A NEW YORK MILITIA PARADE SHAKO A NewYork militia parade shako, circa 1860s, the black velvet helmet form centering a white metal eagle badge with a shield of the sun, stars and stripes with an "Excelsior" ribbon...
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PAIR VA CHARCOAL PROFILE PORTRAITS,ATTRIB. CHARLES BUR...Companion pair of charcoal profile portraits on paper, unsigned but attributed to Charles Burton (1782 - after 1847) depicting Captain David Evans Moore...
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2 MINIATURE PORTRAITS RELATED TO CAPT.ALLEN MCLANETwo American early 19th century watercolor profile portraits, manner of Charles St. Memin, each depicting a woman with tightly curled hair in a blue and white...
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EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN GHANA ASAFO COTTONMILITIA FLAGWest Africa, Ghana, Asafo people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An interesting hand-sewn cotton textile flag with appliqued figures and hand embroidered details....
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IMPORTANT VIRGINIA PORTRAIT(AmericanSchool, 19th Century)
John Mason McCarty (1795-1852), not visibly signed, oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in.; gilt wood frame, 33-1/2 x 27-1/4 in.
Provenance: Descended in the family...
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POST CIVIL WAR 7TH NEW YORK MILITIAPHOTOGRAPHAntique photo of two solders smoking pipes outside tent believed to be from the 7th New York Militia post Civil War. Photo measures approx. 9" x 7", image size is...
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GEORGE W. NEWCOMBE MINIATURE BEATRICECENCIFramed miniature portrait, Beatrice Cenci, after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642), notation verso: "copied from the original at Rome by G.L. Launders Esq., copied after...
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EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIAPERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL MID-19TH CENTURY PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL Mid-19th Century A U.S. Army General Hospital, named Lovell...
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EIGHT CIVIL WAR ERA UNION STATE SEALBUTTONS To include: one Minnesota cuff button by Scovill (14mm, non-dug); one New Hampshire coat button by Scovill (24mm, great look with good impression and full gilt); four...
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TWENTY-EIGHT ITEMS BEING MILITARY ANDCIVILIAN BUTTONS PLUS RELATED INSIGNIA *RETURNED* To include: antebellum American one-piece militia eagle button; three (3) Union general service buttons; Canadian army button,...
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MASSACHUSETTS OFFICER'S CIVIL WAR GROUPINGWITH VERY RARE "MS" MARKED COLT REVOLVER This collection follows the Civil War service of 1st Lt. Sanford Almy, Quartermaster for the 18th Massachusetts Infantry between...
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TWO PAIRS OF RARE MILITIA STIRRUPS Firsthalf 19th century: one pair pierced with letters "N YORK," the other similarly marked "N CAR;" cast iron, 5 1/4 in. H., 4 1/4 in. W....
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An antique New York state militia, CoastalArtillery uniform, including: an unlabeled dark blue wool coat, dark blue wool trousers with label “Lt. J.P. Clute, Feb. ‘06, leather belt with “NY” brass buckle....
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(20) EARLY BRASS UNIFORM BUTTONS, SOMECIVIL WAR Including: Massachusetts Militia Civil War; US Navy Civil War; "Excelsior" New York Militia Civil War; US Amy Civil War; various Civil War militia, PLUS early Pine...
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GEORGE CLINTON 1778 MILITARY COMMISSIONScarceNew York military commission conferring the rank of major to Peter Fell, 6th Reg., Dutchess County militia. Wartime document signed in 1778 by GEORGE CLINTON, considered one...
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THREE US CIVIL AND POST WAR OFFICERSDRESS SWORDS Collections of three dress swords, the first sword may be a Weyersberg (German), militia sword, with mother of pearl grip scales complete, the guard having the...
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(2) 1844 NEW YORK MILITIA CERTIFICATE& CSA FLAG(lot of 2) Framed certificate attesting to the election of Theodore E. Johnson as Sergeant in the New York State Militia Infantry, 115th Regiment, 59th Brigade,...
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19TH CENTURY EPHEMERA GROUPING As follows:very early railroad manifest with legal documents being sent from New York to Philadelphia on the Union Transportation Line, December 1833; 1837 friendship letter with and...
