A few examples of appraisal values for
MIAMI NATION

• STEUBEN PEACH QUARTZ FLORAL VINE
  STEUBEN PEACH QUARTZ FLORAL VINE GLASS VASEDESCRIPTION: Steuben peach quartz vase with applied sculptural vines and acid cut leaves, Cased, acid-etched lead glass with clear applied ornament. Shape #8471 Provenance: Pictured, p. 82 of Objects of Desire: The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers. Pictured, Fig. 10.104, p. 242 of Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Thomas P. Dimitroff. Same shape shown, fig. 272, p. 142 in Yellow jade with blue Aurene overlay in Art Glass Nouveau by Lee and Ray Grover. Same Yellow Jade vase shown at p. 163 of American Art Glass Nouveau by John A. Shuman, III. Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers Acquired 1/23/04 at Miami National Antiques Show from June Greenwald Antiques of Cleveland Hts, OH CIRCA: Early 1900s DIMENSIONS: H: 12" W: 3.75" CONDITION: Great Condition: . See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• STEUBEN GOLD AURENE
  STEUBEN GOLD AURENE PERFUMEDESCRIPTION: Steuben gold Aurene perfume with rigaree decoration and light cinnamon jade, with mirror black floral foam stopper. Lead glass with applied ornament. Marked: Gold paper fdl. Reference: Shape 3427, p. 241 Pictured at p. 111 of Objects of Desire, The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers Pictured at Fig. 5.41, p. 127 of Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Thomas P. Dimitroff. Also, pictured at p. 64 pf A Guide To Colored Steuben Glass 1903 - 1933 by Eric E. Ericson. Stamen style shown p. 290 in Perfume Bottles by Judith Miller, c. 2006. Description is “Steuben blue Aurene perfume bottle with unusual black and pink, flower-shaped stopper.” Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers Acquired 1/23/04 at Miami National Antiques Show from Dealer Joan Miller Antiques of Chicago, IL CIRCA: 1925 DIMENSIONS: H: 6.5" x D: 3.25" CONDITION: Great condition. Normal signs of age. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• STEUBEN IVORY FLORI-FORM
  STEUBEN IVORY FLORI-FORM CANDLESTICKSDESCRIPTION: Steuben Ivory flori-form three prong candlesticks on mirror black bases. Mold-assisted blown lead glass. Marked: fdl at base. Reference: Shape 7317, p. 170 Paul V. Gardner. Pictured p. 148 of Objects of Desire, The Art of Frederick Carder by Alan Shovers. See pictured Fig. 5.68, p. 135 of Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Thomas P. Dimitroff. Also, nicely pictured, p. 92 of Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker by Paul V. Gardner. Further pictured p. 148 of American Art Glass by John A. Shuman III. The two stem candlestick is shown in the 1932 Steuben Catalogue p. 26, available in either two or three prong. Provenance: Estate of Mr. and Ms. Alan Shovers Acquired 1/23/04 at the Miami National Antiques Show from dealer Helen M. Taylor of Kansas City, MO. CIRCA: 1930-1932 DIMENSIONS: H: 11" x D: 6.5" CONDITION: Great condition. Normal signs of age. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI NATIONAL CHAMPS
  UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI NATIONAL CHAMPS GOLD RINGUniversity of Miami Hurricanes National Championship 10K ring, 'Perfect Storm', Season 2001, 12-0. Awarded January 3, 2002 after winning the Rose Bowl. Accented with cubic zirconias and green enamel, marked 10K on inside, 'Voltz' on the side. 27.5 DWT. Size 10.5.
• An Important Miami Pipe With Ties
  An Important Miami Pipe With Ties to the 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem where silver tip affixed has been whittled to accommodate bowl; elbow-shape catlinite pipe with flared bowl is decorated with bands of concentric circles; the stem of bowl with a pierced crest and semicircular decorations. The interior of the bowl blackened from heavy use. The rim of the pipe on either side of the bowl flattened from repeated use.?Surrounding the opening of the pipe bowl where it joins with the stem is the inscription ?Nov. 20 1819?followed with the possible name Hery Dubois.length of bowl 6.25 in.; length of stem 21 in.; total length 26 in.late 18th to early 19th century?Collection HistoryThis pipe and stem were collected by Dr. Perry G. Moore (1845-1931) of Wabash Indiana. Family history indicates that Moore graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College and began his practice around Wabash in 1860. Wabash sat squarely in the ancestral lands of the Miami Indians and while most had been "removed" during the first half of the 19th century a number remained in their traditional homeland and gradually became acculturated. Throughout the last half of the 19th century Moore ministered to a number of these families and was keenly interested in their history. It was through his practice that he acquired this pipe as well as a more well-known artifact: the flag given to the Miami tribe by General Anthony ("Mad Anthony") Wayne at the Treaty of Greenville in 17951.In an affidavit written in 1923 Moore discusses how he first saw the flag in the summer of 1868 and how he later obtained it from descendants of the Miami chiefs She-Moc-E-Nish and Little Turtle. Moore and learned of its history from Kil-So-Quah (1820-1915) the last of the full-blooded Miami and the granddaughter chiefs She-Moc-E-Nish of Thorntown and Little Turtle both signers of the Greenville Treaty. According to the affidavit Kil-So-Quah told Moore Before the Treaty of Peace was held at Greenville Ohio in 1795 George Washington ordered Anthony Wayne to have the flag made and after the Treaty of Peace was signed to present it to the Chief of the Miami Nation (She-Moc-E-Nish - spelled Shamekunnesa on the Treaty) and say "keep this flag in sight and as often as you see it remember we are friends". The flag descended in the possession of Kil-So-Quah until it was loaned to a cousin from whom Moore obtained it sometime prior to 1887.Though not the pipe and stem offered here are not specifically mentioned in Moore's 1923 affidavit the document refers to seeing other items in the possession of Kil-So-Quah's cousin from whom he obtained the flag including clothing parchment manuscripts and silver medals from George Washington. And the last line records a tantalizing and frustrating clue about the present artifact: "The foregoing items (emphasis added) were all given to me by Kil-So-Quah herself." One