Revisiting the Coxcomb

On Saturday, the Oregon Quilt Project held a documentation day at the Willamette Heritage Center / Mission Mill Museum in Salem, and there was a coxcomb quilt that had been identified as "The Olive Branch" - a pattern published by the Ladies Home Journal, which appears in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Applique as pattern #43.74. 

When I saw the quilt, I couldn't believe anyone would call the pattern an olive branch, because olive branches and coxcombs bear no botanical resemblance to each other. So, I looked it up.

OQP # 2011.02.041 was called "The Olive Branch" BB#43.74

I had, and still have, a lot of doubts about calling the pattern "The Olive Branch". In my mind, it's clearly a coxcomb. When I was searching through the Encyclopedia of Applique, I came across another pattern, #43.78, an unnamed pattern from plate #25 in the 1988 Quilt Engagement Calendar, which was almost identical to the pattern seen on the Mary Couchman Small album quilt in my collection (pictured at top).

Interesting!

So, I'm wondering if anyone out there has a 1988 Quilt Engagement Calendar they could check for me. If the quilt pictures in plate #25 is one of the two Couchman/Small family quilts, it could help me in my research. If it happens to be the quilt I own, it would be particularly enlightening. I know my quilt was part of Sandra Mitchell's collection around 1995, when it was published in Shelly Zegart's book American Quilt Collections: Antique Quilt Masterpieces, but one of the biggest mysteries I've yet to solve is when Mitchell acquired it from the family. 

Any leads appreciated!