A few examples of appraisal values for
NURSES

• A 19th CENTURY SILVER PLATE NURSES BUCKLE.
  A 19th CENTURY SILVER PLATE NURSES BUCKLE. Depicting Cupid surrounded by roses and foliate design.Together with a smaller 'Viking' buckle. Largest - 12.5 x 6.5cm
• A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER NURSES BELT
  A VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER NURSES BELT BUCKLE.By Saunders & Shepherd.Chester, 1897 hallmarks.Weight - 66g12 x 65cm
• Silver and Marcasite Alvarex Incabloc
  Silver and Marcasite Alvarex Incabloc nurses watch with bow brooch attachment
• 19th/20th C book collection to include
  19th/20th C book collection to include 1870 hand written recipe collection book, including puddings, soups, sauces, gravies, etc., The Mournful Ballad of Isaac Abbott, Robert Clarke & Co., in pieces, Nurses Memories Charlotte M Yonge Illustrated by Fred Marriott and Florence Maplestone, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Her Majesty's Printers, New York: E & JB Young & Co, Cooper Union, (2) Bridgman & Whitney Writing Book, having been used, a portion of Jack and the Beanstalk Walter Cranes Toy Book, tears and losses, portions, The Magic Pear D. Lothrop Company Boston, Sugar and Spice and All Thats Nice Nursery Rhymes and Jingles, The Arabian Nights Their Best Known Tales edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A Smith Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish, 1930 Charles Scribner's Sons New York London, Flower Children The Little Cousins of The Field and Garden Elizabeth Gordon, Drawings by MT Ross, published by the PF Volland Company, Joliet Illinois New York Boston 82nd edition, The Decorative Sisters Illustrated by Walter Satterlee Published by ADF Randolph and Co New York, Money and How to Make It HL Reade Hartford Conn: SS Scranton & Company 1875, The Worlds Great Romances, Choice Recipes by Miss Parloa and other noted teachers, torn cover, The Tale of Corally Crothers by Romney Gay, As A Man Thinketh James Allen Peter Pauper Press along with Ben Franklins Wit and Wisdom, Peter Pauper Press.
• GREAT WAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM the album
  GREAT WAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM the album is made up of 96 photographs of officers, men and nurses; the photographs were taken at Lewisham Military Hospital and Somerfered Hall
• HATTIE JACQUES AS MATRON & KENNETH WILLIAMS
  HATTIE JACQUES AS MATRON & KENNETH WILLIAMS AS DR. TINK...Set includes: Hattie Jacques as Matron (black and white nurses uniform) and Kenneth Williams as Dr. Tinkle (white doctor's coat and shirt, red tie). Issued in 2001 in a limited edition of 1,000. Artist: Davide Losi, Haili Sun Issued: 2001 Dimensions: 4.5"H Edition Number: 340 Edition Size: 1500 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Good
• 1722 PARLIAMENT ACT AND 3 BOXES1st item:
  1722 PARLIAMENT ACT AND 3 BOXES1st item: 1723 (George II) English Parliament decree regarding taxes (duties) on the importation of commodities Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate and Chocolate paste, and granting relief to Robert Dalzell, late Earl of Carnwath. Printed by John Baskett, 1724, pages numbered 215-248. Later leather binding, 13" x 8-1/4", with gilt lettering. 2nd item: World War I era Princess Mary brass box dated "Christmas 1914". These boxes, filled with gifts like chocolate or tobacco, were sent by the then-teenage daughter of English King George V as gifts to soldiers, sailors, nurses and others in uniform. 5" x 3-1/4" x 1-1/8". 3rd item: Sterling silver match box modeled as a letter, addressed to "George Aldridge, Rochester, NY." 1/4"H x 2" W x 1-1/4"D. Circa 1940. 4th item: Snuff or trinket box made from an Italian silver coin dated 1879. 1-1/2" diameter. Silver items: 1.36 oz troy combined weight. Condition: Rebound; scattered light foxing and scattered light staining to pages, overall very good condition.
• 15 ASSORTED ASIAN JEWELRY ITEMS, INCL.
