction.</div>
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I hope that you and yours have a really good Halloween this year!</div>
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Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-32836001488831769082014-09-02T12:19:00.000-07:002014-09-02T16:47:45.058-07:00Louis F. Ragot, Bronze Sculptor, Medallist, Aviator, Author, and Inventor<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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was the portrait of a wild haired hermit, which put me to mind of our own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Ohr">George Ohr</a>, (1857 to
1918) the Mad Potter of Biloxi who was a temporal contemporary of Ragot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohr’s wild hair and mustache is iconic here
on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and we have had our share of hermits and
flamboyant artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another Gulf Coast
personality that comes to my mind is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Inglis_Anderson">Walter Anderson</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearwater_Pottery">Shearwater Pottery</a>),
whose extended sojourns on the Gulf islands painting and drawing was rather
hermit-like.</div>
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Louis F. Ragot is best known today for his bronze plaques,
sundials, and his medals, but there is a lot more to him than his art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is not much biographical information
available about Ragot, but I did find that he was born in Paris and exhibited
at the Salon of 1882 of the Académie des Beau-Arts, Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He “exhibited a very beautiful
Portrait-medallion of a Child” there.<sup>[1]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></sup>I understand that Louis Ragot was part of the famous Ragot line of
French sculptors, painters and bronze workers whose works have graced France
for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Louis Ragot was the
pupil of Louis Auguste Hiolin, a French bronze sculptor who lived from 1846 to
1910.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ragot had two sons, Henri<sup>[2]</sup>
and Charles, <sup>[3]</sup> but I have no information about his wife at this
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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State and set up shop in the resort town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford,_Pennsylvania">Milford</a> in Pike
County, Pennsylvania, in what was then known as Hermitage Glen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He possibly also had an inn (or bed and
breakfast as we call them now) on the property called The Hermitage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly he set up his studio there and
worked at least part of the year in Milford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His property had a number of buildings with sculptures of the Hermit on
buildings and trees, as well as a grotesque downspout for a spring there at the
Hermitage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know if any of these
things still survive, but the two Hermitage postcards I have used to illustrate
this article show some of Ragot’s work at Hermitage Glen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I understand that Ragot also had a residence on Long Island
(NYC), on Lexington Avenue, although I haven’t found the years of his
occupation there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wasn’t inactive in
the New York area, as Ragot was supposed to have designed and cast a number of
decorations and embellishments for a Harlem church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the year of this work is unknown, but probably around
the time of the Harlem real estate building boom 1899-1905 and certainly before
the Panic of 1907, which destroyed the real estate market in Harlem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He made bronze fittings and light fixtures
for the church there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alas, I don’t
have the name of the church, the demonination or even<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>know if it’s still standing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Hermitage Glen takes its name from the colorful story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Amos%22_Wilson">Amos Wilson</a>
(born 1774), known as the Pennsylvania Hermit who took to a cave and lived in
isolation for 19 sorrowful years, dying in 1831, and from the later popular
book about Wilson, <i>The Pennsylvania Hermit</i>, published 1839 about the
remorseful hermit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hermitage Glen was
apparently a popular location and was mentioned as a beautiful stop near Milford,
PA in the Jan 1912 edition of the <i>Automobile Blue Book,</i> Vol 3, pg 69,
which was an early automobile tourist guide “… Milford, with many nearby
beauties of nature, among which are the Saw Kill Cascade, Raymondskill Falls,
Vandermart Creek and Hermitage Glen.”
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Louis Ragot and his son Charles, were inventors and they
patented a new design rotary internal combustion engine (patent 1302709, May
6, 1919, see image) as well as an early airplane (see image), which he and his
sons Henri and Charles built around the end of 1910 in Milford and exhibited in
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With that introduction as to the versatility and genius of
Louis Ragot, I have featured here a gold washed bronze plaque of the
Pennsylvania Hermit that I acquired a few years back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was intrigued by the wild-haired man, but also the fine casting
of the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was completely
unfamiliar with the art of Louis Ragot and so I began doing research and this
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This Hermit bronze is 5 ¾ inches across at the widest point
and 5 ¼ inches tall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a cast in
the shape of a scallop shell with the wild-haired hermit on the obverse with
“Hermitage” and a presentation text on the rim, “Mr Mme H. Juventy. 17<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fev = 1906 Milford P.A.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the reverse, which has a shell-like
texture, is the rim inscription, “Copyright 1903 by L. Ragot”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weight of the piece is 263 grams and the
plaque is pierced for hanging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
not been able to discover the identity of Mr & Mme Juventy and why they
would rate a custom-made presentation plaque with their names and the date of
visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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Interestingly, scallop shells<sup>[7]</sup> have a long
history as the badge of a pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure this point wasn’t missed by Ragot
since the area featured resorts and tourists traveled through the area, on
pilgrimage so to speak, for a number of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Milford was quite small, but featured a good number of different post
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I have seen only one other bronze Ragot Hermit Plaque for
sale and it was substantially the same as this one, but varied with the text
and it did not have a hole for hanging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On that example, there was no gold wash present, although it may never
have had a gold washed finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pictured hermit in
this example has below it, “The Hermitage’s Hermit,” making clear that this is
a portrait of the hermit and not Ragot himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rim has text also, “L. F. Ragot, Sculptor Milford, P.A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clearly, these Hermit plaques were limited
edition and some had dedicatory text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Among other surviving Ragot art works are a number of large
bronze cast sundials with various finishes, ranging from 12 to 16 inches
square, which appear at auction occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of them have classical motifs and figures although one is a
commemoration of Halley’s Comet in 1910.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His sundials were not only works of art, they were fully
functional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were custom made and
some even had the latitude and longitude engraved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would mean that the gnomen was individually calibrated to
correctly tell time when the sundial was installed in its proper place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also heard of a bronze turtle made by
Ragot, but I have yet to have turned up a photo or full description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an ongoing investigation and
hopefully folks will comment and give us more information to add to this
article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See also footnote <sup>[8]</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the Other Works section below.
