Light & Form: Decorative Arts & Photography
By Revere Auctions
Nov 12, 2024
755 Prior Ave N #235C, St Paul, MN, US, United States
This sale features an incredible selection of antique to contemporary photography and decorative arts. Highlights include Nordic ceramics, Murano glass, and studio pottery by artists such as Warren MacKenzie, Gunnar Nylund, Bertil Vallien, Gino Vistosi, and many more. Our photography selection features a remarkable group of press photographs from the archives of the Star Tribune, alongside albumen prints from the 1850s to early 1900s that beautifully capture the ancient art of Egypt.
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LOT 45:

Group of 19th c. Chinese Missionary Ephemera

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Sold for: $6,500
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Auction took place on Nov 12, 2024 at Revere Auctions
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Group of 19th c. Chinese Missionary Ephemera
Group of nine pieces of ephemera and archival objects once belonging to Augustus Ward Loomis (American, 1816-1891), 19th century. This lot contains two folding boxes, one woven basket, a hair comb, pipe, opium scale enclosed in a lacquered wood case, and three stitched or stab-bound books including one hand-written bible in the Ningbo dialect, where Loomis was once stationed, in Zhejiang Province, China. Possibly once part of the Cornell University Augustus Ward Loomis Collection.

Augustus Ward Loomis and his wife, Mary Ann Loomis, were Presbyterian missionaries stationed throughout China, including in Chekiang or Zhejiang Province, during the mid- to late 19th century. They were involved in various initiatives aimed at education, healthcare, and religion, establishing schools, clinics, and churches in the region. Loomis's work reflected the broader efforts of missionaries at the time and his time in China was marked by the complexities of cultural exchange and the challenges raised by foreign missionaries in a rapidly changing society.

Height ranges from 1/4 in to 4 in; width ranges from 1/4 in to 6 1/2 in; depth ranges from 1/4 in to 2 1/2 in.
Condition: Wear throughout, as expected with age and use including toning, handling marks, and some soiling to the books; accretions to the cloth boxes, scratches to the pipe and cases, and a small loss to one of the tines along the comb.

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