  15 ASSORTED ASIAN JEWELRY ITEMS, INCL. 14K GOLD & BLACK...1st item: Ladies 14K yellow gold bracelet featuring black onyx segments with 14K spacers, each containing a different chinese character. The bracelet is marked "14K" and is 6 1/2" L. Gross weight of the bracelet is 18.84 grams. 2nd-8th items: Grouping of Chinese carved hardstone and gilt sterling clips including 2 jade, 2 cinnabar, 1 lapis, 1 orange agate, and 1 black hardstone. All but cinnabar clips marked CHINA and SILVER to underside. Ranging in size from 1 1/4" to 1 7/8" L. 9th-15th items: Grouping of seven (7) carved cinnabar items including 4 buttons, 2 circular pendants, and 1 bead. Ranging in size from 3/4" to 1 3/4" dia. All items 20th century. Note: Descended through the Rawlings family and originally collected by Sara Emily Perkins (1892-1969) who was born in Tennville, GA. Orphaned at an early age, Sara lived with her unmarried sister Gertrude, a public health nurse in Charleston. She studied at Bessie Tift College and Washington College of Music. In 1922 she sailed for China to begin a course in nursing at the Peking Union Medical College; she graduated with an RN equivalency in 1925. In 1926 Perkins applied to the Board of Foreign Missions (PCUSA). She was assigned to the Douw Hospital in Peiping. She served that hospital for nearly twenty years, eventually becoming Superintendent of Nurses. She was imprisoned by the invading Japanese for six months in 1942-43. Once freed, she resumed her hospital work. In 1951 she was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese communists. She was freed in 1955 and retired from missionary service two years later. After Sara died, Gertrude lived with Mary Rawlings (1897-1996), aunt to the consignor. (https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-352 and Perkins autobiography, Red China Prisoner). The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia. Condition: Overall in very good condition
• 18K GOLD CHAIN LINK NECKLACE, POSSIBLY
  18K GOLD CHAIN LINK NECKLACE, POSSIBLY CHINESE18K yellow gold necklace comprised of pierced oval links. The necklace tests 18K and has Chinese chop marks on the clasp. The necklace is 28" L and has a weight of 42.09 grams. Note: Descended through the Rawlings family and originally collected by Sara Emily Perkins (1892 - 1969) who was born in Tennville, GA. Orphaned at an early age, Sara lived with her unmarried sister Gertrude, a public health nurse in Charleston. She studied at Bessie Tift College and Washington College of Music. In 1922 she sailed for China to begin a course in nursing at the Peking Union Medical College; she graduated with an RN equivalency in 1925. In 1926 Perkins applied to the Board of Foreign Missions (PCUSA). She was assigned to the Douw Hospital in Peiping. She served that hospital for nearly twenty years, eventually becoming Superintendent of Nurses. She was imprisoned by the invading Japanese for six months in 1942-43. Once freed, she resumed her hospital work. In 1951 she was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese communists. She was freed in 1955 and retired from missionary service two years later. After Sara died, Gertrude lived with Mary Rawlings (1897-1996), aunt to the consignor (https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-352 and Perkins autobiography, Red China Prisoner). The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia. Additional provenance information in description. Condition: Slight damage to safety clasp, otherwise overall good condition.
• 14K TIFFANY & CO MISSIONARY PIN14K yellow
  14K TIFFANY & CO MISSIONARY PIN14K yellow gold Tiffany & Company Missions pin for the Presbyterian Church. The pin features several Chinese characters as well as a dragon figure to the top edge and blue enamel center. The pin is marked "Tiffany & Co", "14K", "1925", together with 3 Chinese characters, en verso. The pin is 1" x 3/4" in size and has a weight of 9.12 grams. Note: Descended through the Rawlings family and originally collected by Sara Emily Perkins (1892 - 1969) who was born in Tennville, GA. Orphaned at an early age, Sara lived with her unmarried sister Gertrude, a public health nurse in Charleston. She studied at Bessie Tift College and Washington College of Music. In 1922 she sailed for China to begin a course in nursing at the Peking Union Medical College; she graduated with an RN equivalency in 1925. In 1926 Perkins applied to the Board of Foreign Missions (PCUSA). She was assigned to the Douw Hospital in Peiping. She served that hospital for nearly twenty years, eventually becoming Superintendent of Nurses. She was imprisoned by the invading Japanese for six months in 1942-43. Once freed, she resumed her hospital work. In 1951 she was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese communists. She was freed in 1955 and retired from missionary service two years later. After Sara died, Gertrude lived with Mary Rawlings (1897-1996), aunt to the consignor (https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-352 and Perkins autobiography, Red China Prisoner). The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia. Additional provenance information in description. Condition: Missing gemstone below dragon figure, otherwise overall good condition.
• DEMOCRACY PLAYING CARD CO. PLAYING CARDS.Democracy
  DEMOCRACY PLAYING CARD CO. PLAYING CARDS.Democracy Playing Card Co. Playing Cards. New York, 1918. 52 + J + EC + OB. The faces all show a small bit of red transfer from the backs and cards are lightly soiled. Overall very good. With the Kings as soldiers, Queens as nurses, and Jacks as sailors. Hoch. W25.
• VINTAGE SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL W/ASIAN
  VINTAGE SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL W/ASIAN DOLLVintage Shirley Temple doll and Asian doll "Genuine Shirley Temple Doll" No. 2020 made in USA by Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, in original box, dressed in a nurses' outfit, also with additional dress, together with a vintage Japanese doll. 9" high, 3" wide to 18 3/4" high, 7" wide. Condition: : Shirley Temple with handling wear, stains, soiling, surface crazing, small superficial chip or worn spot to tip of nose, Asian doll with handling wear, soiling, losses.
• WWI ERA PHOTOGRAPH NURSES CANTEEN BLUEFIELD
  WWI ERA PHOTOGRAPH NURSES CANTEEN BLUEFIELD WVA.WWI Era Photograph Nurses Canteen Bluefield WVA. 8"x10" Condition: Please Email for a detailed condition report.
