A few examples of appraisal values for
AT 1681

• Fine 1671 betrothal needlework, man
  Fine 1671 betrothal needlework, man and woman in court attire separated by a shield and "1671", distant castle, birds and flowers in corners, partial sun at top, silk thread and purl with raised work, some painted details, on ivory satin ground, British, circa 1671, 8 x 9-3/4 in.; modern frame. Losses to silk thread, some areas unfinished, fading, shattering to silk ground, needle holes along edges, possibly formerly attached to a pillow. Edyth Medlin Antiques, Raleigh, North Carolina
• late 17th Century English
  late 17th Century English SchoolPortrait of a Gentlemanwearing a lace jacket and a gold coloured coatoil on canvas 71.5cm x 56cm (28" x 22")
• 1682 A CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY
  1682 A CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES BOOK England,1682Antiquarian book, written by Samuel Newman, an English born clergyman who was prosecuted by the church for nonconformity and fled to Massachusetts where he founded the town of Rehoboth.
• Large "Paterson's Twenty-Four Miles
  Large "Paterson's Twenty-Four Miles 'Round London With Reference to the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry", dated 5 July 1791, presented in a later parcel-gilt ebonized wood frame in the neoclassical taste and glazed, h. 41", w. 41-1/2", d. 1".
• ENGLISH CONTRACT OF INDENTURE CIRCA
  ENGLISH CONTRACT OF INDENTURE CIRCA 1700 calligraphy on parchment a contract from Peter Courthope (born 1639 died 1724) of Danny Mansion Hurstpierpoint Sussex for leasing land from William Zinoff. Dated January 28 1700 - h:15.50 w:28.25 in.
• WALTER STEWART, AL, OPERATIONS NEAR
  WALTER STEWART, AL, OPERATIONS NEAR NEW YORK, 1780 Col. Walter Stewart (1756-1796, in 1780 commander of the 13th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line) retained copy of a letter to John M. Nesbit, treasurer of the PA Board of War, dated at Fort Lee, August 29, 1780, detailing attempts to draw the British into a fight, foraging operations, and speculation on the encampments and intentions of Sir Henry Clinton's forces; 2 1/2 pp., folio, 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
• Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Ancient and
  Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, first edition, 1712
• ENGLISH ARTS & CRAFTS EMBROIDERED
  ENGLISH ARTS & CRAFTS EMBROIDERED PANEL, CIRCA 1900 coloured wool threads on a linen ground, with embroidered inscription 1661, later-framed125cm x 41cm (frame 144.5cm x 62cm)Note: Presumably made to commemorate the coronation of Charles II in 1661.
• 1812 marking sampler, seven lines
  1812 marking sampler, seven lines of letters and numbers, stitched "Charity Chambers her work in the 8 year of her age 1812", silk on linen, probably American, 10-1/4 x 7-1/2 in. (sight); modern frame. Fading, browning of linen ground. Purchased from descendants of Quaker family originally from Wilmington, Delaware and Pennsylvania.
• A number of historic
  A number of historic proclamations and other documents of the years 1659 to 1715 including the taking and subsequent execution of Lord Monmouth after the rebellion of 1685 proclamations after the treaty of Breda 1667 details of the court which sentenced Charles I in 1648 and a later court sentencing after the Jacobite rebellion in 1715.
• 1776 SCRIMSHAW POWDER
  1776 SCRIMSHAW POWDER HORNRevolutionary War powder horn JACOB FRENCH, MADE NY ON BOARD PRISON SHIP JERSEY, TAKEN PRISONER AT FT. WASHINGTON BY KING GEORGE'S HIRED HESSIAN DOGS, NOV. 16 1776 - BEDFORD MY HOME ISLAND OF MANHATTAN. 12.5 in long.
• JAN JACOBSZ VAN DER STOFFE
  JAN JACOBSZ VAN DER STOFFE (1611-1682) DUTCHL'Attaque (The Attack), oil on board, 18 x 25 1/2 inches, signed. Note: old split in panel, professionally restored. Provenance: Norwegian Family (fled Norway in 1943), Ottawa.
• A quantity of historic documents
  A quantity of historic documents and ephemera including a document dated 1480 documents of the 16th and 17th century several Acts of Parliament of William III George II etc. 17/18th loan and payment documents including dated 1691 for services in Ireland dated 1710 signed Walpole dated 1729 signed Marlborough and Godolphin books of verses etc.
• Attributed to Jan Palthe (Dutch
  Attributed to Jan Palthe (Dutch 1719-1769) Portrait of a Gentleman oil on panel 24 x 18 inches.
