Brookfield/Elm Grove Monthly
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AUGUST 2013 Page 6A • Freeman Brookfield & Elm Grove Pottery retains value; chest has fake keyhole Q. In 1898, my mother was born in Kansas. This pottery piece belonged to her. – L.F Oconomowoc ., BARBARA EASH A. This rim-molded pattern was made from 19151920 in the pottery district of Zanesville, Ohio. In 1872, a young man named Samuel Augustus Weller started to sell pottery from his small settlement home. Using nearby rich clay deposits and tenacity, success soon followed. Employing creative artisans, adding new patterns, colors and glazes kept Weller Pottery producing through 1948. The naturalistic line included this "Baldin" planter pattern, with rustic colors of green or blue-ground, low-relief molded apples, leaves and branches. Weller used a variety of ID marks and often no mark at all. Your bowl has the impressed block letters, "WELLER," used in middle-production years. For highest value, pieces need to have color brightness, no chips, flawfree glaze and sharp details. $155 for this example. FYI: Forgotten pottery (stored in the basement) often has a higher value than silver or porcelain items. Q. I have no history on Antiques Appraised this metal chest that I purchased 20 years ago through a classified ad. The keyhole in front is fake, the real one on top is hidden by a decorative metal disk. – R.H., Pewaukee of vertical hasps holding padlocks was the second This iron strongbox deterrent. Even with padwas designed way before locks cut off, the lid would armored trucks; most were not open. The detailed lockmade around Nuremberg, ing mechanism is fitted to Germany, through the 18th the inside of the lid. century These portable . Unlocking the mechanism safes transported and stored using the top, hidden, keyvaluables on international hole, six deadbolts release shipping routes. Driven by in sync. The immense necessity, craftsmen contin- weight was the final deterrent. Using the oversized ually devised more ingenious and complicated lock- forged handles, often four men were needed to transing systems. The rectangular body surface is mounted port. Your 27-inch x 15-inch x 14-inch strongbox is misswith sheet iron, reinforced broad strap fittings and sys- ing the interior metal panel covering the locking systematic riveting. The irontem. It has been repainted lined interior has a side receptacle with sliding latch and has a working but replaced key $800: Don't . for smaller valuables. The we wish it could talk? front Gothic-design cartouche disguises the false keyhole, where according to Have an item for appraisal? legend, gunpowder was packed and could explode If you have an item you'd from forced entry The pair . A. like to be appraised, mail entries to Waukesha Antique Shop, 1427 E. Racine Ave., Unit E-2, Waukesha, WI 53186. Your entry could be selected. Send sharp, well-lit photos of front, back and underside of your item, and measurements are important. List any known history or even hearsay, length of ownership and all markings, even partial ones. Include your name, address and phone number. No photos can be returned and no purchase of antiques will occur. (Barbara Eash is a member of the Certified Appraisers Guild of America, specializing in appraisals of antiques and collectibles and has extensive experience writing and speaking about antiques.) Westfahl selected as new Brookfield Elementary principal Submitted photo Ribbon-cutting at ActionCOACH ELM GROVE – The Waukesha County Business Alliance joined ActionCOACH of Elm Grove on June 14 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the expansion of office space.The expansion is to accommodate ActionCOACH'S two new business coaches, Rick Appleby and Dave Steffen. Front row (from left to right): Coach Chris Penasa,ActionCOACH; Coach Jim Palzewicz,ActionCOACH; Jim Jackson,Waukesha County Business Alliance; Pat Haukohl,Waukesha County Board; Coach Chris Carman,ActionCOACH. Back row (from left to right): Brenda Hilgendorf,ActionCOACH; Ron Palzewicz,ActionCOACH; Director of Marketing Gary Peavler,ActionCOACH; Brittany Moen,ActionCOACH; Diane Konrath,ActionCOACH; Coach Rick Appleby,ActionCOACH; Coach Dave Steffen,ActionCOACH; and Coach Tom Palzewicz,ActionCOACH. BROOKFIELD – Brookfield Elementary School will have a new principal with many years of educational experience when students return for the 2013-14 school year. The Elmbrook School Board unanimously confirmed Dan Westfahl the school's new principal. He currently is the principal of Stormonth School in the Fox Point-Bayside School District and was previously a principal in the Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District, where he was also the district's director of curriculum. He will replace Lynn Raines, who has served as principal at the school since 2009. She announced in March that she would be resigning at the end of the school year. Westfahl Westfahl will take over July 1. Westfahl has previously taught in Waukesha County – 16 years at Marcy Elementary School in the Hamilton School District as a firstgrade teacher and as an adjunct professor at Carroll College. Carroll is also where Westfall received his bache- Great Style 4U lor's degree. He went on to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to earn a master's degree in curriculum and instruction and on to Cardinal Stritch University for a doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service. "Dan Westfahl has a deep understanding of teaching and learning, has a great commitment to students and families, and is an outstanding educational leader," said Superintendent Mark Hansen in the release. 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