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Louis Ragot is a well-known medallist among numismatic
collecting circles, see below for Other Works by Ragot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His medals and plaques are among some of the
best produced in the US in the first quarter of the 20<sup>th</sup> century and
are avidly sought<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by advanced medal
collectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See Other Works below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I had to cobble together this bio from a variety of sources,
many of which are fragmentary, some are substantiated and few well
documented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are still a lot of
holes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have tried to filter the
sources, weigh the evidence and put together a coherent article despite these
limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is a verifiable
error or omission, I hope people will post a response here and add to the
limited information available about the diverse talents of Louis Ragot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this time I don’t even have a birth or
death date for Louis Ragot but his art is not forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really need a photo of Louis Ragot for
this article.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure time will only
add to our store of knowledge and this will be an on-going biography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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Ragot designed several classically inspired bronze sundials,
as well as a Haley’s Comet sundial [0] many of which still come up for auction
from time to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He continued to
produce medals, including a tribute to Russian author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy">Tolstoi</a>, an official
inaugural medal of President Woodrow Wilson from 1917.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also produced WWI medals such as his
General Pershing medal, “Lafayette we are here,” commemorating the arrival of
the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name Louis Ragot is quite well known primarily in the
metallic collectors circles, but not as well know as a sculptor outside of
medals, plaques, and sundials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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</span>According to the 1909 Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets,
leaflets contributions … Volume 6, Books, Group II, Ragot wrote a book called <i>Hermit’s
Book</i> in 1909 and it was 23 pages with illustrations:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A 239973, May 21. 1900: 2 c June 1
1909.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I don’t know if the book was
about himself, Hermitage Glen, the hermit Amos Wilson or all of the above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully somebody will bring this pamphlet
to light.</div>
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I found this entry in 1918 Catalog of Copyright Entries:
“Musical compositions, Part 4, Volume 13:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ragot (Louis F.) Milford Pa. [9257<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They Shall Not Pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sculptured
figure of France silhouetted against Rock of Gibraltar, with French fighting
cock forming her helmet, fighting off German eagle C 1 c. Oct 4, 1918; g
56840”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was perhaps an
illustration for sheet music made from a photo of one of his works, which would
explain its inclusion in the music section.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Exonunia
Auction June 22, 2013 Baltimore<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Catalogue auction 83:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Lot
141.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stunning Wilson – Liberty plaque
by Louis Ragot, 1919.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 ¼ bronze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Louis F. Ragot, Sc. Extremely fine with a
suspension hole above Wilson’s head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
the reverse a light dent on the nose and some scuffing disturbs the otherwise
dark patina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obverse with <i>Woodrow
Wilson founder of the League of Peace</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>around a profile bust of Wilson to the left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Signed on the truncation, “Jan 25, 1919 Louis F. Ragot.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reverse portrays a spiked head of
Liberty superimposed over a world globe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A raised band around is inscribed:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i>Justice Peace Liberty 1919</i>”.</span></h4>
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<u><b>FOOTNOTES </b></u>(because I talk too much and run out of room)<br />
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[1]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From
Biographical Dictionary of Medallists<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Coin Gem and Seal Engravers Mint Masters with References to their Works
B.C. 500-A.D. 1900 by L. Forrer (pub 1912 Spink & Son Ltd, London),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vol V,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>P 19<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Ragot, Louis
(French).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contemporary Sculptor, born
at Paris:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pupil of Hiolin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Salon of 1882 he exhibited a very
beautiful Portrait-medallion of a Child.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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[2] Henri Ragot helped to build a model of the aeroplane and
did photographic studies of birds in order to help design the craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="earlybirdsboldblue">Louis and
Henri Ragot later built a pusher canard monoplane</span>, which was based on a
George D. White design, the White Canard Monoplane.</div>
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[3] Charles Ragot was born in 1888, died 1973 and buried in
the Milford Cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charles L. Ragot
went on to be a mathematician. He and his brother-in-law wrote,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>A Graphic Table Combining Logarithms And
Anti-Logarithms,</i> Adrien Lacroix & Charles L Ragot, 1 Sep 25. <i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ragot</span></i><span class="st"> was later a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charles’ brother-in-law was Adrien Lacroix
(1888-1961) who was also a mathematician and helped with the design of the
airplane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also formed the Ragot
Motor Corporation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.google.com/patents/US1475509">http://www.google.com/patents/US1475509</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://www.mocavo.com/Index-of-Patents-Issued-From-the-United-States-Patent-Office-1923-Volume-1923/898200/448">http://www.mocavo.com/Index-of-Patents-Issued-From-the-United-States-Patent-Office-1923-Volume-1923/898200/448</a></span></div>
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<span class="st">[4] Pike County Press (</span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">Milford</span></i><span class="st"><i>, </i></span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">Pennsylvania</span></i><span class="st">), Friday,
July 29, 1910, Page 1. ... ‘The </span><i>Ragot</i><span class="st"> boys are
building an aeroplane at the Hermitage) which they expect ..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="st"><a href="http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46233869/">http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46233869/</a>
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[5] Henri & Louis Ragot, Adrien Lacroix, New York NY.