• ALFRED EISENSTAEDT(German/America, 1898-1995) Two
  ALFRED EISENSTAEDT(German/America, 1898-1995) Two works; Nurses at Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 1937, printed later, signed in margin lower right and editioned 8/250, inscribed verso with Time Inc. info, "printed 1989", gelatin silver print, image 11-3/4 x 9 in.; new frame 21-1/2 x 18-1/2 in.; Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1936, printed later, signed margin lower right and editioned 11/250, inscribed verso in pencil with Time Inc. information "printed 1989", gelatin silver print, image 11-3/4 x 9-1/4 in.; modern wood and gilt wood frame, 22-3/4 x 20 in. Provenance: Estate of Sally Kennedy, Asheville, North Carolina Condition: not examined out of frame, appears in good condition with ripples at left edge under frame; frame in good condition
• EGYPTIAN BRONZE SEATED FIGURE ISIS NURSING
  EGYPTIAN BRONZE SEATED FIGURE ISIS NURSING HORUSEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A skillfully cast copper alloy (bronze) figure depicting Isis - goddess of healing and magic - as she nurses her son, Horus, in her lap. Displayed in a seated position, Isis presents with bare feet placed atop an integral plinth, wearing a knee-length skirt, and grasping one exposed breast with her hand to position it near Horus' face. Isis' face protrudes outward above her breasts and features almond-shaped eyes, a full nose and lips, and cupped ears, all beneath a large tripartite wig with a frontal uraeus cobra, long lappets, a crown of uraeus cobras, and a pair of Hathoric horns flanking a sun disc. Horus faces nude to Isis' right side, has both arms draped down his sides, and wears the Pschent crown that symbolizes the unification via divine authority of Upper and Lower Egypt. Size: 3.875" L x 2.1" W x 8.3" H (9.8 cm x 5.3 cm x 21.1 cm); 10.375" H (26.4 cm) on included custom stand. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 45.4.4 Provenance: ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from 1970 to 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #172216 Condition: Restoration to Isis' left elbow and areas of frontal uraeus cobra, with resurfacing along new material. Losses to horn tips, front of Horus' left foot, and proper front left corner of plinth. Encrustations and softening to finer details commensurate with age, with nicks and chips to Isis and Horus, and rough surface texture. Nice preservation to overall form and great patina throughout. Tangs beneath Isis' posterior and beneath integral plinth.
• BLUE AND WHITE 'LANCA' STEM CUP QING
  BLUE AND WHITE 'LANCA' STEM CUP QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD ??? ??????????????? ??????????the exterior decorated with lanca characters interspersed with lotus flowerheads growing from scrolling stems and leaves above a band of radiating lappets, the interior decorated with a large stylised flower-head(1)14.2cm diameterProvenance: Private Canadian collection, acquired from iGavel Auctions, New York, 15 October 2019.Formerly in the Gertrude E. Hodgman (1896-1977) collection thence by descent. In 1929, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation, Gertrude went to Peking China to develop and head a school of nursing. The development and maintenance of the Peiping Union Medical College School of Nursing was Gertrude’s focus for ten years (1929-1939) and in November 1959, she was presented with the Armed Forces Medal of the Republic of China to honour her service.Her relationship with the nurses she helped train did not disappear with their graduation. She also worked with the nurses that left China for Taiwan. As she aged, her nurses came to her to provide assistance and share their love and thanks with her. During her service in China and until her death in 1977, Gertrude was given and/or collected the Chinese cultural artefacts displayed in this collection.
• 5 PC LLADROS NURSES & DOCTOR: LOT OF
  5 PC LLADROS NURSES & DOCTOR: LOT OF 6 LLADRO FIGURES : 1) Young Nurse with kitten, #6087; 2) ''Little Veterinarian'' #6348; 3) ''Young Nurse'', #6307; 4) ''Female Physician'', #5197; 5) ''Nurse'', #4603. CONDITION: 4) Has broken finger tip. All other pieces are in very good / excellent condition.
• An early 20th Century postcard album
  An early 20th Century postcard album of approximately 100 cards, mostly topographical (mainly Wales), real photograph, dancing bear (India 1915), Lulworth, World War I (Welsh troops, hospitals, nurses etc.)
• ATTRIBUTED TO LAI SUNG (CHINA, FL. 1850-1885),
  ATTRIBUTED TO LAI SUNG (CHINA, FL. 1850-1885), AMERICAN BARQUE CONQUEST OFF THE CHINESE COAST, CIRCA 1865., OIL ON CANVAS, 26" X 35". FRAMED 31.75" X 41.75".ATTRIBUTED TO LAI SUNG, China, fl. 1850-1885, American barque Conquest off the Chinese coast, circa 1865. Unsigned. Name appears faintly on the bow. Original sandalwood stretcher with labels "G.G. and G.E. Ryder" and "Clipper Barque Conquest". Also inscribed in pencil, possibly "G.T. Ryder" or "G.E. Ryder", with an indiscernible address. Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 26" x 35". Framed 31.75" x 41.75". Provenance: Eldred's, Americana & Marine Art Auction, 1991.The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.Notes:Henry W. Peabody & Co., established in 1867, ran the Australian line and was agent for Conquest . She was described as "The Favorite and Well Known A1 Clipper Barque", and her clipper card advertised that she "nurses at Lowest Rates". In 1881, she was owned by George G. Ryder and George E. Ryder, ship chandlers of Commercial Street, Boston. Inscription verso indicates they may have owned this painting as well. In 1885, ownership of the Conquest passed to David E. Mays. Cyrenus A. Bearse, born in Chatham, Massachusetts in 1842, was captain. Conquest was last listed as active in 1891.
• EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA
  EXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL MID-19TH CENTURYEXTENSIVE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEMORABILIA PERTAINING TO RHODE ISLAND'S CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL Mid-19th Century A U.S. Army General Hospital, named Lovell General Hospital, in the Portsmouth Grove area of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, was active from 1862 to 1865, caring for thousands of patients. The surgeon general of the U.S. Army authorized Rhode Island governor William Sprague IV to "provide suitable accommodations for wounded and sick soldiers" in May of 1862, and the first patients arrived at the hospital just a few months later, on July 6. Because some patients were Union soldiers convicted by court martial or were Confederate prisoners of war, guards were posted at the hospital, comprised of Rhode Island militia or two companies of Veterans Reserves Corp (VRC) soldiers. Katherine Prescott Wormeley, a key organizer of the United States Sanitary Commission, was an early superintendent of the hospital. The hospital was named after Joseph Lovell, who served as the Surgeon General of the United States Army from 1818 to 1836. After the hospital closed August 25, 1865, the buildings were dismantled or removed. The site was later used as a U.S. Navy coaling and oiling station, then as a PT-boat training base during World War II, but it is now in private hands. There are no remnants of the hospital that once stood. Lot includes: 1) Binder of approx. 41 original letters from John M. Lovejoy of the 121st New York Volunteers, written mostly while a patient at the hospital, and assorted ephemera pertaining to Lovejoy. 2) Binder of approx. 37 original letters written to or from patients in the hospital, including John W. Warner of the 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry and Whitman W. Bosworth of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Also includes a rare pre-printed envelope addressed to "Mr. G. Henry Prescott, U.S. General Hospital Ward 27, Portsmouth Grove, R.I." and other assorted envelopes and ephemera. 3) Binder of hospital-related ephemera, notably a handwritten mess hall menu, transfer orders, and a rare pass allowing admittance to the hospital grounds issued by the paymaster general of the Rhode Island militia. 4) Binder of approx. 40 CdVs depicting the hospital grounds, patients, staff, etc. One image is believed to be an American Indian Union soldier while he was a patient at the hospital. 5) Binder of approx. 31 Civil War-era CdV photographs and lithographs, including some of Lincoln, soldiers and officers. 6-8) Three binders filled with images pertaining to the hospital, mostly contemporary enlarged reproductions of period photographs and prints. 9) Binder of ephemera pertaining to hospital nurses, including a page from a U.S. House of Representatives report detailing a request by Harriet N. Read for a pension for her nursing service at Lovell, and nine post-Civil War letters from Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, a hospital nurse who was also a noted author. 10) Binder of eight CdVs of U.S. Naval Academy cadets and instructors, and Naval officers. The Naval Academy was located in Newport, Rhode Island during its temporary relocation from Annapolis, Maryland, during the Civil War. 11) "Circular No. 6. War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, November 1, 1865. Reports on the Extent and Nature of the Materials Available for the Preparation of a Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion". Philadelphia: Printed for the Surgeon General's Office, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865. Paper wraps. 12.75" x 10". 12-13) Reproduction photographs of the steamer Perry and a band outside the Naval Academy in Newport. 14) Photo album containing approx. 46 CdVs of the Robert Russell family of Cooperstown, New York. Includes two images of Dr. George Miller Sternberg, who was an assistant Army surgeon at Lovell and later served as the 18th U.S. Surgeon General and founded the Army Medical School. Sternberg is also considered by many to be the "Father of American Bacteriology" and wrote Manual of Bacteriology, in 1892. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, also seen in the album, was one of the first civilians to die of cholera in 1867, which she contracted while living at a Western outpost where her husband was assigned. 15) Autograph album containing numerous signatures of Rhode Island Civil War soldiers. 16) Extremely rare colored lithograph "Lovell General Hospital, U.S.A., Portsmouth Grove, R.I. View from Dyer's Island", printed by Endicott & Co., New York. Framed with a receipt from the steamer Perry, which is seen in the lithograph, and two blurbs about the steamer and the hospital. Lithograph 16" x 23" sight. Framed 26.5" x 31.5". 17) Reconditioned colored print "Company C 13th Regiment Maine Vol. Infantry Soldiers' Memorial ... Mustered Into U.S. Service Dec. 4th, 1861. ...". Framed 26" x 20". 18) Fifteen clippings from Civil War soldier envelopes, mostly depicting patriotic motifs in red, white and blue. Housed in a shadow box frame. Framed 17" x 21". 19-22) Four contemporary books, including Rhode Island's Civil War Hospital, by Frank L. Grzyb, two on "Upton's Regulars" and one on "Buckskin Joe". Also includes extensive annotations and research notes. Provenance: Amassed over three decades by a Rhode Island military veteran and author. Statement from the collector is included with the lot.
