REVOLUTIONARY WAR, INDEPENDENCE HALLPAY DOCUMENT Revolutionary War pay order for repairs to the Assembly Room of the Statehouse, later to be named Independence Hall. ADS, 1 page. Dated February 13, 1779 in Philadelphia...
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ENGLISH STUMPWORK AND NEEDLEWORK PICTURE,17TH C.English stumpwork and needlework picture, 17th c. , depicting the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon, with castle in the background, lions, insects, birds, etc....
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BRITISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSSBritishflintlock blunderbuss , the lock inscribed Tower with crown and GR , the brass trigger guard with alpha numeric regiment number, walnut stock, 28" barrel flares to 1 3/4"...
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ENGLISH SCHOOL: VISIT TO THE HOUSE OFAUSTRIA TO MADAME MERE IN THE JIMEAU DRAWING ROOMInk over pencil on J. Whatman, 1826, signed with initials 'JC', titled and dated at bottom.
9 x 11 3/4 in. (sheet), 15 x...
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AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF THE BUTLER MUSEUMA rare opportunity to visit the private Butler Museum, near Dorchester, which houses around 650 pieces of porcelain from the finest collection of 17th century Chinese porcelain...
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JOHN GADSBY CHAPMAN O/C, SLAIN HARTOR DEERJohn Gadsby Chapman (American, 1808-1889) oil on canvas painting depicting a slain hart or deer on a rock, its eyes still open and tongue hanging out, left front leg...
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TWO ORVIS ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLY RODS INCASE"Orvis Impregnated/Rocky Mountain Spinning", serial number 41270; and "Orvis Impregnated/Rocky Mountain/6-1/2' - 3-1/4 oz/H.D.G. (6), serial number 44163; housed in wooden...
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HAIDA ARGILLITE TOTEM POLE, TOM HANS(EAGLE CLAN)Tom Hans (First Nations, Haida, 1925 to present) ca. 20th century CE. A hand carved argillite totem pole by the Haida artist Tom Hans, a member of the Eagle clan...
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19TH C. VANCOUVER HAIDA ARGILLITE BOATW/ TOTEM ANIMALS...First Nations, Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Haida people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and...
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Y RARE AND IMPORTANT FRENCH GOTHIC IVORYCOMPOSITE CASKET
CIRCA 1330 the panels intricately carved in bas-relief to include scenes from the Medieval tales Queste del Saint Graal and Tristan & Isolde, with later brass...
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§ ALFRED WALLIS (BRITISH 1855-1942)
PLYMOUTHsigned in pencil (upper left), oil and chalk on card26.5cm x 35.5cm (10.5in x 14in)Provenance: In Barns-Graham's notes about her collection she states she was given three...
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? ALFRED WALLIS (BRITISH 1855-1942)
HOUSESIN ST. IVES oil, pencil and chalk on cardboard18.5cm x 26.5cm (7.25in x 10.5in)Provenance: In Barns-Graham's notes about her collection she states she was given three oils...
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ALFRED WALLIS (BRITISH 1855-1942)
ST.IVES BAY pencil and oil on board7.5cm x 30.1cm (3in x 11.9in)Provenance:In Barns-Graham's notes about her collection she states she was given three oils by Alfred Wallis by...
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§ SIR TERRY FROST R.A. (BRITISH 1915-2003)
GREY,BLACK AND WHITE, CIRCA 1950 signed and inscribed 'Grey, Black, White' (to reverse), oil on board, with painting of a nude to reverse of canvas60cm x 22cm (23.6in x 8.5in)Exhibited:...
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(6)U.S. WWII ITEMS, GEN. MARSHALLL,BOOKLETS, MORE(lot of 6) Scarce WWII candid photo of General George C. Marshall (1880-1959), Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (1939-1945) visiting the Normandy invasion area on June...
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BALCOMB GREENE, NEW YORK, NEW HAMPSHIRE/ FRANCE (1904-1990), RECLINING WOMAN, OIL ON CANVAS, 30"H X 48"W, 32"H X 50"W (FRAME)Balcomb Greene, New York, New Hampshire / France, (1904-1990) Reclining Woman, oil...
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CHEF MESNIER MADE SILICONE MOLD ANDBIG BEN CLOCK MODEL, HANDCRAFTED FOR BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, FOR PRESIDENT BILL CLINT... BIG BEN CLOCK MODEL, HANDCRAFTED FOR BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR,...
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SET OF TWELVE CHARVET COTTON SHIRTS,CUSTOM MADELabel, and some monogrammed.
36 1/2 in. center back, some sizes may vary.
Note: And excerpt from Alexis Gregory, Paris Deluxe, Place Vendome , Rizzoli, 1997,...
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NATIVE AMERICAN CDVS BANNOCK & BIG SPOTTEDHORSEGroup of five 19th C. Carte de Visite showing Native American Indians ect. "Bannock Indians", titled in negative, by E. L. Eaton, a copy of which is held in The British...
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LORD FREDERIC LEIGHTON P.R.A., R.W.S.(BRITISH 1830-1896)
VIEW OF MAQAM AL-ARBA'IN, MOUNT QASIOUN, DAMASCUS Oil on canvas21.5cm x 35cm (8.5in x 13.75in)Note:This open-air oil study was almost certainly painted...
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PLASTER CAST OF THE PARTHENON FRIEZE,JOHN HENNING (ENGLISH 1771-1851)
19TH CENTURY the single panel with six frieze bands depicting classical figures in relief, mounted in a period carved wood frame34cm high,...
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? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
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BRITISH GREAT WAR NEEDLEPOINT COMMEMORATIVEWoolwork centered on two carte de visite family photos of wife and children, surrounded by the flags of the Allies, bordered by the white rose, the thistle, shamrocks and...
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Rare John Wilbank 1836 PhiladelphiaBellcast bronze signed and dated 1836 bell form with yoke stamped within two upper rings.Only three John Wilbank bells are said to exist in the United States. Harry Long MD...
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Thomas Bangs Thorpe (1815-1878 activeNew Orleans 1836-1854 and 1862-1863) "The 'Temple'" and "The Pyramid" both at Chichén-Itzá Yucatán 1843; a pair of paintings oil on canvas signed and dated en verso of...
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Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. ConfederateCivil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
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William R. Carr 12th Massachusetts Vols.KIA Gettysburg Civil War Archive 9 letters from Sgt. William R. Carr 1861-1863. Plus 6 related family letters. The war letters start with Carr??Ts May 17 1861 admission to...
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Siamese Twins Chang & Eng Bunker withtheir Children Civil War CDV Ca 1865-1870. CDV with backmark of Boston photographer S. Masury. Born in Thailand (Siam) in 1811 the conjoined twins Chang and Eng (who later...
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American Colonial silver spoons by AlexanderCrouckeshanks Boston circa 1768 pair teaspoons one reduced in size and engraved No. 6 and the other engraved with initial D and No. 2; marked: AC spaced by pellet and with...
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Thomas Jefferson Miniature Portraitby William Russell Birch William Russell Birch (English 1755-1834) enamel on copper portrait of Thomas Jefferson unsigned with?Jefferson?written on verso; 1.5 x 1 in. Frame...
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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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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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