- CHINESE SILK PICTORIAL "TEN COMMANDMENTS"
CARPET / WALL HANG 3' x 4' Low dense silk lush pile on silk foundation. Very finely hand-knotted rug. Field with pictorial multicolour "Ten Commandments" design; borders...
[more like this] - REN YI (REN BONIAN, 1840-1895)
BIRD
ON RICE PLANT ????1840-1895? ????? ????? ?? ????: ?????????????????????: ???ink and slight colour on silk, circular fan leaf, signed, one seal of the artist(1)26cm wideProvenance:...
[more like this] - VERY RARE CHINESE 'LEGEND OF THE WHITE
SNAKE' AUTOMATONPainted wood, papier maché, enamel, silk and metal in three wood and glass casements raised on a later Hongmu wood stand; fitted with moving figures and animals...
[more like this] - TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERSTwo schoolgirl
needlework samplers, both likely English. 1st item: Silk on linen house sampler, floral border enclosing alphabet bands over a verse and signature with date: "Behold this...
[more like this] - SWIRL-IT BOX. INDIANA, PENN.: KLINECRAFT
MAGIC, CA. 196...Swirl-It Box. Indiana, Penn.: Klinecraft Magic, ca. 1960. An open, empty cabinet suspended from a cord is spun rapidly. At the magician's command it visibly...
[more like this] - BIRD CAGE CANISTER.Bird Cage Canister.
Hong Kong: Chu’s Magic, 1970s. A canister is filled with a quantity of fruit and silks, but at the magician’s command these disappear and a live canary is found in the...
[more like this] - VINTAGE JUDAICA KASHAN PICTORIAL RUGStunning
weaving, possibly silk, depicting Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac, Elijah's ascension, Moses' striking the rock, the Ten Commandments etc. Across the top are symbols representing...
[more like this] - UNIFORM WORN BY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
VICTOR MEANS United StatesC. 1890sA dark blue blue broadcloth cap with an embroidered navy insignia on the front, gold metallic tape chinstrap with navy buttons, a black Japanned...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE FROM A BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
MISSION TO INDONESIA AND THE PHILLIPPINES Circa 1795-1796, to include: Letter Signed "John Canning," affixed with the Canning family seal, one page, 4to, Calcutta, December...
[more like this] - ENGLISH SILK ON LINEN TEN COMMANDMENTS
SAMPLEREnglish silk on linen ten commandments sampler, dated 1777 , wrought by Elizabeth Vaughan, 22" x 12 1/4".
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[more like this] - ENGLISH BAND SAMPLER WROUGHT BY JANE
DAMON, AGED 13 YEARS, DATED 1801 DAMON, AGED 13 YEARS, DATED 1801, linen ground with silk threads, bands of letters and numbers, "Fear God and Keep his Commandments 1801/Jane...
[more like this] - U.S. CAVALRY SILK SWALLOWTAIL GUIDON
AMERICAN FLAGU.S. Cavalry silk swallowtail guidon American flag, ca. 1860s , having thirty-four gold painted stars in a double wreath, twelve in an inner circle, eighteen...
[more like this] - A Chinese Imperial Edict
Dated 1890,
Guangxu Period (1875-1908)
Ink and color on silk brocade, hand scrolls
with text reading from left to right in Manchu characters and repeated from right to left in Chinese...
[more like this] - (2) FLAGS FROM WHEELER & HICKHAM FIELD,
PEARL HARBOR 24" x 36" Wool Chaplain's Flag & 36" x 50" Acetate National Flag with silk fringe; both claimed to be present during the attack on Dec 7th, the first at Wheeler...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND
ARTIFACTS DOCUMENTING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MOSES RICH COLMAN ARTIFACTS DOCUMENTING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MOSES RICH COLMAN, Includes: 1) An 1859-1864 journal kept by Mrs. Polly...
[more like this] - Y TWO GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
BOTH
DATED 1797 silk on linen, the first worked by Mary M[c]Donald, dated April 22 1797, with her parent's initials, flowering pots, birds, trees, and small animals, bordered by...
[more like this] - Civil War 15th Army Corps Forty Rounds
Headquarters Guidon Worsted wool 49 x 60 in. overall 36 in. forked end. Red field stenciled with ''Forty Rounds'' and a U.S. cartridge box. Blue border machine stitched to...
[more like this] - Silk on linen Ten Commandments sampler
dated 1750 wrought by Mary Marsh inscribed verso Mary Marsh married Otsniel Tomlinson... ?...
[more like this] - Presentation Sword to Capt. James McGrath
NY 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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