The extensive collection of Joyce Bowes Collis of Lancaster will be sold on Thursday and Friday, June 24 and 25, at Pook & Pook's gallery in Downingtown. Collis, who worked for several years as an interior designer, had a great enthusiasm for collecting and a strong interest in the history of the objects she admired.

Session one on June 24 will start at 9 a.m. with a large collection of mocha followed by several hundred lots of mid-Atlantic Americana material, including painted furniture, yellowware, folk art, redware, portraits, glass, needlework, hooked rugs, wallpaper hat boxes, weathervanes, carvings, pearlware, canary Staffordshire, Leeds, Gaudy Welsh, quilts, woodenware, children's furniture, toys and more.

Session two on June 25 will begin at 9 a.m. with a collection of spatter pottery and will continue with even more material from in and around Pennsylvania, as well as a sizeable selection of New England antiques and decorative accessories. The sale will conclude with a selection of Black Forest carvings, several Dutch carved cake boards and more than 100 lots of material from Europe, including dozens of elaborate English samplers, furniture, paintings, Chinese exports and other decorative accessories.

Interested bidders may visit http://www.pookandpook.com for additional information about the upcoming auction. Questions regarding condition or additional photograph requests may be sent to conditions@pookandpook.com. For questions about online, in-house, phone or absentee bidder registration, to purchase a printed catalog for the sale or to reserve a seat at the live sale, email info@pookandpook.com or call 610-269-4040.