• (VIEW) CAPE COD - PROVINCETOWN - STREET
  (VIEW) CAPE COD - PROVINCETOWN - STREET SCENES: 53 POSTCARDS EARLY 20TH CENTURY(VIEW) CAPE COD - PROVINCETOWN - STREET SCENES: 53 POSTCARDS, Early 20th Century, Three real photo parade cards: one led by police officers followed by dignitaries and band- lined by sailors on either side, one with soldiers and children and one with children carrying unfurled flag followed by nurses. Also real photo: "Com. St." with "Fire In Surance Agency" and other signage. Eight cards with sailors on Commercial Street, sailors on Ryder Street (1907), "Evans Field, Athletic Grounds of North Atlantic Fleet", outdoor band concert with sailors, Mayflower Heights views, two real photo side street scenes, Commercial Street scenes and more.
• Bisque head doll marked "Heinrich Handwert,
  Bisque head doll marked "Heinrich Handwert, Simon & Halbig" dressed in a WWI Red Cross nurses uniform, 18"h; together with a fabric doll wearing a Polish Victims Relief Fund Medal, 15"h.
• AFTER KILBURN & MYRICK, "THE FAMOUS
  AFTER KILBURN & MYRICK, "THE FAMOUS ROOMS OF THE WHITE HOUSE" AND "WOMEN OF THE WAR" (FAMOUS UNION NURSES), TWO ENGRAVINGS IN COLORAfter Kilburn & Myrick, "The Famous Rooms of the White House" and "Women of the War" (famous Union nurses), Two Engravings in Color
• EARLY NORTHERN EUROPEAN, POSSIBLY 17TH
  EARLY NORTHERN EUROPEAN, POSSIBLY 17TH C., OIL ON PANEL, A FAMILY OR GROUP GATHERS AROUND A MAN READING AND PASSING OUT FLYERS OR PAMPHLETS, A WOMAN NURSES A BABY AND A SMALL DOG SLEEPS IN LOWER LEFT CORNER, UNSIGNED,...Early Northern European, possibly 17th C., oil on panel, a family or group gathers around a man reading and passing out flyers or pamphlets, a woman nurses a baby and a small dog sleeps in lower left corner, unsigned, in ornate frame, "Dowager Lady Knightley" label attached verso, possibly an owner, wear consistent with age, small crack along left border as well as inpainting throughout, scattered surface scratches, ss: 11" h. x 10" w.
• FIVE ETCHINGS BY WILLIAM STRANG (BRITISH,
  FIVE ETCHINGS BY WILLIAM STRANG (BRITISH, 1859 - 1921) "SHOOTING THE ALBATROSS" PROBABLY IN REFERENCE TO COLERIDGE POEM, 'THE RIME O..Five etchings by William Strang (British, 1859 - 1921) "Shooting the Albatross" probably in reference to Coleridge poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' pencil signed lower right corner, dated 1896, ss: 14 1/2" h. x 9 1/4" w.; "The Cotter Family" a mother and father watch their children play, signed and dated '85 in plate, waving of paper, ss: 7 1/2" h. x 9 1/2"w; "The Mother" a women eats her dinner while her baby nurses at her breast, signed and dated '84 in plate, slight waving of paper, ss: 9 3/4" h. x 7 1/2" w.; along with a scene depicting a woman peeling vegetables while a beggar asks for food, signed and dated '88 in plate, toning and mat burn, ss: 6 3/4" h. x 5 1/2" w.; last is a couple having a rest on a felled tree, a woman holds the axe while her husband has a drink, signed in plate, slight waving and toning, ss: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"; all framed and matted behind glass, not examined out of frame.
• RUSSIAN HAND-PAINTED LACQUER BOXES,
  RUSSIAN HAND-PAINTED LACQUER BOXES, GROUP OF THREE (ONE LID), ALL WAR THEMED, ALL SIGNED, PIECES INCLUDE: "NIGHTINGALES" BY MSTERA A...Russian hand-painted lacquer boxes, group of three (one lid), all war themed, all signed, pieces include: "Nightingales" by Mstera artist Lidiya Demidova, shows tanks and destruction in background approaching weary group of soldiers and nurses in foreground, inspired by WWII song with lyrics "Nightingales don't bother the soldiers, Let the soldiers sleep", 5 1/2" h. x 6 5/8" w. x 1 1/2" d.; detached lid with elaborate decoration depicts fierce battle of two warriors on horseback, 4 3/4" h. x 6 1/2" w.; and smallest box entitled "Dmitry Donskoy", depicts a golden portrait of the medieval prince, with soldiers in background, Cyrillic writing to sides, Kholui, 2 1/2" h., all pieces with wear consistent with age and use which may include small scuffs, craquelure of glaze, etc.
