- From the Library of Robert Baldwin (1804-1858):
William Molyneux (1656-1698) THE CASE OF IRELAND'S BEING BOUND BY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND & THE CASE OF TENURES UPON THE COMMISSION OF DEFECTIVE TITLES THE CASE OF IRELAND'S...
[more like this] - AN EARLY REPUBLIC OF TEXAS DOCUMENT,
TEXAS SCRIP, SIGNE... TEXAS SCRIP, SIGNED BY THOMAS TOBY, ISSUED UNDER DAVID G. BRUNET, INTERIM PRESIDENT OF TEXAS, OCTOBER 10, 1836, engraving on paper with hand inscriptions...
[more like this] - ANDREW JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHCut signature
of the 17th President of the United States. Johnson became President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His Reconstruction Plan required that States had to abolish...
[more like this] - 1683 BIOGRAPHY OF SAINT TORIBIO OF MOGROVEJO
El Sol del Nuevo Mundo Ideado y Compuesto en las Esclarecidas Operaciones del Bienaventurao Toribio Archbispo de Lima [The Sun of the New World Conceived and Composed in the...
[more like this] - A clipped signature of Andrew Johnson
(1808-1875), the 17th President of the United States. Evidently this is from an envelope, as the word Free as a "free frank" appears in his hand above the signature. As...
[more like this] - EDGAR LOUIS YAEGER, MICHIGAN / FRANCE
(1904 - 1997), UNTITLED ABSTRACT, 1937, OIL ON CANVAS, 20 1/2"H X 27 1/2"W (SIGHT), 25"H X 32"W (FRAME)Edgar Louis Yaeger, Michigan / France, (1904 - 1997) untitled abstract,...
[more like this] - VALERIE EICKMEIER, AMERICAN (20TH /
21ST CENTURY), CONVERGENCE, 2015, OIL ON BOARD, 16"H X 8"W (SIGHT), 17 1/4"H X 9 1/4"W (FRAME)Valerie Eickmeier, American, (20th / 21st Century) Convergence, 2015, oil...
[more like this] - A MILITARY PRESENTATION 9CT GOLD VESTA
AND CIGARETTE CASE - 5TH BATTALION YORKSHIRE REGIMENT Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd, Chester 1909, the cigarette case of rounded square outline, the vesta case of circular outline,...
[more like this] - JAPANESE KUTANI LIDDED VASE ?? ?????of
bottle form, painted with three figures on the bulbous body(1)30cm highProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E.,...
[more like this] - FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS POND AND MANDARIN
DUCKS' GINGER JAR
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????of ovoid form, painted to one side with a pair of Mandarin ducks in a lotus pond with large foliage and florals,...
[more like this] - TWO FAMILLE VERTE GINGER JARS AND COVERS
QING
DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ?????????????each similarly painted with a continuous lotus pond scene, with wooden stands(2)heights: 17.5cm and 19.5cmProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns,...
[more like this] - PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'COVERT EIGHT IMMORTALS'
PLATES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ? ???????????each painted to the central medallion with attributes of Eight Daoist Immortals, including a double-gourd, sword, plantain fan,...
[more like this] - BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZED-RED BOTTLE
VASE
20TH CENTURY ???? ??????????the globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, rising to a long straight neck, painted with fruits borne on foliage underneath bands...
[more like this] - SANG-DE-BOEUF BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY,
18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ?????sturdily potted from a recessed foot rising to a bulbous body and straight long neck, applied overall with a thick red glaze thinning on the mouth...
[more like this] - TURQUOISE-GLAZED HANDLED VASE
QING DYNASTY,
19TH CENTURY ? ???????rising from a short foot to globular body, waisted neck and wide flared mouth, two makara heads with water emerging from mouth flanking the neck forming...
[more like this] - OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE
QING
DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ???????the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with...
[more like this] - MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM'
BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????elegantly carved with steep and gently flaring plain sides, supported on a medallion of a blossoming chrysanthemum, the thin polished...
[more like this] - MUGHAL STYLE PALE CELADON JADE HANDLED
BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????????the delicate body intricately carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of acanthus leaf, the tip rising from the rim...
