VINTAGE COMPOSITE FORT LEE FIRE HELMETVintagecomposite Fort Lee fire helmet, 14 1/2" l., with leather plaque, together with a Russian military visor hat. Provenance: The Collection of Ellen & Richard Levine, New York.
Competitive...
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BLUE SPATTER FORT PATTERN IRONSTONEPLATTER.Blue Spatter Fort Pattern Ironstone China Platter. 13-1/2"w. Condition: : Good with chip on edge and glazing loss on points of firing stilts.
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TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssortedTN Prints and Ephemera, 30 items total. 1st item: "Fourth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Nashville, Tennessee" imprint, published by Smith, Camp, and Company,...
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CHIEF SITTING BULL'S C. SHARPS 1859PEPPERBOXThis historic and important lot includes the C. Sharps four-barrel derringer circa 1859-1862 owned by Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull marked in Togia language as...
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TERESITA TAFOYA NARANJO, CARVED REDWARE BOWL, CA. EARLY 1950STeresita Tafoya Naranjo, (Santa Clara, 1919 - 1999) Carved Red Ware Bowl, ca. early 1950s, fired clay, pigments inscribed: Teresita / Naranjo...
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CASAS GRANDES, RAMOS POLYCHROME JAR,1250 - 1400 CECasas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome Jar, 1250 - 1400 CE, fired clay, pigments Dimensions: Height: 6 1/4 in. x Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (15.9 x 19.1 cm.) Provenance:...
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TULAROSA SNOWFLAKE, BLACK ON WHITE RATTLELADLE, CA. 1155 - 1250Tularosa Snowflake, Black on White Rattle Ladle, ca. 1155 - 1250, fired clay, pigments Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 7 x 3 1/2 in. (4.4 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm.) Provenance:...
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(VIEW) NEW YORK - AMES (21), FORT PLAIN(72) AND MISCELLANEOUS (111): 204 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY (72) AND MISCELLANEOUS (111): 204 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Includes: Ames (21), Fort Plain...
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PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ENDORSEMENTOF MAJOR ABNER DOUBLEDAY TO BRIGADIER GENERAL, NOVEMBER 27, 1861 OF MAJOR ABNER DOUBLEDAY TO BRIGADIER GENERAL, NOVEMBER 27, 1861, the short signed handwritten note, on the...
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TWO FRAMED ENGRAVINGS, BIRD’S-EYEVIEW ENGRAVING, “ANGRA OP TERCERA” BY MAP MAKER JOHN OGILBY, PUBLISHED LONDON, 1671, FIRST APPEARED IN JOHN OGILBY’S AMERICA: BEING THE LATEST AND MOST ACCURATE DESCRIPTION...
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Batterlee & Mory Fort Edward NY 2 galjug with cobalt butterfly decoration 14”H - with rim chips. Edmands & Co. 2 gal jug, with foliate cobalt decoration, 14”H - with firing pop on side. Condition: see description...
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Haxtun, Ottman & Co. Fort Edward NYlidded crock with bird cobalt decoration, 11.5”H Condition: with with firing pops to bird's head, chip to lid handle Nichols & Boynton, Burlington VT jug with floral cobalt...
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(8) CIVIL WAR LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS,TO INCLUDE:1) a letter dated November 12, 1863 from a Union soldier stationed at Fort Mifflin, PA, to his sisters. He talks about his rations and money problems, as well as...
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CATHERINE LEE, AMERICAN (B.1950), UNTITLED,1986, OIL / OIL STICK ON PAPER, 21 1/2"H X 29"W (SIGHT), 31 1/2"H X 39"W (FRAME)Catherine Lee, American, (b.1950) untitled, 1986, oil / oil stick on paper Signed and dated...
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CIVIL WAR SOLDIER JOHN C WINN LETTERPHOTO ARCHIVE United States,19th CenturyCivil War Archive of John C. Winn 1st Connecticut Artillery Siege of Petersburg Certificate ?Grand Army of the Republic? of Vermont...
