Volume 1, Number 5
Fall 1962

Ellison Antiques

Among the items willed to the Society by James H. (Jim) Ellison is a lady's trunk dating from the latter part of the nineteenth century. Lined in beige, small figured paper bordered in blue, the trunk lid has a fashion plate from Godey's Lady's Book. The date of the illustration is not yet known, but from the gowns pictured seems to be of the 1870's.

The mortar and pestle is of the found variety and was used to grind or pound ingredients.

Below is the keystone from a large fireplace. In addition to the clearly-carved date, there is a faint design of a bird and what appears to be the trunk of a tree.