A CRIMEAN WAR FRENCH OFFICER'S PISTOLthe brass butt plate and trigger guard with a brass ring on the barrel, the barrel is proof stamped 17.6 AN T D MTX 1822 – M1856. The lock plate is stamped NEC Impal De...
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A (LOT OF 3) US MILITARY OFFICER SWORDS,19THCENTURY A (lot of 3) US Military Officer swords,19th century: the first, a French made Infantry field officer sword with an eagle pommel cap, a bone grip and a curved engraved...
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WWII ARCHIVE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERROBERT KNIESWWII Archive for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert Knies including German period photos, pins, patches. Lot includes one personal letter, hand written on...
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ENGRAVINGS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARYOFFICERS AND DIGNI...7 Engravings of Lafayette, Paine, Deane, Franklin, Wayne, Amherst, and print of General Green. 1ST GROUPING: 2 engraved portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette....
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THREE (3) SWORDS, 1 FRENCH AND 2 AMERICAN,19TH/EARLY 2...1st item: French cavalry officer's sword, with horn handle wrapped in brass wire. Ricasso bears stamps CFC. Bronze handle with laurel wreath and drape decoration....
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ARMED FORCES CAP COLLECTIONA collectionof Armed Forces related caps. Includes 1 Canadian made Royal Navy officer's visor with insignia, bullion and faux white leather top; 1 Royal Navy officer's wool visor with...
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CHARLES KOSTER, 1893, AFTER ALPHONSEMARIE DE NEUVILLECharles Koster, 1893, after Alphonse Marie De Neuville, Franco-Prussian battle scene of a deceased officer lying in state, attended by other officers, oil...
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(2) BEN FRANKLIN RUOTTE & BALTIMOREMAP ENGRAVINGS(lot of 2) Framed engravings on paper, including: (1) Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706-1790), after the original drawing by Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French,...
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MINIATURE PORTRAIT MARQUIS LOUIS CHARLESPASCAULTFramed miniature watercolor portrait on paper card, Louis Charles Pascault, the Marquis de Poleon (1790-1867), three-quarter view half-length portrait, housed in a...
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NAIVE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR PAINTING Late19th century, oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, an enigmatic urban scene showing four mounted German officers to the right meeting an assembly of French officers and men; a...
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICER'S SWORD, ELIASGRAVES American hunting sword or cuttoe, 3rd quarter 18th century: hand-forged straight, single-edged blade, with false edge toward tip, 24 3/8 in. L.; Bronze hilt with simple...
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TWO FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICERS,ADS, 1792 Paul Louis Gaultier de Kerveguen (1737-1814, French general, engineer, and cartographer) autograph summary of his military service, dated at Perpignan, Oct. 28,...
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FRANCIS GURNEY, REV. WAR OFFICER, ALS,1790 Francis Gurney (1738-1815, served in French & Indian War, Revolution, and Whiskey Rebellion) ALS as Lt. Col. of the 6th battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, to Major Samuel...
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FRENCH & INDIAN WAR DOCUMENT, VIRGINIA,1754 Original account of expenses of Major Meredith Helm (1700-1756, officer in Frederick Co., Va., militia, Justice of the Peace and Sheriff), 1754, including "Removing the...
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HENRY BOUQUET, BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICER,DS, 1763 Henry Bouquet (1719-1766, Swiss-born soldier, Lt. Col. of the Royal American Regiment during French & Indian War and Pontiac's War) handwritten document, signed,...
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BARON J. AMHERST, ALS TO HENRY GLADWIN,JUNE 1767 Baron Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1797, leading British officer in the French & Indian War, captured Louisburg in 1758, commander in chief in North America, 1759, Gov....
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J. CAMPBELL, EARL OF LOUDOUN, LETTER,1756 John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudon, (1705-1782, British military officer, during French & Indian War made Commander in Chief of British forces in North America and Governor...
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ASSORTED MAKERS, MILITARY MINIATURESRELATED TO FRENCH COMBATANTS Made in England, Britains pre-war group of (36) Zouaves each modeled running with a forward drawn bayonet; (7) "Paris Office Mounted Infantry,"...