• ELASTOLIN PAINTED COMPOSITION MILITARY
  ELASTOLIN PAINTED COMPOSITION MILITARY FIGURESElastolin painted composition military figures , to include doctors, nurses, soldiers at rest, campfire etc., twenty-one total, largest - approx. 3" h. Condition: Very good to excellent; doctor with wounded man figure fair condition with serious paint loss
• RARE 19TH C. CHINESE PORCELAIN COVERED
  RARE 19TH C. CHINESE PORCELAIN COVERED DISH WITH KNOP OF MOTHER NURSING HER TODDLER Leaf shaped dish, with flowering branch decoration on sides, the domed leaf top supporting the reclining mother, who is clothed in robes but has bared her breasts for her little boy, who has kicked up one foot for her to hold. Unmarked. 4 3/4" x 6" x 2 1/2". An old, typed card inside reads "Very rare piece of Rose Medallion work. The rose medallion china of China is old. They began making it 2000 years ago and it was made for years till during the Sino-Japanese War the kilns were destroyed. Boys are so precious to the Chinese heart that they are the joy of the mother and her symbol of security. Often a mother nurses her cherished son till he is three or four years old. Willed to Polly".
• (6) WWII WAR BOND POSTERS, UNFRAMED
  (6) WWII WAR BOND POSTERS, UNFRAMED Including: "Nurses Are Needed Now!, for Service in the Army Nurse Corps", 1944, P-73, RPB, 19" x 12 1/2"; PLUS "Buy Now for the Bigger 7th War Loan, through Payroll Savings", 1945, WFD 990 A, 28" x 20"; PLUS "Your War Bonds are a Stake in the Future", by Allen Saalring, 1943, AS-816, 14" x 10", USMC label stuck to back, small corner bend; PLUS "Because Somebody Talked..." (mourning dog) OWI 1944, O-579038, 20" x 14", PLUS "The battle-wise Infantryman... is Careful of what he says or writes, How About you?", OWI 1944 O-602442, 27 1/2" x 19 1/2"; PLUS "The state of this nation is good, the heart of this nation is sound, the spirit of this nation is strong, the faith of this nation is etermal", Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1943, OWI poster no 40, 14" x 20 1/2". Very good condition unless noted. Loose, in foamcore folio. These were all folded, as originally mailed, never used.
• (7) WWII WAR BOND POSTERS, UNFRAMED
  (7) WWII WAR BOND POSTERS, UNFRAMED Including: "Veteran's Jobs in the Federal Government", 1944, O-619403, 20" x 14", short tear at fold on bottom edge; PLUS "Free and United, The Americas go Forward, Pan American Day, April 14, 1946", 18" x 12", small corner bends; PLUS "For Peace and Security, Buy Bonds" (Three Wise Men), WFD 67, 13" x 9 1/4"; PLUS "Care is Costly, Buy and Hold War Bonds", 1945, WFT-24-A, 26" x 18 1/2"; PLUS "Bits of Careless Talk are Pieced Together by the Enemy, Convoys Sail for England Tonight" by Stevan Dohanas (CT/OH, 1907-1994), 1943, O-563418, 28" x 20"; PLUS "1946 Resolution that Every American buy and hold US Savings Bonds", 1945, WFD-72, 13" x 9"; PLUS "Serve Those Who Served, Nurses are Needed in Veterans Administration Hospitals", 1945, O-655962, 28" x 20", very good condition unless noted. Loose, in foamcore folio. These were all folded, as originally mailed, never used.
• ROSALIND (BROWNE) BENGELSDORF, AMERICAN
  ROSALIND (BROWNE) BENGELSDORF, AMERICAN (1916-1979), APPLE AND POMEGRANATE STAGE #1, 1972, OIL ON CANVAS, 16"H X 20"W (SIGHT), 18 1/4"H X 22 1/4"W (FRAME)Rosalind (Browne) Bengelsdorf, American, (1916-1979) Apple and Pomegranate Stage #1, 1972, oil on canvas signed, titled, and dated verso. Provenance: From a private collector, Indianapolis. Summit Gallery, NY label verso along with an unidentified exhibition label. From the Archives of AskArt: Educated at the Art Students League under George Bridgman and the Fifty-Seventh Street Studio under Hans Hofmann, Rosalind Bengelsdorf was one of the youngest founding members of the American Abstract Artists. She was a New Yorker all of her life, born in that city, and was very influential on other young artists to adopt Abstract Expression as their style. In the late 1930s, she worked for Burgoyne Diller in the WPA mural project and was one of the few abstract artists to work for the Works Progress Administration. Her masterpiece mural was for the Central Nurses Home in New York City and was eventually destroyed, but the study of that work is in the collection of the University Art Museum at the University of New Mexico. In 1940, she married artist Byron Browne, and from then was only a part-time painter but continued to speak out for abstract art until her death in 1979. Source: American Women Artists by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein oil on canvas Dimensions: 16"H x 20"W (sight), 18 1/4"H x 22 1/4"W (frame)
• MEDICAL MANNEQUIN BY MARY CHASE. Ca.
  MEDICAL MANNEQUIN BY MARY CHASE. Ca. 1920s, composition. Articulated mannequin with various features used for the training of nurses. Labeled "Model NP, Chase Hospital Doll. Pawtucket, RI". 66"l. From the Jacksonville State Hospital, Illinois, originally established in 1847 by Dorothea Dix as the Illinois State Asylum and Hospital for the Insane, the first such facility in Illinois.