of these "items" may have been the pipe discussed here.A later affidavit signed in 1991 by Moore's grandson Perry M. Cook provides further history about the pipe. Cook records his childhood memories of the pipe and how his grandfather Dr. Moore as well as his mother related that the pipe had been smoked at the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.The Pipe and Its Similarity to A Greenville Pipe TomahawkThe Moore pipe stem is finely crafted of highly figured maple decorated with thin pieces of silver cut into diamonds and bands and affixed using tiny silver pins. The style and decoration of the stem is similar to the handle of a pipe tomahawk curated by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and in fact both may have been made by the same hand. The DIA tomahawk was collected in the 1920s by Milford Chandler from Camellius Bundy a Miami Indian living near Peru Indiana. Bundy was a direct descendant of the Miami Chief She-Buk-O-Nah who was present at the Treaty of Greenville. Bundy related to Chandler that family tradition held that the tomahawk was presented by Anthony Wayne.2Both the stem and bowl of the present lot clearly date to the late 18th century. The bowl however is mismatched with the stem; it is too large and heavy to have been the pipe originally associated with the bowl though the stem has been modified to fit. While manufactured in the late 18th or early 19th centuries the stem of the pipe bears the inscription Nov. 20 1819. This date 24 years after the signing of Greenville may point to another important event: the creation of the Big Miami Reserve.?Treaty of Greenville and the Big Miami ReserveThe Treaty of Greenville was concluded after several failed attempts by the United States Government to wrest control of the Ohio Country from the Native populations of Miami Shawnee and smaller groups. For a sum of $20 000 and other gifts the Indians ceded a vast tract to the control of the Federal government that included much of Indiana Ohio and Illinois. The treaty largely put an end to the war in the Northwest Territory added Ohio to the Union and created a clear boundary which separated Indian lands from lands available to white settlers.Like all such treaties that established boundaries between Indian and non-Indian land it was constantly broken by encroaching whites. On October 6 1818 the Treaty of Saint Mary's was signed ceding more land from the Miami Nation to the United States starting at the Wabash River and extending west through central Indiana. Subsequently the removal of the Miami necessitated a survey to establish the Big Miami Reserve a new area for the Miami nation. This area was located south of the Wabash River.In 1819 surveyors Joseph S. Allen and Henry P. Benton were charged with the responsibility of marking the borders of the Big Miami Reserve located primarily in present day Indiana counties Howard Tipton Miami and Cass. After an arduous trip they along with their Indian guides reached the northern corner of the reserve where they began marking the land. Allen in ill-humor noted several times that the "Indians held council" over the month of November where My provisions were much wasted here as we had to accompany their chiefs to the town where the Indians made free with my bread. On the seventh they added another chief to my party which I had to support with bread and meat.3 It appears the surveyors continued marking the perimeter throughout November until The Indians told me in an imperious manner that I was going wrong and said that I should go no further that way saying I was going to their town. 4While Allen and Benton were in frequent contact - and in the company of - Miami Indians during the entire month of November 1819 their field reports record nothing occurring on the 20th the date inscribed on the present pipe.?Who Was Henry Dubois?As noted in the description of the pipe the possible name Henry Dubois is engraved around the opening of where the stem is inserted. The Dubois name is well known in Indiana history. The Frenchman Toussaint Dubois (1750-1816 was born in Montreal and fought with Lafayette in the American Revolution. At war's end he emigrated to Vincennes in the Northwest Territory married in 1788 and became a fur trader. In 1811 he served as Captain of Spies and at the Battle of Tippecanoe and later during the War of 1812 served with the Kentucky Militia as a major. Toussaint drowned in 1816 crossing the Little Wabash River in Illinois. Married twice Toussaint had seven children with his first wife one of whose name was Henry born in 1792. Like his father Henry is also served in the Indiana Militia and is listed as having been present at Tippecanoe in 1811 as part of Captain Benjamin Park's Company of Light Dragoons.Less is known of Henry's history and he is listed in the 1820 United States census as residing in Lawrenceville Illinois across the river from Vincennes Indiana.Given this history it is possible that the pipe might have been collected by Henry Dubois during the sacking of the village of Prophetstown at the conclusion of the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Alternatively the pipe may have been collected by his father Toussaint and then passed down to his son. Neither scenario explains how the pipe was collected by Moore or how it ended up in north-central Indiana. Its striking similarity to a pipe tomahawk supposedly used at Greenville may also indicate that the Moore family history may have some credence. Unfortunately the complete history of this remarkable pipe and stem have been lost in the aftermath of the tumultuous frontier years of the Northwest Territory.??1The Anthony Wayne Flag is currently curated at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis Indiana and is property of the State of Indiana.2 Pohrt Richard. 1989. "Pipe Tomahawks from Michigan and the Great Lakes Area". In David W. Penny (Ed.) Great Lakes Indian Art (95-103). Detroit MI: Wayne State University Press and the Detroit Institute of Arts.3Wilson Grorge R. "Early Indiana Trails and Surveys". In Indiana Historical Publications (p433). Vol. 6 1919 .4Leiter Carl Richard. "The Big Miami Reserve. 1818-1840". M.A. Thesis Ball State University 1954 (pg. 28-29) Descended through the Moore Family of Indiana Condition: Pipe stem missing a few pieces of silver inlay; pipe stem has been broken and repaired.