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AMERICAN EAGLE HEAD WAR OF 1812 SABEROriginal U.S. War of 1812 Officer's Eagle Head Sword with Ivory Grip and Leather Scabbard, blued blade with gilt engraving in the French manner, single deep runnel, with black...
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Rosebud Agency Sketchbook, by "Jack"9 x 5 1/2 inch sketchbook containing 72 illustrations on unlined paper, in color pencil, ca 1880s-1890s. Paper cover featuring blue pencil inscription "Capt McCauley for Indian...
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CIVIL WAR PERSONAL LETTER AND SEVENMILITARY DOCUMENTS To include: ALS, "Picket Reserve", June 7th, 1863, to "Hattie," mostly home news, but the officer writes about a Confederate officer withdrawing a picket...
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Framed 1790 document, "Philad May 7th1790, Dear Sir, Monday the 10th instant being field day the Battalion will parade at three o'clock on the green at the lower end of third street in the district of southwark,...
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NAPOLEONIC WARS, FRENCH MILITARY PORTRAITFrench School (19th c.), Officer with His Horse, oil on canvas, no signature observed, 20.5"h x 16.5"w (sight), 25"h x 21"w (frame)...
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SCARCE MAINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MAP "Attackof the Rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the Province of New England in which their Fleet was totally destroyed and their army dispersed the 14th Aug.st, 1779" by an Officer Present....
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Presentation US M1860 Naval Cutlassby Ames 26" blade marked Ames and on the reverse an anchor and dated 1861.? Leather covered handle brass cupped guard with brass pommel.? Engraved on the cupped guard To Andrew...
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Owen Biddle Philadelphia Architect &Scientist ALS Owen Biddle (1737-1799).? American Patriot and Revolutionary War colonel also noted as an astronomer scientist architect clockmaker and? watchmaker in Philadelphia.?...
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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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Civil War CDVs of Union Generals & NavalFigures Lot of 8 including: Brigadier General Abram Duryea (1815-1809) CDV by E. Anthony from a Brady negative; Major General Gouverneur K. Warren (1830-1882) CDV by E.&H.T....
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Major General N. P. Banks Collectionof Fifteen CDVs Comprising ten different uniformed cartes along with a civilian pose and two lithographic vignettes most being common Anthony-Brady views. Another CDV show...
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US Civil War Model 1850 Foot Officer'sSword French import with 30'' single-edged blade with 12'' false-edge and 3/4-length fuller with etched scrollwork and U.S.. Wnmarked; single-piece cast brass quillon/guard/knuckle...
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Autographs of WWII Generals Four 4-Starand One 5-Star Generals Lot of 5 including: Lyman L. Lemnitzer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington TNS 1961; Mark W. Clark TNS The Citadel letterhead 1965; Leslie...
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Paul-Louis-Narcisse Grolleron (French1848-1901) "The Franco-Prussian War; French Officers Planning the Attack" c. 1875 oil on beveled wood panel signed lower left 18 1/8 in. x 14 5/8 in. in a later frame. ...
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Adolphe Yvon (French 1817-1893) "Prisoner'sEscort A Scene from the Crimean War" 1855 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right 43 1/2 in. x 66 3/4 in. Provenance: Sotheby's February 25 1982 Important 19th c....
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Pair of Ben Shahn Posters IncludingThis is Nazi Brutality and We French Workers Warn You! (1942). Largest 29 x 40 in.Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was born in Lithuania immigrating to New York at the age of 8. He became...
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Joseph Hubert Diss Debar SketchbookJoseph Hubert Diss Debar (American born France 1820-1905). A sketchbook with brown hardcover binding embossed gold title ?SKETCHES / J. H. D. D. including 61 total pages 59...
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CHINESE ARTIST, C1865
HONG KONG FROMKOWLOON
32 x 72cm
Provenance: Acquired by a local family circa 1900 and thence by descent.
The exceptional draughtsmanship of this beautifully preserved China Trade panorama...
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