In the catalog “Products of Intelligence and Diligence,” distributed by the Mount Lebanon Church Family Shakers, the introductory text states, “[I]t is our aim to show in a concise way a few of the many articles made at the present time by the Shakers of...

A loving cup school trophy in the Shaker Museum’s collection – along with a medal awarded at an agricultural fair in the 1870s for “Sisters’ Handiwork” and a blue ribbon won for livestock shown at a county fair – document that odd intersection between...