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SIX AMERICAN MILITARY IMAGES SPANNINGTHE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR I To include: Salt print, corporal in likely New York militia uniform, circa 1861, identified as Aloysius Berman, however not in Civil War database...
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AFTER J. B. BATCHELDER, COLORED LITHOGRAPH,ENDICOTT& CO., NEW YORK, 1860. TITLED "REVIEW OF THE MASS. VOLUNTEER MILITIA AT CONCORD, SEPT. 9, 1859". SIGHT SIZE 29" X 44". IN A PERIOD MAHOGANY FRAME. SHOWS LIGHT FOXING AND...
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JON H. PUGH 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW POWDERHORN: Early 19th Century scrimshaw decorated powder horn bearing the name Jon H. Pugh and dated 1804 inside a scrimshaw cartouche and on the reverse with a scrimshaw American...
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MAINE MOURNING PAINTING. Goodwin familySouth Berwick York County watercolor on paper late 1820s -early 1830s signed ''MG'' on a tombstone. Church graveyard with text on the tombstones. Period frame 11 3/4''h....
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US Pre-Civil War Connecticut MilitiaShako Shako has the Connecticut state shield and infantry horn with the letter C for Company C. Connecticut's militia variant of the common M1851 dress cap prescribed under...
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Documents from Early America Plus Lotof 13. ADS account sheet for Jelles Fonda from William Walker 2pp 7 x 11.75 in. Linon (New York?) 3 Jan. 1791. Account for transportation over about 3 years 7 Jan. 1788 to...
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Seven signed aviation history items:typed letter, July 10, 1931, "Rearwin Airplanes, Inc., Fairfax Airport, Kansas City" printed letterhead with image of plane "Ken Royce", to McKinley Leapley,...
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[Civil War] Group of part-printed andmanuscript documents including three lists of Baltimore militia companies with commanding officers and number of men April and May 1861; Muster Roll of the 4th Regt. New York...
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SILHOUETTE. Signed Frederick ChapmanBemis Heights 1777. Full-length profile of Massachusetts militia soldier Abijah Wood (1743-1819) in uniform with his gun against a pen and ink landscape of stone wall and...
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Lewis Cass Soldier Diplomat & StatesmanQuarter Plate Daguerreotype Quarter plate by Mathew Brady (1822-1896). A rare portrait of the aging Cass taken in 1849. Housed in wall frame and accompanied by original backing...
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A Pair of American Classical CarvedMahogany Side Chairs early 19th c. New York each having a crotch-veneered crest rail carved foliate scroll splat reeded stiles trapezoidal slip seat paneled rail molded saber...
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French and Indian War Map Horn--ForbesTrail to Fort Pitt 14'' length triple raised ring with smooth spout engraved with forts and Royal Coat of Arms. This well-travelled map horn shows every fort from New York...
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Presentation Sword to Capt. James McGrathNY Emmett Guards A beautiful M1850 Militia Staff Sword with 32" double-edged blade having 31" center fuller and etched panels of panoply of arms.? Gilt brass eagle pommel...
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Model 1872 New York Militia Kepi wool,top with four lobed piping, 9 in.,...
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Attributed to C. R. Parker (American/Louisiana1799-1849) "Portrait of Gen. the Hon. John Bennett Dawson of Wyoming Plantation West Feliciana Parish" c. 1844/45 oil on canvas unsigned identified in ink in a mid-19th c....
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Documents from Tryon County New YorkLot of 5. ANS 1p docketed on verso 7 x 7.75 in. 3 Jan. 1799. Note from John Herkimer to John Porteous explaining that he was unable to immediately meet a debt but after he...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF SPANISH AMERICANWAR AND LATER MILITARY INSIGNIAS: To many to list, some highlights are 24th & 25 black infantry cap badges, many other infantry cap badges, post WWI field clerk collar insignia,...
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American Percussion Fowler with ResearchDocuments .85 cal. smoothbore 46" round barrel.?British?proofs at breech?and? Virginia marked on top of the barrel and dated "1750."? The barrel has both rear and front sights;...
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