1911 = 1pOhwM; pusher engine; Louis Ragot. Canard design with framework
fuselage, based on the White design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>See 1910 Ragot Canard Monoplane <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_%28pre-1914%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_%28pre-1914%29</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_%28R%29#Ragot">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_%28R%29#Ragot</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Henri & Louis Ragot, Adrien Lacroix,
New York, NY)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Charles L. Ragot went
on to become a mathematician with Lacroix.</i></div>
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[6] The New York Times article Dec 28, 1910:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BOY BUILDS AEROPLANE FROM BIRD MODELS; Boy
of 17 Uses Snapshots of Them on the Wing to Work Out a New Principle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“There is a new aeroplane at the Garden City
Aviation Field, built on a principle representing what aeroplane constructors
have hitherto sought to avoid, and manned by a crew that has never yet been in
the air. It made its first appearance on the field yesterday morning, and the few
veteran aviators who are making Winter quarters at Garden City, saw several
things in it to marvel at”. </div>
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[7] The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48 says, “One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine
[now Israel], and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they
had been to the Holy Land.</div>
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[8]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://issuu.com/freemansauction/docs/1477">http://issuu.com/freemansauction/docs/1477</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>page 52, 548A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four bronze sundials<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Louis F. Ragot, sculptor, Milford PA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>1910-1920<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first of Square
form with gladiator riding in horse drawn chariot in front of radiant sun; the
second and third, of circular form with signs of the zodiac, one titled “Know
Thyself” and the other with phrase “Ye are born under a good star if ye know ye
self” and the forth, of rectangular form entitled “Halley’s Comment Sundial”
with shooting star gnomon, all signed by the artist<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>16 ½ X 16 ½<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in</div>
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<u><b>LINKS OF INTEREST ON RAGOT, MILFORD AND THE HERMIT</b></u><br />
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A copy of the book, <i>The Pennsylvania Hermit, </i>pub<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1839</div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaherm00phil">https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaherm00phil</a>
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Amos Wilson, The Hermit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Amos%22_Wilson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Amos%22_Wilson</a>
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wiki Indian Echo Caves<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Echo_Caverns">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Echo_Caverns</a>
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<a href="http://articles.philly.com/1995-06-25/news/25691091_1_chester-county-seat-twins-indian-echo-caverns">http://articles.philly.com/1995-06-25/news/25691091_1_chester-county-seat-twins-indian-echo-caverns</a>
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<b><u>Just Because I Can</u>:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael W. Moses Pottery, another Gulf Coast
Potter</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wishing Everyone a very prosperous and joy filled New Year!</b></span></h2>
Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-87359743874269604012013-11-10T22:00:00.000-08:002014-05-14T08:53:39.366-07:00A Photographic Veterans Day Memorial from South Coast Antiques, Ocean Springs, MS <br />
My last post was about the great time that I had a couple of weeks back at the Fall Muster at <a href="http://www.beauvoir.org/" target="_blank">Beauvoir</a>, over in Biloxi. I took a lot of <a href="http://s666.photobucket.com/user/MWMoses/library/Beauvoir%20Fall%20Muster%202013" target="_blank">images and did some nice art photography</a>. One of the images I did was basically a put together from four different images that I took at Beauvoir. The image shows a soldier kneeling before the body of his fallen comrade. I did two versions of this image one in full color and it is called "The ultimate Sorrow"<br />
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and one that is Black and white sepia toned and using a hand colored look muted filter to give it an antique look. I call it "The Ultimate Price"<br />
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These two images basically say it all for me when it comes to all wars past present and future. I just can not imagine the unbearable sorrow of seeing your best friend cut down in the prime of their life in front of you and not being able to prevent it. The total sorrow of it overwhelms my mind. Loosing ones life is sad, yes indeed, but having your best buddy taken out in front of you....now that would be truly the ultimate pain for a soldier.<br />
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This veterans day take the time to think about your loved ones that served and some of the things they have had to go through. Not everyone in the military experiences hurt to the level of having lost there best friend in battle, but many loose so much in so many other ways. So take the time and tell a Veteran or his family that you care. It is not important whether or not one is pro or con towards war and the military. You must always remember that a lot of what we as Americans cherish the most about our country was given to us by none other than the most humble of soldiers, because they were willing to go out and pay that ultimate price for love of our countryMichael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-45935206438677329232013-11-03T17:16:00.000-08:002014-05-01T09:57:33.585-07:00Beauvoir, the Home of Jefferson Davis and the Fall Muster<a href="http://s666.photobucket.com/user/MWMoses/library/Beauvoir%20Fall%20Muster%202013?sort=9&page=1" target="_blank"><b>Click here to view all my images of the 2013 Fall Muster at Photobucket</b></a><br />
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<b><br /></b>To begin with, reenacting is not about politics. It is about American history and portraying the average person from that period.<b><br /></b><br />
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Two weekends back, on the 19th and 20th of October, the 27th annual Fall Muster was held over in near by Biloxi, Mississippi. The Fall Muster was as usual at "<a href="http://www.beauvoir.org/" target="_blank">Beauvoir</a>" The last home of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" target="_blank">Jefferson Davis</a>, located at 2244 Beach Blvd (highway 90).<br />
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The Fall Muster is a historical reenactment that allows the people of today a chance to see and experience a bit of what it was like in the mid Victorian period. Specifically the period 1861-1865 during the great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" target="_blank">War Between the States or the Civil War</a> as it is mostly commonly referred to now. One may look at the Fall <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muster" target="_blank">Muster</a> (or any other reenactment) as an educational opportunity to surround one's self with a lavishly rich cavalcade of living history.<br />
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People come from all over the United States to participate in these events. Contrary to what I think is a popular belief, These reenactments are not an affectation of the "Deep South", but were originally conceived and produced in the more northern states. Specifically in the New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia areas. The earliest of these groups that I know of was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-South_Skirmish_Association" target="_blank">North. South Skirmish Association</a>. This group was founded around 1950.<br />
