Born in the Cherokee country of East Tennessee, Major Ridge was one of the prominent Cherokee chiefs at the time of their removal to Oklahoma. An advocate of westernization, Ridge sent his son John to be educated at the Moravian mission in Springplace, Georgia, and two of his daughters to the Salem Academy in North Carolina.


Major Ridge 1838


After original portrait by Charles Bird King


Lithographer: J. T. Bowen; publisher: F.W. Greenough Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ink on paper HOA: 18-5/8"; WOA: 13-15/16"


This doll-scale sized chair, made in Sullivan County, Tennessee, as proper seating for a little girl’s doll, replicates the larger, full-scale vernacular chairs that were popular in that area.


Miniature Armchair c. 1850 Sullivan County, Tennessee Poplar and oak HOA: 10-7/8"; WOA: 6-5/8"; DOA: 6" Gift of Mary Jo Case


Lowe was one of the master potters of Greene County, Tennessee, at the time of the Civil War. A dedicated Unionist, Lowe was hanged by the Confederate government for his participation in a plot to sabotage Confederate rail lines. Like many of his wares, this jar is coggle- decorated with his name “J.A. Lowe” around the upper rim.


Jar c. 1850–1860 John Alexander Lowe Greene County, Tennessee Earthenware


HOA: 5 1/2"; DIA of mouth: 4 13/16"; DIA of base: 2 1/2"


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