40free≤an’samerican furniture, folk & decorative arts<strong>04</strong>/<strong>13</strong>/<strong>11</strong>15<strong>11</strong>50Chippendale mahogany lookingglass18th centuryHaving a scrolled cresting centeringa gilt eagle above a rectangularmirror plate with inlaid border andgilt bezel flanked by gilt filletcorresponding scrolled pendantbelow.H: 28 in. W: 18 in.provenance:Estate of a Wyndmoor Gentleman$300-500151Painted commemorative plasterbust of George Washingtonrobert shout, london, circa 1802Impressed on back, “Publd 30th July1802/ by Robt. Shout, 18 Holborn,/London/ Washington/ GenlWashington.”H: 14 in.provenance:Estate of Judith Stanley Coleman,Red Bank, New Jersey,Woldman & Woldman, Alexandria,Virginia. Robert Shout and his father,Benjamin, worked in Holborn,London 1778-1823. They wereknown for their portrait busts offamous and Classical philosophers,writers and politicians.$800-1,200152Silver washstand basinanthony rasch & co., philadelphia circa 1820The deep circular bowl with ribbed border, stamped twice on underside ofthe rim “A Rasch & Co.,” and twice “Philadelphia.” The underside of bowlinscribed “To Ellen Pollard Lewis 1795, to Betty Washington Lewis, 1818, toBetty Washington Lovell 1866, to Frances Fielding Oldham 1932, to FrancesLovell Oldham 1961, Marybelle Gordon Drummond 1968”.Diam: 12 1/2 in. Weight: 36 troy oz.provenance:Descending for seven generations, in the family of Betty Washington Lewis,the sister of George Washington, this Philadelphia-made, engraved, silverwashstand basin, has a long and interesting story to tell. Elizabeth or BettyWashington, born in 1733, married Col. Fielding Lewis (1725-1781) a lifelongfriend of her brother George, officer in the Revolutionary War and prominentVirginian, in 1750. Together, they built the stately Georgian mansion,Kenmore Plantation in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which stands today as aNational Historic Landmark. The couple had eleven children. Their youngestson, Howell Lewis (1771-1822) married Ellen Hackley Pollard in 1795. EllenPollard Lewis (1776-1855) is the first engraved name on the basin. HowellLewis served at times as his uncle’s secretary, overseer of Mount Vernonwhile his uncle George Washington, was President. In 1818, the daughter ofEllen Pollard and Howell Lewis, Betty Washington Lewis (1796-1866)married Col. Joseph Lovell (1796-1835) and lived in Charlestown, WestVirginia. As a very small child Betty Washington Lewis visited George andMartha Washington at Mt. Vernon and had the special honor of sitting atthe “adult table,” an invitation not typically extended to children at the time.Little Betty also is said to have sat on Washington’s knee a few monthsbefore his death. Betty Washington Lewis Lovell passed away in Marietta,Ohio. Betty Washington Lewis and Col. Joseph Lovell had one child, JosephLovell, Jr.(1827-1865) His marriage to Sara Nye (1829-1934) produced BettyWashington Lovell (1853 - 1934) the third engraved name on the bowl. BettyLovell married Frances Fox Oldham (1849-1912) in 1876. The fourthengraved name, the child of Betty Washington Lovell and Francis FoxOldham, Frances Fielding Oldham was born in 1889 in Ohio. By the age ofeleven she was living in Washington D.C. She is known to have worked as aLicensed Nurse at Presbyterian Hospital on the upper west side of New YorkCity circa 1915. The fifth engraved name, Frances Lovell Oldham, was born inSeattle, Washington. Best known as an editor of Harper’s Bazaar and laterfashion editor at Vogue in the UK, Frances Lovell Oldham (1903-1991) wasoriginally married to the Hon. James Rodney. Frances Rodney later divorcedand married Captain Charles Gordon, with whom she had a daughter,Marybelle Gordon. Frances later married Captain Alwyne Farquharson ofInvercauld. As Frances Farquharson of Invercauld, she was best known forher fashionable and unique taste in both clothing and castle décor atBraemar Castle, so much so that the castle was opened for a period of timeas a visitor attraction. On June 24, 1961, Marybelle Gordon, daughter ofCaptain Charles Gordon and Frances Lovell Oldham, married the Hon. JamesReginald Drummond, son of John David Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth. Thissilver washstand basin has traveled across the United States and theAtlantic Ocean for almost 200 years.$7,000-9,000
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