ECS-3
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Post by ECS-3 on Jan 27, 2020 13:42:02 GMT -5
Thought I'd share this - This weekend I visited a museum in Luray, Virginia. My family is from Luray and this Blanket chest was painted by Johannes Spitler (1774 - 1837). He also painted a number others in similar designs. This chest was made in 1798 and is on display at the Luray Valley Museum. A similar Spitler painted chest sold at auction in 2015 at Jeffrey Evans & Associates in Harrisonburg for $356,500! The markings are: J(ohannes) SP(itler) 1798 B(arbara) L(ionberger) NO 49 (with a backwards N)  |
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Jan 27, 2020 13:56:10 GMT -5
Very cool ECS. It always amazes me when a utilitarian piece like that survives that long.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 27, 2020 15:07:36 GMT -5
Very cool ECS. It always amazes me when a utilitarian piece like that survives that long. Agreed, and it also deserves a “they don’t make em like that anymore”, because they most definitely do not. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2020 15:10:21 GMT -5
😎😎😎
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Post by hilltop87 on Jan 27, 2020 15:11:12 GMT -5
That is really cool.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2020 15:13:27 GMT -5
Would it really be considered theft if *you* stole it?
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Post by ECS-3 on Jan 27, 2020 18:08:02 GMT -5
Would it really be considered theft if *you* stole it? No  But My biggest complaint is I want back the 1700 acres taken from Spitlers to create the Shenandoah National Park  |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2020 18:52:45 GMT -5
Would it really be considered theft if *you* stole it? No But My biggest complaint is I want back the 1700 acres taken from Spitlers to create the Shenandoah National Park That would be hard to sneak out in your coat pockets. |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 27, 2020 19:16:51 GMT -5
No But My biggest complaint is I want back the 1700 acres taken from Spitlers to create the Shenandoah National Park That would be hard to sneak out in your coat pockets. Whereas that chest would just slip right in with his car keys. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 27, 2020 19:33:50 GMT -5
That would be hard to sneak out in your coat pockets. Whereas that chest would just slip right in with his car keys. I was thinking a big fluffy parka. |
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Post by LTB on Jan 27, 2020 20:01:20 GMT -5
Amazing piece of beautiful history ESC-3. So are you saying land was taken from your family ancestry or am I confused?
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Post by ECS-3 on Jan 27, 2020 20:59:06 GMT -5
Amazing piece of beautiful history ESC-3. So are you saying land was taken from your family ancestry or am I confused? Yes, hundreds of families in 8 counties in Virginia were displaced off the Blue Ridge mountains in order to create Shenandoah National Park. Including (distant) relatives of my family. The Virginia General Assembly passed a "mass condemnation" law that allow the state, with the stoke of a pen, to condemn all land and buildings within the specified boundaries of the proposed park. After all the residents were ordered off the mountain their houses and barns were destroyed in order to prevent anyone returning inside the park. Finally, in 1935, the park was opened. Sad story but that's how that park was created. Parks in the west were created from Federal land. But all the land in the east was privately owned. Most of the land originally came from grants from Lord Fairfax. |
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Jan 28, 2020 10:56:43 GMT -5
"Most of the land originally came from grants from Lord Fairfax."
I wonder where Lord Fairfax got it.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 28, 2020 10:58:44 GMT -5
"Most of the land originally came from grants from Lord Fairfax." I wonder where Lord Fairfax got it. I don't lol. |
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Post by ECS-3 on Jan 28, 2020 12:49:56 GMT -5
The Fairfax grant goes back to 1649. About 5 million acres. Fairfax grant |
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