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Various framed prints to include: CertificateMembership of "Providence Marine Society", 1902, discoloration, 13" x 18.25"; Niagara Fire Insurance print; The Derby, by David Dunlap; and a Fort Sumpter print....
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Little Brave Arikara Scout KIA at LittleBighorn Rare CDV Extremely scarce CDV of Little Brave the Arikara Scout for the 7th Cavalry who was killed in action at Little Bighorn; anonymous publisher.Little Brave (c.1850-1876)...
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Photographic Archive of Miles City MontanaPhotographer 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...
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William Henry Buck (Norwegian/New Orleans1840-1888) "The Hotel at Spanish Fort on Bayou St. John" oil on canvas signed and dated "'79" lower right 12 in. x 20 1/4 in. in a period giltwood frame. Provenance:...
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ARTILLERY MECHANICAL BANK (UNION) ShepardHardware Co. designed by Charles G. Shepard & Peter Adams Patent No. D-21 594 on 5/31/1892; cast iron nickel plated round trap. The coin is placed in the cannon (or mortor)....
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Texas & New Mexico Military Correspondenceof Jonas P. Holliday Lot of 3 ALsS. 1850-1857.Appointed to West Point from New York Jonas P. Holliday graduated 24th in the class of 1850 and remained in the military service...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission 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...
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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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Colonel Francis Parker 32nd MassachusettsVolunteers Civil War Archive 38 war-date letters 1860-1862. During the first days of the secession crisis in December 1860 Francis J. Parker wrote to Massachusetts Gov. John...
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ARTILLERY MECHANICAL BANK WITH BOX Bluejacket J & E Stevens Co. designed by Peter Adams circa 1900. The coin is placed in the cannon. The hammer is then pushed back; when the thumb-piece is pressed upon; the coin...
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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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Executive Officer Henry W. WashburnUSS Morning Light Civil War Archive War-date archive of five letters one partial letter and three transmittal covers. Written by ill-starred Acting Master Henry W. Washburn...
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USS Brooklyn Landsman George TittleCivil War Archive This archive of seven letters written between January 16 and June 18 1861 by Surgeon??Ts Steward George A. Tittle aboard the USS Brooklyn gives the reader...
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Marine Corps Battle Report on Attackon Pensacola Florida 1861 3pp DS dated U.S. Flag Ship "Colorado" 14 Sept. 1861. The battle report of the pre-dawn raid on Confederate-occupied Pensacola Navy Yard and destruction...
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Books on the Battle of Fort Pulaskiand Partial ALS of Charles Olmstead 1p 6. x 9.5 in. Partial ALS signed by Charles Olmstead on Chas. H. Olmstead & Co. Bankers letterhead. Savannah n.d but 1880s from preprinted...
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Confederate Edmund Ruffin CDV Backmarkof Webster's of Louisville with inked identification in the recto margin.? Ruffin (1794-1865) was a highly successful planter and agricultural scientist but is known better...
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ARTILLERY MECHANICAL BANK Confederatejacket J & E Stevens Co. designed by Peter Adams circa 1900. The coin is placed in the cannon. The hammer is then pushed back; when the thumb-piece is pressed upon; the coin...
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PORTRAIT OF THE STEAMER WEBSTER (AMERICANSCHOOL LATE 19TH CENTURY). Watercolor on paper unsigned titled on verso Steamer Webster Fort Monroe - Va- April 1864. Side view of the riverboat flying the American flag....
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Eleven James W. Pattison sketchbooks(James William Pattison, Illinois/Asheville, North Carolina, 1844-1915), six sketchbooks, Gloucester, Massachusetts, with some Maine, New Hampshire and New York related, dating...
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Civil War Archive of Letters & Documentsfrom the 17th Maine Infantry Lot of 4 letters and documents relating to the 17th Maine Infantry including: A 1p manuscript document dated November 30th 1863 formulated in...
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ARTILLERY BANK (UNION) MECHANICAL BANKShepard Hardware Co. designed by Charles G. Shepard & Peter Adams Patent No. D-21 594 on 5/31/1892; cast iron nickel plated round trap. The coin is placed in the cannon (or...
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