• A quantity of mainly 18th century
  A quantity of mainly 18th century historic documents including Treasury matters a letter from Brigadier General Picton from Trinidad 1799 sending specimens of exotic timber a 17th century letter from Lady Cranfield to ''Affrick my maid'' an acknowledgment of receipt of pension by Lady Churchill dated 1787 etc.
• A quantity of about eighteen
  A quantity of about eighteen historic documents many of the 17th. and 18th. c. and on vellum.
• WALTER STEWART, AL ON TRAINING
  WALTER STEWART, AL ON TRAINING RECRUITS, 1777 Walter Stewart (1756-1796, Revolutionary War officer, in July, 1777, Col. commanding the PA Regt. of Foot) retained copy of a letter dated at Smith's Clove (Ramapo Valley) July 22, 1777, to Lt. Col. Lewis Farmer, ordering him to Philadelphia to take charge of new recruits, with instructions for training and equipping them; 2 1/4 pp., folio, 13 x 8 1/4 in.; endorsed by Stewart verso.
• REV. WAR PATRIOT/TURNCOAT: ANDREW
  REV. WAR PATRIOT/TURNCOAT: ANDREW ALLEN DS, 1771 Andrew Allen (1740-1825, Colonial Attorney General of PA, Colonel in the Pennsylvania Line, fled to Britain in 1776) partial ADS, an indictment against one William Grothouse of Northampton Co. for an unspecified crime, December, 1773; endorsed by John Hays, foreman of the grand jury. Appearing as 1 quarto page, consisting of the first 8 and last 3 lines of the original document, carefully joined.
• Benj. West/H.R. Robinsen, New
  Benj. West/H.R. Robinsen, New York "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsylvania 1681". Hand colored lithograph, the sight size approx. 18-1/2" x 24-1/4", French matted and framed under glass overall approx. 29-1/2" x 34-1/2".
• 18th century Charleston
  18th century Charleston engraving, South Carolina, "An Exact Prospect of Charlestown, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina", panoramic view by William Toms, after Bishop Roberts, second edition (1779), originally published in The London Magazine , June 1762, uncolored, on laid paper, 8 x 20-1/4 in. (sight); modern wood frame. Folds and creases, minor smudges, toning, areas of foxing, possible restorations, not examined out of frame; frame with abrasions. David Stockwell Antiques, Willmington, Delaware, 1972
• Oil on canvas Tudor style
  Oil on canvas Tudor style portrait of Charles Tayspill at age 50 inscription u.l. ?Charles Tayspill b. at Niewe Kerke 1600 d. at Colchester 1662 ATATIS. 50. A: 1650'' appears to be a copy of a portion of a larger portrait of Charles Tayspill artist unknown Colchester & Ipswich Museum Essex England. 30''x25''
• Scottish powder horn dated 1776,
  Scottish powder horn dated 1776, depicting the Royal Coat of Arms and New York Colony forts, lakes, and rivers to include Lake Ontario and Fort Ontario, Lake George and Fort George, Fort Independence, Lake Champlain, and Fort Ticonderoga, etc., 15"l
• ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL BADGER (MA,
  ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL BADGER (MA, 1873-1919) The Packet Ship "Patrick Henry" in distress at sea under a winter storm, probably the storms in the Atlantic crossing of January 1854. Oil on canvas, unsigned, but almost certainly from the hand of Badger, housed in the original lemon gold cove frame, OS: 23 3/4' x 36 3/4", SS: 18 1/2" x 31 1/2", cleaned and relined.
• 1866 MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS
  1866 MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS Pennsylvania,1866"Mitchell's New General Atlas" published in 1866 by S. Augustus Mitchell bound in brown leather.
• 1711 INDENTURE NEW
  1711 INDENTURE NEW JERSEYIndenture dated 1711, between Claes Arentsen Toers and John Garretson. Also signed by John Conrad Codweis. Wax seal lower right. Creases and small holes throughout. Approximately 14 3/4" x 11 1/4" (with frame 17" x 14").
• 17th century British needlework,
  17th century British needlework, two figures, soldier with tents in background, woman in court dress in front of buildings, oval panel surrounded by stylized flowers, insects and birds above lion and leopard, silk on silk ground, British, late 17th century, 17 x 21 in. (sight); wood frame. Extensive fading and browning to silk, approximately 1-1/2 x 6 in. area with losses of silk ground and some shattering, losses to embroidered elements, possible pest damage; frame with losses and chips.