• WWI Era nurses garments to include heavy
  WWI Era nurses garments to include heavy cotton dress, (1) apron signed E. Dickinson, (1) apron by Egerton of Burnetts of London and Wellington signed P.E Niartston and Red Cross headcovering
• Princess Mary Christmas box: World War
  Princess Mary Christmas box: World War I era Brass box dated ''Christmas 1914'' measuring 5'' x 3 1/4'' x 1 1/8''. Princess Mary the 17 year old daughter of King George V and Queen Mary created a fund via donations from the public to send a Christmas gift to everyone in uniform. The boxes were filled with various gifts such as Cigarettes or Chocolates and issued to the soldiers sailors nurses and anyone in uniform. Condition good with a few very small discolorations to finish. See images.
• Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles
  Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles 1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins. 1855-1900. An early and well-connected activist in the antebellum Republican Party and a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln James Ruggles was born in Mansfield Ohio in 1818. Seeking a place in life he apprenticed as a printer and moved to Ogle County Illinois at 19 but went on to study law before finally settling into business in Bath Ill. An antislavery man from early on Ruggles was intensely interested in politics. An admirer of Daniel Webster and an ardent anti-Democrat he was elected to the state senate in 1852 and became a friend and supporter of Lincoln in the elections of 1856 through 1860. With the Civil War erupting he volunteered for service in July 1861 and after some wrangling secured a commission as Major in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry. His distinguished service under arduous conditions at Pea Ridge earned him a promotion to Lt. Col. after which he distinguished himself at Haines Bluff Arkansas Post and the siege of Vicksburg. After mustering out of the service at the expiration of his enlistment on Sept. 5 1864 he was brevetted Brig. Gen. for faithful and meritorious services. The Ruggles collection contains both pre-war political letters and war-time documents providing glimpses into Ruggles' world of power and influence the earliest days of the Republican Party and Ruggles??T relationship with Lincoln and Governor Richard Yates of Illinois. On Jan. 9 1860 for example Yates then a potential candidate for governor wrote Ruggles about whether he should run for office: The opinion is entertained by some friends of mine that I would run better in the center & south and as well in the north as any candidate yet named -- I confess that I feel conscious of some strength once before the people and have rather concluded to be a candidate before the convention unless advised differently by some friends... There is a second ALS from Yates dated Sept. 16 1855; and a printed flier issued under Yates??T name To the Voters of Morgan County May 31 1855 clarifying where he stands on temperance legislation (he was soberly in favor). In these early days the Party faithful were filled with optimism. As the election of 1856 approached William Kellogg (soon to be congressman) advised Ruggles on no count [to] connect yourself with the Filmore movement there is death it in to any man who espouses that faction at this juncture... but added: The Democracy are getting up Filmore Meeting as a last hope. We shall rout them all the true old Whigs will come back and the Pro-Slavery men will go to Buchanan. The Republican State Central Committee sounded almost millenarian: The day for the battle of freedom and freemen is close at hand and if the friends of Lincoln work until the night of the day of the election a triumph is sure and certain. An unscrupulous party is attempting by its imported hordes of traveling voting machines ?to subdue? and over-ride the fair expression of the legal voters of this state... Much more on illegal non-resident voters trying to sway the vote in the state (the letter is fragile separated at the folds and worn but a highly important relic of early Republican Party history). Rounding out the political content are two rare election tickets for the Republican slate headed by Gen. John A. Logan. Ruggles' war-time service is represented by eight fine letters that give a sense of then range of conflicting issues and emotions Ruggles was forced to confront. The earliest is a letter written after the first Battle of Bull Run describing the heroism of the famous 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment: C. Hazlett wrote to Col. James Raguet to inform him that Samuel Raguet had been wounded by buckshot and had been operated on. Saml stood it manfully he is doing very well the shot entered the right side of his neck about 3/4 of an inch below the ear passing by the Jaw Bone without injuring it on around until it struck the bone in the back part of the neck. It made a very deep and severe-looking wound.... We have quite a number of patriotic northern Ladies who have come here as nurses. They are very kind... Saml. walked nearly the whole distance from the Battle to this city [Washington]... he was wounded in the second fire of the Traitors bur remained on the field and fought manfully all day. His sword was broken in the first of the fight. He has a sword that he took from a ?Secesh? cavalry man he held his revolver toward the above named Traitor and he fell Saml. having relieved him of the trouble of doing any more damage... I was on the ground during the whole of the Battle on the look out for my friends... Saml wishes you to tell Wm Wolf that Eugene Wilmer was shot through the head dead on the first fire.... It should not be surprising to find that Ruggles remained a political animal while under arms and the collection includes a fascinating letter from July 1 1862 rallying Ruggles??T support to get Illinois soldiers to defeat Democratic-inspired proposed changes to the Illinois constitution. Other war-date items include three superior letters from Henry G. Thomas an ambitious young officer (apparently a Brevet Colonel) looking to use family influence to advance in the army a printed copy of War Dept. General