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The people involved in doing these events today are from every walk of life imaginable. They are doctors, lawyers, educators, construction workers, store clerks, students, and even greeters at your local Wally World. They are men,women,youths,and children of all ages. It does not matter who you are or where one is from, everyone can play an historical part in the fall muster if they have a desire.<br />
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Most of the participants come to these reenactments as well trained and researched historical actors. There are of course the newbies that are unseasoned and still a bit stage shy about what to do, of course, but this is a learn as one goes type of thing. These people have spent many years working and studying the history of this time period as well as learning the now archaic military standards of dress, order and movement as practiced during this era.<br />
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Besides the massive amount of time learning and studying every aspect of life during these turbulent years of American history, these people spend considerable amounts of cold hard cash. It is not an inexpensive affair assembling a circa 1860's impression for either a correctly dressed man or woman. Almost all clothing has to be custom created. Some items may be bought off the rack either at an event, as sold by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutler" target="_blank">sutler</a>s or ordered offline, take a look at some of the prices at online historical reenactors sites, for the most part they can tend to be a bit pricey in my opinion. If one is lucky they can find items that are being sold by other reenactors that are pre owned. However you goes about it, once one starts to buy the basic clothing necessary for ones impression, it starts getting expensive very rapidly. Also many reenactors have two full outfits ready to do an impression of either a Northern soldier or a Southern soldier. Yes, that is correct two full sets of clothing one for the Union soldier and one for the Confederate! Because they may end up at an event where there are to many of one side and they will be needed to do an impression on the other side to keep things balance out so to speak. The average person ends up spending a fairly considerable sum of money in the end, so this activity is really not for those that are faint of spending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moola" target="_blank">moola</a><br />
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I myself have always had a love of costuming or as many to day refer to it as Cosplay. Some younger people may think that cosplay is only dressing up as your current favorite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" target="_blank">anime</a> character, but in fact historical reenacting is truly cosplay also, just think about it. It is all the same thing, dressing up in a costume and giving an impression of a character from a different world than the one that you are currently dwelling.<br />
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Many of the people that one sees that are participating in these events are with their families and spend the weekend dressing and living as many did with their families back during the Civil War era. For many of these people there is just nothing to match the fun and just flat out c<span style="font-family: inherit;">amaraderie</span> that can be encountered during these encampments. This is such a wonderful, wholesome, truly American family activity.<br />
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Due to one thing and another, I have not been able to attend the Fall Muster for the last couple of years. This year I was able to have a free day and go on Sunday. It had rained on Saturday so a number of the reenactors had left. So, on Sunday when I went there were fewer people involved than during the previous times I attended.<br />
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After the wet Saturday the reenactors that remained were in very good form and were ready for getting on with the show!<br />
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All I can say is that Sunday the 20th was a beautiful day. Warm with a light cool breeze and oh, so, very sunny. This all added together to create one of the most perfect of Gulf Coast days!<br />
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Upon arrival at Beauvoir, I went all around the camp doing some basic photography. I was looking for those perfect little vignettes that can so easily appear to be moments stolen from time. I was lucky and was able to capture a few images that I thought were especially worthwhile. I took a few of the more compelling images and did digital photo manipulation on them until I was able to artistically render to them into what I saw in my mind.<br />
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I love doing my ceramic art pottery, but I also love doing digital art! <br />
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I then took a break for a quick and yummy Beauvoir burger and some chips.<br />
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Then I went on to capture some pre skirmish moments and then the actual battle reenactment. The over all conflict was very well staged, especially considering that there were not a great number of soldiers on the field, due to the ones that had been forced to leave because of the poor weather. They created a fairly realistic impression of what it would have been like during such a military encounter.<br />
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I have to say that at the end of the military engagement there is one thing that happens that effects me so very much. A specified person comes out and yells loudly, "resurrect"! After which all the fallen soldier arise from the field and join there fellow soldiers! If only this could happen after the real wars were fought!<br />
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I would like to thank all the people that helped make the 27th Fall Muster at Beauvoir come together.<br />
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The people of Beauvoir<br />
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The Chairman<br />
Richard V. Forte, Sr.<br />
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The good people on the <a href="http://www.beauvoir.org/board/index.html" target="_blank">Board of Directors and Board of Trustees</a>.<br />
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All the vendors and assorted sutlers.<br />
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And most of all. Every single person that came and did their Civil War impressions!<br />
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You all did a wonderful job and I hope to see you next time!<br />
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Plus a special thanks and a tip of the hat to the people that ended up in my photographs.<br />
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If you see an image of yourself or your unit and you would like to be identified please let me know and I will gladly add name, unit, or web info to the images! One may also leave the information in the comments section and I will add it upon seeing it there.<br />
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Also, if for any reason you do not want an image that I have taken of you displayed on the internet, please feel free to contact me and I will have it removed post haste!<br />
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Please contact me if you have any further questions.Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-89740894379039929202013-09-14T06:43:00.000-07:002013-09-18T05:21:29.327-07:00William Spratling: A Southern Artist and an Arts and Crafts Revival in Mexican Jewelry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I say south, I mean waaaay south:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alabama, Georgia, New Orleans, and finally Mexico City & Taxco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people think of a svelte,
urbane jewelry designer with powerful connections to the northeast art and jewelery markets when they look at Spratling jewelry and his designs, but nothing could be farther from the
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Spratling" target="_blank">William Spratling</a> was born in New York State but moved to
Alabama to be with his grandfather and later to Atlanta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually he became an architect and associate