[more like this] - LARGE YELLOW-GROUND GRISAILLE FISH BOWL
QING
DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD ??? ????? ?????????sturdily potted with rounded sides decorated in black grisaille with leafy peony branches issuing large blooms in various stages...
[more like this] - YOUNG PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR MINIATURE
PAINTING France,19th CenturyDepicts President Taylor as a young man dressed in a pale purple gray suit with a head full of dark curls. Taylor was the twelfth President of...
[more like this] - Photographic Archive of Miles City Montana
Photographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
[more like this] - U.S. CAPITOL LATROBE ARCHITECTURAL SANDSTONE
CORINTHIAN CAPITAL FRAGMENT FROM THE ORIGINAL EAST WING PORTICO Aquia Creek sandstone Corinthian capital fragment from the original columns of 1828 designed by Benjamin Latrobe...
[more like this] - U.S. CAPITOL LATROBE ARCHITECTURAL SANDSTONE
BLOCK FROM STEPS OF ORIGINAL EAST WING PORTICO large piece of Aquia Creek sandstone a numbered and lettered remnant of the East Wing Portico steps of the Nation's Capitol...
[more like this] - U.S. CAPITOL LATROBE ARCHITECTURAL SANDSTONE
BLOCK FROM STEPS OF ORIGINAL EAST WING PORTICO large piece of Aquia Creek sandstone a numbered and lettered remnant of the East Wing Portico steps of the Nation's Capitol...
[more like this] - Fancy Foot Officer's Sword Presented
To Capt. Charles W. Boyd Co. B. 34th OVI--Piatt Zouaves 32" blade with etched panels of panoply of arms drums cannons large U.S. and floral designs with?gilt in the etching...
[more like this] - BING FERRY BOAT Germany #10/358 lithographed
tin produced at the end of the companies financially troubling tenure the no frills features was an attempt to rescue the once powerful toy company done in yellow deck and...
[more like this] - * Colt Aircrewman AF-1 Presented to
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg .38 spl. cal. 2" barrel S/N 4903LW. On the bottom of butt marked AF.-No.1; marked on the backstrap Property of The U.S. Air Force; on the inside...
[more like this] - Clauberg Non-Regulation Officer's Sword
Presented to Lt W.H. Low 33" blade. Marked at the ricasso W. Walscheio Solingen; on the reverse is a small proving mark. Shageen and wire wrapped handle.? Iron backstrap and...
[more like this] - Newcomb College Pottery Matte-Glazed
Vase, decorated by Sadie Irvine with a scenic design of a moon and moss-laden oak trees, bearing the NC cypher and the date mark AA for 1903, h. 5-3/8". Provenance: Amanda...
[more like this] - Thomas Bolling Robertson Governor of
Louisiana ALS 3pp ALS dated July 12 1812 from New Orleans. Written to Fulwar Skipwith former governor of the annexed Republic of West Florida concerning unrest in eastern...
[more like this] - William Belknap Union General & United
States Secretary of War Bound Volume of Letters 43 items including 28 ALsS from Belknap; 8 ANsS (some signed with initials); and 7 letters to Belknap (most docketed and signed...
[more like this] - Tiffany & Co sterling presentation tray
circa 1986 rectangular tray with rounded corners engraved with dedication: On Behalf of the Officers and Directors of North American Philips Corporation We Present with Affection...
[more like this] - [Book] Maryland Land Tenure John Kilty;
''The Land-Holder's Assistant and Land-Office Guide '' being an exposition of original titles (Baltimore: Dobbin & Murphy 1808) 8vo full speckled sheep Estimate $ 100-200...
[more like this] - Lewis Cass Soldier Diplomat & Statesman
Quarter 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...
[more like this] - A Pair of Newcomb College Art Pottery
Matte Glaze Vases 1930s decorated by Sadie Irvine with a relief-carved wild rice design base inscribed "Educational Exhib'n" and marked with Newcomb cipher and decorator's...
[more like this] - Robert E. Lee signed photograph, albumen
portrait boldly signed lower right "RE Lee", 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. on 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. card mount, imprinted verso "Photographed by Boude & Miley, Lexington,...
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