• Important 17th Century Account of
  Important 17th Century Account of China by Jan Nieuhof Die Gasantschaft der Ost Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederlandern an den Tartarischen Cham (An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China), German edition printed in Amsterdam by Jacob Mörs (or Moers), 1669, 420 pages (plus index) with all illustrations including 108 text-engravings, 35 plates, and one fold-out map, 12 x 8-1/2 in.,
• English silk on linen sampler dated
  English silk on linen sampler dated 1741 with two religious verses. 16.5"x5.5"
• Attributed to Edward Bird
  Attributed to Edward Bird (1772-1819)/The Conscription/soldiers in a tavern/oil on canvas, 24cm x 29cm/see illustration
• PENNSYLVANIA REVOLUTIONARY ANS:
  PENNSYLVANIA REVOLUTIONARY ANS: TENCH TILGHMAN Tench Tilghman (1744-1786, Aide de Camp and secretary to George Washington) autograph note, signed, docketed June 19, 1777 and "John Pool" (Possibly a Private from SC, b. 1758); comprising three lines on a slip of paper, 3 1/2 X 6 5/8 in., "If the Telescope, which was to have been left at your House for the General, is come, please to send it per Bearer."
• THREE INTERESTING HISTORICAL
  THREE INTERESTING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS Comprising: 1) Napier Christie (an English soldier or Loyalist in New York) ADS, May 11, 1780, draft on a London merchant; 2) Part-printed order to the Sheriff of Northumberland Co., Mass., March 10, 1800, to seize property from Jacob Smith to the value of $100. to repay debt, the complaint of the merchant stated at length, with transcript of the account attached; and 3) Contemporary transcript of the report of a Board of Survey concerning inferior uniforms supplied to the 2nd Infantry at Madison Barracks, New York, June 3, 1844.
• 1873 MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS
  1873 MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS Pennsylvania,1873"Mitchell's New General Atlas" published in 1873 by S. Augustus Mitchell bound in brown leather.
• 18th century British School
  18th century British School portrait, gentleman in powdered wig and wearing a green jacket, painted within a feigned spandrel, unsigned, oil on canvas, colourman label verso stretcher "Thomas W. Hampton…Union Street.Aberdeen", 29-3/4 x 24-7/8 in.; 18th century carved and gilt wood frame. Restretched, 19th century lining, three holes with paint loss in original canvas, retouch possible from period of lining affecting only small areas of background, crackle, abrasions, stretcher marks; frame resurfaced, abrasions, flaking, minor pest damage at sight edge.
• IMPORTANT ENGRAVING, LOUISBOURG,
  IMPORTANT ENGRAVING, LOUISBOURG, DATED 1771After Richard Paton (English 1717-1791), coloured engraving dated 1771 by Pierre -Charles Canot, RA (1710-1777), "The burning of the Prudent and taking of the Bienfaisant in Louisbourg Harbour, Cape Breton, 1758". This rare and historically important engraving shows the capture of Louisbourg by Admiral Bascawen, supported by General Amherst with his ground troops. Here we see the Prudent ablaze in Louisbourg harbour after Capt. Laforey and Balfour found her aground and were obliged to burn her. This historical event was the beginning of the Seven Years' War, and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759. Condition: entirely original condition, not laid down, full plate mark on all sides, 3 or 4 slight marginal tears just entering plate mark, but not entering engraved surface. Print is in exceptional condition for its age. (Original sold by Christie's, Lot 59, 1 April 2015 for $96,232 USD). 16" x 23" at sight.
• FRENCH & INDIAN WAR DS,
  FRENCH & INDIAN WAR DS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1758 Original signed order of Deputy Governor William Denny (1709-'65, royal governor of Pennsylvania, 1756-'59) May 8, 1758, requiring Capt. Garraway's company of militia to gather at Bethlehem and all the other forces east of the Susquehanna to prepare to march to Carlisle "on the first Notice," and announcing the promotion of Capt. Joseph Shippen to Brigade Major. Shippen, 1732-1810, and his soldiers would play a prominent role in Forbes' Campaign, which culminated in the capture of Fort Duquesne on Nov. 25, 1758; 1 p. 4to, laid down on a heavy sheet of paper.
• Thomas Bardwell/Portrait of The
  Thomas Bardwell/Portrait of The Reverend Francis Barton/half length in clerical dress/signed and dated 1765/oil on canvas 76cm x 63.5cm (30" x 25") /Provenance: Property of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor Bt Langley Park Norfolk and by descent. Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Bt (1756-1827) was a notable collector who was advised after his inheritance in 1773 by the artist Henry Walton. Sir Thomas' most celebrated acquisition was Poussin's 'Adoration of the Magi' now in the National Gallery London. The Collection at Langley Park was started by his great-great uncle George Proctor who had acquired a notable group of works by Canaletto while in Venice and purchased the house in 1742/Literature: Catalogue of the Collection at Langley Park