professor at Auburn and later at Tulane University in New Orleans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While in New Orleans he became involved with the Arts and Crafts Club of New
Orleans. He also published a folio of New Orleans architecture in 1923, printed by Tulane University.He also shared a house with William Faulkner in the French Quarter and collaborated with him, writing a book about famous Creoles. You just can't get more deep south than that.</div>
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Spratling was invited to teach some course at the Mexico State
National University in 1927-1928 on Spanish Colonial architecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He liked Mexico so well, he remained there
with the intellectual and artistic community that had also gravitated to Mexico
City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He later moved to Taxco and began
to design his unique jewelry starting in 1931.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As an architect and artist, he brought new life to Mexican jewelry,
producing not only silver items but those in copper an other materials as well
as overseeing production of tinware, furniture, textiles, weavings, and other
things of interest at his workshop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9m_pCXWsKkrutYZFRch2rwcciu0a0IOsycR4P0qHFVS8_kjXrcNPYjfk-KQaMoVWD7JWmftGoNE7puSXI2s0moTlxvkDoa-85jBwXXkgCwtGC0P_AbipBYX6-uj14I5cDlbFFkYUN7rQ/s1600/Aztec+Vulture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9m_pCXWsKkrutYZFRch2rwcciu0a0IOsycR4P0qHFVS8_kjXrcNPYjfk-KQaMoVWD7JWmftGoNE7puSXI2s0moTlxvkDoa-85jBwXXkgCwtGC0P_AbipBYX6-uj14I5cDlbFFkYUN7rQ/s200/Aztec+Vulture.jpg" width="163" /></a>Other artists of note in Mexico City were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo" target="_blank">Frida Kahlo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington" target="_blank">Leonora Carrington</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera" target="_blank">Diego River</a>a, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_%C3%81lvarez_Bravo" target="_blank">Manuel Alvarez Bravo</a> just to name a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrible things were afoot in the
countryside with the massacre of clerics by the government of strongman <a href="http://coloquio.com/famosos/calles.htm" target="_blank">Plutarco Calles</a>.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky" target="_blank">Leon Trotsky</a> lived and was assisinated in Mexico City – a kind of Casablanca of
refugees, artists and desperate people with a cruel government still smoldering
from revolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All you needed was <i><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_%28film%29" target="_blank">Rick's Café Américain</a> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the strains of “As Time Goes By” to set
the mood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between 1933 and 1945, Mexico
accepted Jewish refugees from Europe as well as Spanish refugees from the
Spanish Civil War, even Armenians came as well as many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mexico City had become a boiling caldron
rather than a melting pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with
the overcrowding and misery, an artistic explosion came from that ancient capital of the Aztecs,
who were no strangers to war and strife themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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William Spratling necklace in the arts and crafts tradition of early Spratling
jewelry with Artemio Navarrete's mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On early jewelry,
Spratling purposely left some of the file work showing, soldering not ground away smoothly, and a tool marks to appear on the piece
such as hammer blows on the inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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irregularities of hand-work was smoothed away for a more mass-production look
consistent with demand of post-war silver smiths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not so with this work, all the labor and care is to be seen by the
perceptive collector’s eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later in
the 1940s he began to receive contracts for jewelry and it had to be consistent, shiny, and less arts and crafts for the "smart set" buyers in the United
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This piece is made up of dapped hemispheres, soldered with wire rinks and flat backers. The two turkey vultures are made free form and with individualistic stamping. It is finished up with a hand-made
chain with a wire hook fastener.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
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shows traditional Mexican silver making techniques as Spratling employed
Mexican silver smiths early on, starting with Artemio Navarrete as his first
worker in 1931 who made the first pieces for on Spratling's dining room table with the tools and expertise that he brought from Iguala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later Spratling opened a workship added
more masters (I will make a later post about them), who then had their apprentices who learning the craft, and perpetuating the
art at <a href="http://douglasrosindecorativearts.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/taxco-spratlings-silver-and-the-artisans-of-taller-de-las-delicias/" target="_blank">Taller de Delicias</a>. Eventually, his workshops employed hundreds of silversmiths, masters, and apprentices all under the watchful eye of William Spratling the designer and architect of his realm.</div>
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casabeles used in early Mexican silverwork with hand sawed openings, typically
seen on Spratling pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>File and saw
marks can be clearly seen on this work, the backers on the hemispheres are
clearly made of fine nearly pure platero sheet silver, rolled in-house from
ingots purchased directly from Taxco silver mines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also probably made his own silver wire at with the same shop. This is a quite early piece and interestingly with the stamp of maestro Artemio Navarrete, who had been a master gold and silver jeweler in nearby Iguala, about 10 miles down the road who joined Spratling and started the workshop in June of 1931. <br />
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There is a story in circulation that this necklace was
inspired by a piece of Aztec descended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl" target="_blank">Náhuatl </a>Indian pottery owned by the
American ambassador, <span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Morrow" target="_blank">Dwight Morrow</a> (1927-1930) </span>in
Mexico City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not seen the
piece mentioned, but if that is true then the two turkey buzzards
(Cozcacuauhtli), which figure into the Aztec religion and calendar, are tearing
out the heart of the sun as per Aztec myth but this is just conjecture on my
part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spratling was to exposed to
as well as collected and sold, pre-conquest art as well as colonial and indigenous Indian contemporary art. Spratling was a keen observer of art and architecture throughout Mexico and spanning the whole history of the region so it was not a surprise that he turned to traditional regional designs. </div>
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I’ve had this piece for about 35 years and every time I take
it out, I see new, nuanced things about the Arts and Crafts movement, Mexican
craftsmanship, and jeweler's techniques in the early phase of Spratling
Jewelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had amassed this information
and just wanted to share it with the blogging public, so you can enjoy the
mélange of art, history, and craftsmanship of a by-gone period of history and know a bit more about the inspiration, genius and drive of William Spratling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As I was preparing this Thanksgiving e-card I went through a number of pre 1910 postcards looking for ones that caught my eye. I took note of something that made me pause for a moment and take a second look at some of them. I found that in the ones that showed a nicely set table there was something present that was a bit of a surprise to me. I have read on a couple of different forums over the last few years and had a number of discussions in the shop with people that did not believe that people actually used celery vases. Yes, celery vases! It seems that some people seem to think that they were just called a celery vase and that it was just a type of flower vase that one got that matched their glassware pattern. Some people can not give credence to the fact that celery could have been that important! </div>
