- VERY RARE PAIR OF GRAEME PARK PHILADELPHIA
QUEEN ANNE C...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with four scrolled volutes, set on shell carved legs with trifid feet, upholstered...
[more like this] - EARLY HOLLOW FOLGER GOLDEN PLOVERFolger
Family
Nantucket, MA, c. 1840
11 in. long
“Nantucket decoys are hard to come by and historically they are of great interest. Since they were used for relatively short periods...
[more like this] - GRAND CURLEWCharles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952)
Shinnecock,
NY, c. 1900
17 1/2 in. long
In 1971 Milton Weiler’s “Classic Shorebird Decoys” portfolio was published with text by William J. Mackey Jr. Across from Weiler’s Plate...
[more like this] - THE HARMON RUNNING COBB CURLEWNathan
F. Cobb Jr. (1825-1905)
Cobb Island, VA, c. 1880
15 1/2 in. long
“Every Nathan Cobb decoy had its own natural pose. Even his Hudsonian Curlews…seemed to run, feed, and...
[more like this] - WYTHE COUNTY, VA PAINT DECORATED BLANKET
CHESTAn early Wythe County, Virginia poplar polychrome painted blanket chest with tombstone panel decoration and bracket feet. The central tombstone panel depicts two parrots...
[more like this] - CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF JACOB K. LONAS,
KNOXVILLECivil War Archive of Jacob Kimberlin Lonas (earlier spelling Lones), Sergeant/Captain, 4th TN Infantry which later became the 1st TN Cavalry. He was born on July...
[more like this] - PHILADELPHIA COIN SILVER WASTE BOWL,
YEATMAN FAMILY HIS...Coin Silver waste bowl, embossed with beaded rim. Monogrammed "T J Y" (possibly Thomas J. Yeatman). Marks for "J. Watson Phila." to the base. 5 1/2" H...
[more like this] - SNOWDEN FAMILY PHOTOS AND SLAVE DOCUMENT,
MEMPHIS TN AN...Archive of photographs and 1 slave document related to the Snowden family of Tennessee. 1st item: 1848 Bill of Sale recording the sale by J.B. (John Bayard)...
[more like this] - RARE AND IMPORTANT MONUMENTAL "JCM"
STAMPED 10 GALLON T...(Catawba Valley, Lincoln County, NC, circa 1840) olive green alkaline glaze over very large rounded ovoid form, green glassy runs down sides of jug from...
[more like this] - ONE PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED JOHN
J[AMES] AUDUBON, ON WOVE PAPER, TO COLONEL JOHN JAMES ABERT, FROM NEW YORK, JULY 17, 1837One page autograph letter signed John J[ames] Audubon, on wove paper, to Colonel John...
[more like this] - OCTANT BY GILBERT & SONS, LONDON AND
OTHER PROPERTY OF JOHN ADAMS LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY OTHER PROPERTY OF JOHN ADAMS, Late 18th/Early 19th Century, Collection of John Adams (1757-1807), of Edmonton,...
[more like this] - PAIR OF EXCEPTIONAL POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW
WHALE’S TEETH WITH PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 6.25". WHALE'S TEETH WITH PORTRAITS OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON, Mid-19th Century,...
[more like this] - An Impressive Masterwork Andrew Clemens
(American, 1857-1894) Labeled Sand Bottle
Made for Railroad Freight Agent Nicholas J. Goll (1840-1903), Dated 1889
visible through the top of the stopper of the bottle is...
[more like this] - [ATLASES]. JOHNSON, A.J. and J.H. COLTON.
Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. New York: Johnson and Ward, 1862.
(Dampstained, toning...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of Cowboys
Rounding Up Cattle Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden of three cowboys rounding up young cattle.? Ca 1910s-1940s 8 x 10 in.Charles J. Belden (1888-1963)...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Cowboy
Overlooking a Mountainous Landscape Unmarked but by Charles Belden showing a cowboy gazing upon snowy mountain landscape in Wyoming.? Ca 1910s-1940s 16 x 12 in.Charles J....
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Cowboy
& Horse at a Watering Hole Unmarked but by Charles Belden showing a cowboy watering his horse and himself using his hat as a cup.? Most likely taken in Wyoming ca 1910s-1940s...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of Cowboys
Watering Horses in Stream Unmarked but by Charles Belden showing three cowboys watering their horses in front of a Wyoming mountain landscape.? Ca 1910s-1940s 16 x 12 in.Charles...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of Cowboys
on Horseback Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden capturing two cowboys on horseback looking upon a Wyoming mountain landscape.? Shot from inside a stone...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Cowboy
on Horseback Tending Sheep Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden of a cowboy watering his horse while tending sheep near a small stream. Ca 1910s-1940s...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Horse
Resting Across a Lake from a Flock of Sheep Unmarked but by Charles Belden providing a view of a saddled horse resting across a small lake from a flock of sheep most likely...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of Cattle
Gathered at a Lake Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden of cattle gathered at a small lake.? Most of the cattle are looking toward the photographer as...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Stone
Fireplace Featuring Western Decor Unmarked but by Charles Belden depicting a stone fireplace adorned with Western decorative items including a bull skull fringed jacket and...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Sheep
Camp Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden of two men tending the chuck wagon at a sheep camp on the expansive Wyoming range. Ca 1910s-1940s 8 x 10 in....
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of Horses
Grazing on a Hillside Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden showing horses grazing on a hillside against a Western mountain landscape. Ca 1910s-1940s 20...
[more like this] - Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Sheepherder
Tending His Flock in a Blizzard Silver gelatin photograph unmarked but by Charles Belden showing a ranch hand tending to a herd of sheep in a snowstorm. Most likely taken...
[more like this] - Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed
Commission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
[more like this] - Pair of Nimschke-Style Engraved Smith
& Wesson Model No.2 Revolvers Inscribed to D.B. Dyer .32 caliber RF 6'' octagonal barrels S/N 19189 S/N 17780. Nimschke-style engraving with nickel finish and pearl grips;...
[more like this] - Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
Civil 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),...
[more like this] - 5 vols. American Presidential & Families
Signed Books: Ford, Gerald. A Time To Heal. (New York): Harper & Row, (1979). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. cloth, d/j. Photo plates. Signed by Ford on front fly recto. * Ford, Betty....
[more like this] - Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian 1777-1850)
"Portrait Bust of Don Camillo Borghese (1775-1832) Prince of Sulmona and Duke of Guastalla" c. 1807-09 white marble uninscribed height 22 in. Provenance: Joseph Napoleon...
[more like this] - Letters Between the Sturges Brothers
Most Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
[more like this] - Archive of Documents Associated with
the Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
[more like this] - The Waring Family American Gothic Carved
Rosewood Center Table c. 1845 after a design by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892) New York original hexagonal black marble top conforming skirt with ripple molding and acorn...
[more like this] - Attributed to C. R. Parker (American/Louisiana
1799-1849) "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....
[more like this] - 12 vols. Pennsylvania & Related Genealogy:
Haines, John W. Richard Haines and His Descendants: A Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey, Since 1682. (Boyce, Va.), (1961). 2 vols. 8vo, orig. cloth; vol. 1 slightly...
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