Order 126 Sept. 6 1862 specifying the composition of regiments in each line of service; half a dozen documents; an undated manuscript signed Maj. John Campbell regarding drafting men; a printed letter of transmittal accompanying Ruggles' Brevet to Brig. General Oct. 6 1866; and an interesting a manuscript circular Jan. 3 1862 declaring Pickets are not to go into houses nor tell Secessionists exactly where they are stationed where they are moved &c. and that they are not to be so careless as to allow persons to ride in among them before they know it... and much more to be learned by green recruits. Of special note are two Confederate items and two relating to some spectacularly poor discipline in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry almost amounting to mutiny. The Confederate pieces include a very rare manuscript oath of allegiance issued for a soldier from Nathan Bedford Forrest??Ts cavalry datelined La Grange Tenn. and reading in part I George H. Bennett a citizen of Fayette Co. Tenn. and conscript soldier of Forrest??Ts command having returned to my home where I wish to remain and take no farther part in the Rebellion... (marked duplicate at bottom left of document). Joining this is a particularly handsome and large printed Confederate States Loan certificate for $1 000 (very good condition and finely printed) issued Aug. 20 1862 slated to come due in July 1874. No warranties are made for exchange. The Ruggles' command was no Shangri-la appears in four documents beginning with a manuscript transcript of charges and specifications leveled against officers in the 3rd. The first a 7pp cites Captain Charles Dunbaugh for cowardice among many other things. The incidents detailed include Dunbaugh running away to the rear of the Battalion after a picket was fired upon leaving shamefully abandoning his post as commander of the company to which he did not return until some time after firing commenced); breaking down in tears when separated from his son and cried and bellowed shamefully saying ?My Georgy is lost ? ??" ?we are I an enemy??Ts country? ??" ?it will kill his mother?...; and shameful behavior at the Battle of Pea Ridge where he was so much under the influence of fear from the fire of the enemy that he repeatedly called upon the commander of the Battalion to move the command out of the range of the enemy??Ts guns... The charges go on to include malingering with an allegedly injured foot neglect of duty conspiracy and disrespect against his superiors drunkenness conduct unbecoming (falsely reporting himself wounded visiting a house of ill fame occupied by degraded and abandoned prostitutes repeatedly) and more. As might be expected the list of witnesses to the charges is nearly a page long (and a long page at that). As if that were not enough paired with Dunbaugh??Ts charges are charges against Capt. James Nichols for violating military orders and discipline leaving his command without authority in Nov. 1861 going AWOL insubordination conspiring with Dunbaugh to undercut Ruggles??T authority and conduct unbecoming an officer. Perhaps as evidence the collection also includes a fascinating letter written to send to Gen. Siegel but apparently not sent relating to an expedition under Dunbaugh that tore down a secession flag at a court house near Springfield Mo. that was appropriated by the Major in charge and not returned to the men who took it down. More ill discipline is documented in a letter from Col. L.F. McCrillis Jan. 30 1863 citing Capt. R.H. Carnahan for disrespectful and insolent language used while attempting to tender his resignation for want of confidence in his Colonel and Lt. Colonel and then corruptly and feloniously abstracting the paper from its proper place and requesting his dismissal from the service. Notably the dockets on the verso include signatures of Gen. John A. McClernand and U.S. Grant. Finally among the gems in the collection is a noteworthy closely-written 7pp detailed Historical Memoranda of the 3d Ills. Cav. Vols. possibly written by Capt. A.B. Kirkbride of the regiment in about 1864 describing the regiment's formation and service its battle record but also the controversies over its officers and political machinations. It ends Notwithstanding these efforts to break up and destroy the Regiment by intermeddling and malicious officers the remaining 83 men of the 3d Ill. Cavalry are as brave patriotic and well-disciplined men as are in the service and will again make their marks upon the enemy when opportunity affords. The lot also includes the following: 1860 newspaper clipping outlining delegates that attended the Republican Convention in Illinois making reference to J.M. Ruggles a Secretary at the Convention; two Presidential Appointments for Ruggles both for the rank of Colonel by Brevet one dated 3 July 1866 the other dated 3 August 1866. Each with Andrew Jackson??Ts stamped signature; Society of the Army of the Tennessee certificate recognizing Brvt. Brig. Genl. J.M. Ruggles as a member dated 15 October 1874 signed by President W. T. Sherman; Civil War veteran??Ts hat with braided cord with acorn drop and wreath and star insignia; Colonel??Ts and Lieutenant Colonel??Ts shoulder straps; and small coin purse containing 19 19th and early 20th century coins. With its balance of pre-war politics and wartime dramatics the Ruggles collection offers a marvelous opportunity for research into the personalities and events of a critical period in American history centered on an individual in the inner circles of power. Condition: Good condition throughout with expected signs of wear and age.
• [Civil War - Autographs] Dorothea Dix
  [Civil War - Autographs] Dorothea Dix Civil War-Date ALS from Camp Letterman Gettysburg Oct. 1863  1p dated October 29 1863 at Washington addressed to Surgeon Jayner - In Charge / Gen Hospital / Camp Letterman requesting the certificate of nurse be forwarded to her office. Dorthea Dix (1802-1887) lifelong advocate of the poor and mentally and physically disabled served as Superintendent of Army Nurses during the Civil War. Camp Letterman was a tent hospital near the Gettysburg battlefield which served the wounded for months after the fighting.