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Celery is rather difficult to grow. As referenced in the PDF e-booklet from Cornell University,<br />
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Because of advances in hybridization in this last century, celery plants are way more hardy and have been breed to be easier to grow now. Even so it is still considered a difficult plant to grow conveniently at home. </div>
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Because of the rather difficult nature of growing celery and it not being available in many areas, it became a great luxury for the wealthy and every one wanted to show off that they to could afford this delicious and great looking plant. What a better way to serve it than in a vase of water(to keep it fresh and crisp)and let your guests see it on your table in all of it's expensive glory! Also in a sparkling glass container that's in the same pattern as the rest of your glassware.<br />
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Almost every late 19th century and early 20th century American glass pattern included a celery vase in their offerings. The popularity of the celery vase is shown by the many patterns they occur. Being that most of them are not very rare today, seems to lead many into thinking that people did not use them. The truth of the matter is, they were cherished and taken very good care of because they were considered a necessity to any meal where one wanted to let their company know how much they cared. Many of them are so common that they really have little value, given their age, especially some of the clear glass ones. </div>
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I was so surprised to find among my collection of pre-1910 postal cards that some of them actually showed celery vases in use! The one I chose of Uncle Sam and his Thanksgiving Meal shows that even Uncle Sam himself considered the celery vase a table necessity! These cards were printed in the hundred of thousands and clearly show that the celery vase was a common feature of the dinning table for millions of average American households. The fact that celery vases are still commonly found after all this time and that they show up in so many of these antique post cards seems to indicate that celery vases were ubiquitously used by the masses. </div>
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One of my favorite websites for Celery Vases is <a href="http://www.patternglass.com/Store/CeleryVase/index.htm">The Celery Vase Store</a> at <a href="http://patternglass.com/">patternglass.com</a></div>
Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-78940293733685236562012-06-28T18:37:00.000-07:002012-06-28T18:37:45.490-07:00The Move is Complete. For South Coast Antiques and the Ceramic Art Pottery of Michael W. Moses.I am pleased to announce that South Coast Antiques' move is absolutely complete. We moved the majority of the shop over to Centuries Antique Mall in D'Iberville a while back and now my pottery has a home as well. It will be hosted at Antiques Plus at 10340 D'Iberville Blvd Ste D,D'Iberville MS.. Joan Skinner has been a collector of my pottery for a number of years now and she offered to host my pottery at her shop, making her the sole source for my pottery here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken Fried Steak on OLD STRASBOURG plate</td></tr>
</tbody></table>One of the most common things that we hear at South Coast Antiques is people saying that they would love to have antique china, but that they just would not want to waste the money on something that they can not use. I always ask them what would prevent them from using antique china? I usually get things like it's just to expensive, it's to fragile ,or I might Break a piece. Well, in many cases antique china can be way less expensive than new china. Antique china is no more or no less fragile than modern china, and lastly both old and new break the same. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OLD STRASBOURG pattern by K&G, Lunéville</td></tr>
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have a set of OLD STRASBOURG pattern by K&G (Keller & Guérin)Lunéville, France. My set dates from 1888. It has 88 on the back stamp and I am safe in my belief that this is the date. <a href="http://www.infofaience.com/en/luneville-marks">The back mark</a> is from that time period.</div><br />
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I use my set almost every day. Using nice hand painted china like this makes a good meal just a little bit better. This evening I used them to serve homemade chicken fried steak with mushroom sauce, sesame oil fried green beans, and Greek style roasted baby Yukon gold potatoes. <br />
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I always wash them by hand and never use anything abrasive on them as the colors are hand applied over glazed enamel. I treat them the same way that I would treat anything good, but I use and enjoy them as often as I can. There is really not much point in having things like this and just putting them back for others to have later. My plates have been around for about 124 years and I am sure barring a major calamity they will possibly be around for a lot longer.<br />
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The good thing about breaking a piece today is that one can usually find a replacement online at a moderately reasonable price if one shops around. <br />
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I use a circa 1930 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Silversmiths_Inc.">Wallace Silver</a> plate set for my everyday flatware. now with flatware the date on the back is usually the date the company was founded(as in this case 1835), not when it was manufactured. Vintage and even antique silver plate flatware sets can be found for way less than many of the new stainless steel sets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wallace Silverplate flatware back mark</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-43382722017263452952012-03-23T18:17:00.002-07:002012-03-23T18:26:25.625-07:00Collecting Naval Hat TalliesAn interesting bit of nautical collecting is something called a navy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_%28cap%29">hat tally</a>. They were ribbons with ship’s names and were worn on both the cloth wheel cap and the tarred straw hats starting around the time of the Civil War, in the U.S. navy. Some countries also used them on tropical pith helmets. Wealthy owners of private yachts also had their sailors wear hat tallies with the name of the yacht on the ribbon. Prestigious steamship lines had their sailors wear hat tallies, often with the steamship line flag embroidered on the ribbon as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Circa. 1900 British Bosun's Mate with Hat Tally.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The <a href="http://www.quarterdeck.org/uniforms/1897/21-37%20Enlisted%201897.htm">U.S. Navy 1897 regulation</a> prescribed tallies to be made from navy colored silk ribbon and were one and a half inch wide with the letters of the name of the ship in half inch block letters woven from fine gilt thread or stenciled with gold paint. The lengths of unissued or unused hat tallies varied from 33 inches to 37 inches. As a side note, the large diameter cracker jack hat had that had been standard from just after the Civil War was reduced in size by regulation after WWI. <br />
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Hat tallies were issued as extremely long ribbons, sometimes as long as 38 inches. When the hat tally was tied to the hat, a bow was made and the extra long tails were often cut short and neat. Unissued hat tallies will generally be quite long and tied, issued hat tallies when dismounted from the hat will be considerably shorter. Retired navy men saved their hat tallies and sometimes cut them down to the legend only for display so expect to see a variety of lengths.<br />
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Most major navies had hat tallies and it’s not uncommon to find South American and Italian hat tallies on the market because they are still being used today or were made obsolete only recently. Hat tallies were not just named ships, but naval duty stations and reserve status might be indicated on a hat tally.<br />
