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FRIDAYSEPTEMBER 9, 2022 • VOL. 52, NO. 36
Symposium About Eyre Hall To Take Place September 14 On Location Event To Provide Look At Significant Eastern Shore Of Virginia Estate Erected in 1759 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Eyre Hall is still occupied by descendants of Littleton Eyre, the original owner. The generations have acquired and preserved such items as furniture, silver, even sheet music, with continuity rivaled by only a handful of other Virginia properties. On Wednesday, Sept. 14, Shore This is Eyre Hall in Cheriton, Va., photo by Denis McWaters. History will host “Inside & Out,” a symposium on location to showcase these treasures. Springboarding off the publication of “The Material World of Eyre Hall: Four Centuries of Chesapeake History,” the editor and six other contributors to the book will speak to their areas of expertise. The event, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., also will include a tour of the house and garden, book signings, and a box Here is the front cover of the publication, “The Material lunch. Tickets are $175 each World of Eyre Hall: Four Centuries of Chesapeake and available at History.” www.shorehistory.org or by This is a selection of Eyre Hall silver, photo by Gavin calling 757-787-8012. Registrants will will serve as master of ceremonies. years and Ashworth. receive a promo code by email enti- Savage previously held positions at 450 pages tling them to purchase the book Winterthur Museum, Garden and to tell. In addition to Savage and Southern Decorative Arts in from www.shop.mdhistory.org for Library, the former home of Henry Lounsbury, five other contributors Winston-Salem, N.C. “It’s not often $50, down from the $89.95 cover Francis du Pont. Architectural histo- to the book will lend their talents to you get all of these bright minds in rian and speaker Carl Lounsbury the symposium. “What an incredible one place.” Furniture expert price. J. Thomas Savage, Eastern Shore edited the book, assembling a event!” said Daniel Ackermann, Sumpter Priddy is known for his native and recently appointed who’s who of material culture as chief curator and director of innovative approach to the study of research, collections, and archaeol- culture and artifacts. A former Colonial Williamsburg director of contributors. The Eyre Hall story took four ogy at the Museum of Early educational travel and conferences, Continued on page 9
York Show Slated For Sept. 23 And 24 New Two-Day Format For Arion’s Show In Memorial Hall East The Original 177th Semiannual York Antiques Show and Sale is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24, at Memorial Hall East, located within the York Fairgrounds Convention and Expo Center in downtown York, Pa. The address for GPS is 334 Carlisle Ave., York, Pa. This popular event will feature carefully screened exhibitors offering a truly impressive and outstanding variety of antiques and collectibles. It is now a two-day format with no Sunday hours. According to show manager Melvin L. Arion, the merchandise will run the full gamut in both furniture and accessories. He does an exceptional job of making sure the scope of merchandise offered at this event is as broad as possible so nearly any visitor can find a new treasure. In addition, all major credit cards will be accepted. This popular event will feature 75 carefully screened exhibitors in room settings offering an impressive breadth of antiques, including 18th and 19th century period American and English furniture; American country pieces in original paint and decoration; fine early porcelain and pottery; Oriental Continued on page 11
The Morgan Presents “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna And Women Of Mesopotamia, Ca. 3400-2000 B.C.” The Morgan Library and Museum proudly presents “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 34002000 B.C.,” opening thuis fall on Oct. 14. The special exhibit will run through Feb. 19, 2023. The exhibition brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of artworks that capture the rich and shifting expressions of women’s lives in ancient Mesopotamia during the late fourth and third millennia BC. It centers on the high priestess and poet Enheduanna (ca. 2300 BC), the world’s first author known by name, who wielded considerable religious and political power.
Displaying a spectacular collection of her texts alongside other works made ca. 3400–2000 BC, “She Who Wrote” celebrates Enheduanna’s poetry and her legacy as an author, priestess, and
Visitors to this popular and longrunning show can expect to see a great variety of quality antiques.
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This is a cylinder seal (modern impression) with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Akkadian period (ca. 2334–2154 BC), with cuneiform inscription: To the deity Nini∫kun, Ilaknuid, [seal]-cutter, presented (this), made of limestone, and it is courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, acquired 1947; A27903.
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 2 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 6 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 7 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 7
FEATURED AUCTION: Soulis Auction’s Sept. 23 Sale Lone Jack, MO. - Page 7
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