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American hat tallies with ship names ended in August 1941, just before America’s entrance into WWII, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor due to security reasons. Wartime and later hat tallies just said U.S. Navy. The cracker jack hat went away by the mid 1960s, being a piece of basic issue to new recruits, but seldom worn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat Tally <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lancaster_(1858)">USS Lancaster</a> 1858-1915</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat Tally <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Machias_(PG-5)">USS Machias</a> 1891 to 1919</td></tr>
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Be careful of buying hat tallies over the internet. There are increasing numbers of reproductions being sold as original. The most common are U.S. Navy hat tallies with the name of famous ships from the civil war to WWII as well as German WWII hat tallies of battleships.<br />
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The most common original hat tally is the standard “U.S. Navy” which is worth from $5 to $10 depending on condition. The post-WWI small navy hat with a common “U.S. Navy” legend sells from $25 to $50, although there are considerable variables in condition. A named hat from a good ship will bring more and a hat with a pre-war named ship hat tally can be expensive, just be careful of reproductions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat Tally <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mohican_(1883)">USS Mohican </a>1883-1921</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat Tally <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Topeka_(PG-35)">USS Topeka</a> 1898-1929</td></tr>
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Please note that all actual hat tallies featured in the above images are original and from our collection and are available for purchase. Prices upon request.<br />
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For further information go to the following web sites:<br />
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<a href="http://www.spanamwar.com/Americanuniformhatband.htm">Early Hat Tallies </a><br />
<a href="http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/tallies/index.htm">Canadian Hat Tallies</a> <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_cap">Sailor Caps</a><br />
<a href="http://usmilitary.about.com/od/navy/l/bluniformhist.htm">Navy Uniform History</a><br />
<a href="http://www.captallies.com/index.html">Soar Valley Weaving</a>, Home of Cap Tallies<br />
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</tbody></table>Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-30102676718192951102012-03-17T20:39:00.001-07:002012-03-17T20:39:48.985-07:00Last Day for South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, Mississippi!Today was a sad and wonderful day for me. At 4:30PM we locked the door at South Coast Antiques & Gallery on Government Street in down town Ocean Springs, Mississippi and it was over. After a little more than five years we closed our door to the public forever at this location. <br />
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It was and is so sad for me. No matter how much I complained and jumped up and down an yelled at tractor trailers parking in front of my shop to make deliveries to the bars and restaurants, when I was the only shop open on Mondays on that part of Government, I will still miss it so very, very much.<br />
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It is wonderful in that this will be leading to a new and different future that I surly believe will be every bit as exciting as the last five years. We will be reopening South Coast Antiques on approximately 2 April at Centuries Antique Mall over in the neighboring town of D'Iberville. It is located at 4030 Suzanne Dr, DIberville, MS 39540Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-45228301063309549782012-03-12T19:57:00.001-07:002012-03-12T20:01:24.299-07:00South Coast Antiques & Gallery on Government Street in Ocean Springs is Moving!It has been awhile since I did my last postand this has been because we have been exreamly busy of late. We moved to a great new home and are still trying to get everything moved in and set up. I am up to my eyes in boxes and such!<br />
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Well, South Coast Antiques & Gallery has been open on Government Street in Ocean Springs for over five years and we will be closing at that location on 17 March and we will be moving to the front part of Centuries Antiques in D'Iberville shortly afterwards. We had a pretty good run on Government street, but now we will move on toword the future in a new location! More information on our move will be posted shortly!Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-38774973245223371022012-02-12T21:57:00.000-08:002012-02-12T21:58:56.255-08:00Went to an Estate Sale TodayWe went to an estate sale this morning and picked up a pretty nice late world war two Japanese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_gunt%C5%8D"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">shin guntō</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></a> Officers sword type 3 with what looks to be a wooden surrender chit. We also found a really cool larger than life size(46 inches tall) bust of a woman that is done in and idealized Victorian era Renascence style that just reeks of quality. This massive sculpture is just awesome I must say. The only thing about it is that it is made of fiber glass and is not circa 1870's-80's like it looks, but is more than likely late 1970's or 80's! It is a spectacular piece that was made as either a garden ornament or a prop of some type. Either way it is a very appealing piece and will probably end up in my garden. This piece will be on display at South Coast Antiques & Gallery for a while before it will be moved to my garden, so if you want to stop by and see it, it will be on view.<br />
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</tbody></table>Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-40116197891078681672012-01-22T19:50:00.000-08:002012-01-22T21:20:06.491-08:00Northwood Alaska Blue Opalescent Glass Sugar & Creamer and Unkown Double Hobstar Bowl I had a young woman come into South Coast Antiques & Gallery the other day and sell me some really nice blue opalescent glass pieces. She had a sugar bowl and creamer that are in the northwood pattern known as "Alaska". The "Alaska" pattern was made by the <a href="http://theantiquarian.us/Hist.%20Northwood.htm">Northwood Glass Company</a> and dates between 1898-1903. This is a pattern that I was not familiar with. I went online and typed into the Google search engine, "blue opalescent sugar bowl" and was suprised to find almost immeadiatly a <a href="http://harleyshouseantiques.com/viewitem/43">thumbnail image of 26 pieces</a> that had been previously been sold.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northwood Alaska Blue Opalescent Glass Sugar & Creamer Circa 1898-1903</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This site told me who made my pieces and what pattern this was. I did a bit of checking around to verify that this was correct information, beacause contary to popular belief just because it is on the internet does not necessarily make it correct information. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then looked around online and was suprised at how easy it is to fimd pieces avalable and at moderatly reasonable prices. </div><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I find this pattern truly beautiful and in my opinion it epitomizes the high Victorian tastes of the turn of the century. The feet on these pieces are what are known as "Lion's Legs". </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This handy little corner cabinet has on top an Indian painted water bottle with folkloric scenes, and inside the case is a large <a href="http://www.fentonfan.com/barber.html">Fenton art glass vase by Robert Barber</a>, a white bronze Coptic cross with hand painted inset panels, A Victorian red on crystal basket, A Rosie O'Neal Kewpie cup, A scarce paper thin milk glass hand enamel painted beer stein circa 1820's, A hand painted wooden Russian peasant mug by Michael W, Moses, and a early 1900's creamware Mettlach, German stein, and on the bottom shelf is a mid 1950's Murano glass bowl. Next to the case is a French provincial style table from the turn of the century. On this table is a medium sized Persian samovar, a Japanesque American made caster set by Reed & Barton, An Egyptian motif oil lamp, a moss rose Japanese made 1950's coffee table set, a Japanese made lustreware bowl, and a set of circa 1910 Royal Doulton plate and bowls. Underneath the table is a 1930's fan and a coal fueled iron, a common flat iron, a tall reproduction fireplace trivet, and a vintage cooper tea pot. off to the side we see a early 1900's ships wheel and WWII liberty ship binnacle with compass and a matching set of craftsman leaded glass door panels circa 1915. Well these are a few of the things that we currently have in stock at South Coast Antiques & Gallery!</div>Now for the big news. We have acquired a wonderful extremely fine casting of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington">Frederic Remington</a> bronze. This wok of art is 28½ inches tall and is called the "<a href="file:///L:/Remington%20Mountain%20Man/R.W.%20Norton%20Art%20Gallery.htm">Mountain Man</a>". This bronze sculpture is one of the finest quality Remington bronzes that we have ever seen! The detail is amazing. Every detail on this piece is just incredible. Everything from the liver sulfur patina to the exquisite mirror polished French slate base shows this to be a truly superior work of art.<br />
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</tbody></table>Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-42821235437468575352011-12-11T19:06:00.000-08:002011-12-12T19:52:51.023-08:00More About Antiques Plus, the New Antique Shop in D'Iberville, MS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Here are a few images of the new shop called "<a href="http://antiquesplus.blogspot.com/">Antiques Plus</a>". Located at 10340 D'Iberville Blvd. in D'Iberville, MS. Located in the heart of D'Iberville on the beautiful Gulf Coast, this shop as you can well see is brightly lit and full of all types of nice quality antiques, vintage,collectable items, and jewelry. The middle of the shop has a number of consignment rooms and the back of shop has furniture.<br />
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</tbody></table>Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-15976273538971247482011-11-27T21:30:00.000-08:002011-12-12T19:53:26.344-08:00New shop in D'Iberville "Antiques Plus" and My New Kutani sake cupToday I went to visit a new shop called "<a href="http://antiquesplus.blogspot.com/">Antiques Plus</a>". It is located at 10340 D'Iberville Blvd. in D'Iberville, MS. I was quite surprised to walk in and find out that it is a new venture for a long time friend of mine Joan Skinner. I was even more surprised to find out that she had just opened this new shop this week! Joan is a well known personage in the antique world here on this part of the Gulf Coast. Joan and I have been aquainted for many years and she has a very nice collection of my ceramic art pottery that she has purchased over the years. <br />
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When I first entered the shop I was very impressed with how well lit, and carefully everything in the shop is displayed. In the front part of the shop she has a nice selection of jewelry featuring sterling and better quality costume pieces. The shop has a fine variety of vintage and antique items. In the middle of the shop are smaller rooms on either side that have different consignment antiques, vintage, and collectable items. The back area has a good selection of furniture with everything from a large exuberant black Victorian fireplace mantle to an outrageous vintage, antiqued gilt <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinoiserie"><em>Chinoiserie</em></a> curio cabinet. <br />
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"Antiques Plus" is the kind of place where one can buy a lot of style at very good prices. I have to admit, I saw quite a number of items that would make really super holiday gifts for that special someone. I just can not understand going out the the mall and picking up some meaningless mass produced product when one can go to an antique shop like this and pick up something that will always be remembered. Antiques and vintage items can make a holiday gift truly special. Also remember that when we purchase cool items from shops like this we are helping the local business person and our community. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kutani sake cup circa. 1900</td></tr>
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I try to buy local when I can. So I have to tell you. I bought a few really cool things at "Antiques Plus" myself. I found a nice little Japanese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutani_ware">Kutani</a> sake cup, circa. 1900, the late Meiji period(1868 - 1912. It features a very nice image of an armed archer that has a radiant golden bird(a falcon or a hawk?) in gold over his bow and an inscription around the outside. A lovely little sake cup to add to my collection. When I say little, I mean little. It is only 2 inches across by 1¼ inches tall! I just love the detail in these tiny sake cups. I also found a vintage ivory piece, a beautifully carved large mother of pearl shell, a small Victorian beveled glass and bronze jewel box and a gold overlay Edwardian style sterling bracelet with a central blue crystal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of inscription on Kutani sake cup circa. 1900</td></tr>
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I will be doing a follow up post with pictures of Joan's shop shortly. D'Iberville is an up and coming area here on the Gulf Coast. They are building a new aquarium and casinos and have just recently finished a new mall. I think Joan has chosen a great location, (right off of I-10) and that she will be having great success at this location. If you have a chance drop in and see her and tell Joan I said, "Hi"!Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105943302374058391.post-77326533238516609552011-11-23T14:27:00.000-08:002011-11-23T14:28:19.045-08:00Happy Holidays from South Coast Antiques & Gallery<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Holidays from South Coast Antiques & Gallery in Ocean Springs, MS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxX4WiCPGh0zXG0W6stJ9dEkCD9lrsKqM0f05vJF0sJCLX6em8j-UeB3s9YED8bvgsr-LZLDCgMidvDt73UTJnAXJy-PUfQGSKA4MDfFt98waQ_II6YWGgxexv2JScxAL1YDzUSk2r3zY/s1600/GlenMiller1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxX4WiCPGh0zXG0W6stJ9dEkCD9lrsKqM0f05vJF0sJCLX6em8j-UeB3s9YED8bvgsr-LZLDCgMidvDt73UTJnAXJy-PUfQGSKA4MDfFt98waQ_II6YWGgxexv2JScxAL1YDzUSk2r3zY/s320/GlenMiller1.jpg" width="238" /></a> I spent a few moments talking with Glenn Edward Miller at his prominently located display. Mr. Miller is very well known and loved local artist that is best known for his vibrant depictions of local Gulf Coast sites. Glenn E. Miller is a life time resident of the Gulf Coast. He studied art and went to collage in New Orleans. For many years Mr. Miller was the man that raised and lowered the Back Bay drawbridge. When not operating the bridge he worked on many of his life sketches and studies.<br />
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Our shop South Coast Antiques & Gallery is located where the Old Henrietta's restaurant was located and was the subject for a number of Glenn Millers hand tinted etchings. One that I have had access to was titled "Henrietta's, the Hub of the Town".<br />
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Glenn Miller's art is the kind of thing that really appeals to anyone that has a love for the local area. Sadly, many of the buildings that Glenn has done etchings of have been destroyed by time, Katrina, and many by the desire to reshape Ocean Springs into a New Orleans type one stop party destination. A very sad thing in my opinion.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUATowz2BenR8qNQwel7bqZLDqSI8cj4XoZ6nvxe2RKEPFZC4i0_M6gal_6qr5Y0pnHwRDBUe_4-fHkkPrxWzIWYxHuhLA1POa4WhBBc5P0YfDIttmeCSfEge0r448TCQVr-Qku6WDnX0/s1600/shop4a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUATowz2BenR8qNQwel7bqZLDqSI8cj4XoZ6nvxe2RKEPFZC4i0_M6gal_6qr5Y0pnHwRDBUe_4-fHkkPrxWzIWYxHuhLA1POa4WhBBc5P0YfDIttmeCSfEge0r448TCQVr-Qku6WDnX0/s400/shop4a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ocean Springs has so many wonderful and quirky little buildings and between the whims of the storm Katrina and that of people that seem to want to rebuild the town from the ground up eventually only the prints of a visionary artist like Glen Edward Miller will allow the future to have a glimpse of what so many people loved about Ocean Springs. On that same note, I can only muse at the fate even of Henrietta's that is now South Coast Antiques & Gallery and used to be the Hub of the community!Michael W. Moses South Coast Antiqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122316179868434714noreply@blogger.com0