- LT. COMMANDER JAMES PARKER'S FLAG
LT. COMMANDER JAMES PARKER'S FLAG FROM THE SECOND BATTLE OF FORT FISHER. Handsewn with thirty-four applique stars signed ''James Parker'' on the fly. Approximately 8 1/2' by 16 1/2'. Also included in this lot is a handsewn naval pennant with thirteen embroidered stars approximately 25'l. as well as Parker's appointment to lieutenant (signed by President Pierce) a photograph of Parker in uniform a May 1865 document related to Parker's capture of six Confederate officers an April 1881 letter to Parker from Secretary of the Navy Hunt and a 1911 typewritten draft of a letter from Parker to the United States Naval Academy asking to be appointed to their board. By the end of 1864 Fort Fisher just outside of Wilmington North Carolina stood as the South's last major seaport. In December of that year the Union Army and Navy attempted to capture the fort but the effort ended in failure. A couple of weeks later on January 15 1865 the Army under Major General Alfred Terry and Navy under Rear Admiral David Porter embarked on a second attempt to take the fort this time with over 8 000 troops and 60 boats. After a brutal battle the Union finally captured the fort and a month later dealt a major blow to the Confederacy by capturing Wilmington. James Parker was born in Newark Ohio and graduated from the US Naval Academy. He served in the Navy until 1856 when he began studying law under Salmon P. Chase. According to the typewritten document included in this lot Parker ''immediately on the morning of the 13th of April 1861 volunteered to resume [his] old place in the Navy to defend the Union.'' He took command of the USS Maumee and was in charge of the 3rd Division of Fleet Captain Kidder Breese's landing part at Fort Fisher. Parker was commended for his actions during the capture of Fort Fisher. Most notably during the landing he realized that he outranked Breese but as Breese was acting under the direct command of Admiral Porter Parker relinquished control saying ''I won't dispute about command but will waive my rank and go into this fight at the head of my men leaving it to you to make the situation just as little disagreeable as possible.'' Parker's actions that day were later complimented by Confederate Colonel William Lamb who was in command at Fort Fisher during the attack. He wrote to Parker in 1879 ''I particularly noticed in the assault an officer who seemed to lead the column and who was almost recklessly brave... When we afterwards met on board the Steamer California...you had come to see if you could be of any service to me in my wounded condition you can imagine my surprise...to learn that you were he and the pleasure it gave me to know that so brave and gallant foe had escaped.'' According to tradition the present flag was raised at Fort Fisher upon its capture by the Union Army and Navy. The US flag gained its 35th star in 1863 with the admission of West Virginia so it must be assumed that the flag had been owned by Parker for at least two years prior to the seige of the fort. The flag pennant and the documents have remained in the possession of descendants until consigned to this auction. Documents with some toning and minor damage; photograph missing two corners.
- PARKER PL PEN & PENCIL SET .
PARKER PL PEN & PENCIL SET .
- PARKER, VINTAGE R.J.R. STERLING
PARKER, VINTAGE R.J.R. STERLING SILVER PEN AND PENCIL Classic gridded design, with gilt arrow and cap, the cap top with company logo R. J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- A Parker 45 pen and another Parker
A Parker 45 pen and another Parker fountain pen.
- A pair of Parker fountain and ballpoint
A pair of Parker fountain and ballpoint pens in rolled gold.
- Two Parker pens and a Waterman
Two Parker pens and a Waterman pen.
- Two Parker fountain pens together
Two Parker fountain pens together with a set of five manganese tot glasses with silver overlay and mounts.
- A Parker gold plated fountain pen
A Parker gold plated fountain pen
- A Parker fountain pen and ballpoint
A Parker fountain pen and ballpoint pen set
- PARKER. Boxed Vintage 10 Karat
PARKER. Boxed Vintage 10 Karat Gold Filled Set. A nice present. From an Armonk home.
- MAX, Peter, (German, 1937-): ''Flag
MAX, Peter, (German, 1937-): ''Flag with Heart'', Mixed Media, sight size 11.5'' x 13.5'', signed in the lower margin, framed, 21.75'' x 23''. With Park West COA.
- A Parker 65 fountain pen
A Parker 65 fountain pen
- COLLECTION OF PARKER, BILL BLASS,
COLLECTION OF PARKER, BILL BLASS, MONTEVERDE AND OTHER PENSCollection of Parker, Bill Blass, Monteverde and other Pens
- A Parker fountain pen with 18 carat
A Parker fountain pen with 18 carat gold nib.
- Colonel Francis Parker 32nd Massachusetts
Colonel Francis Parker 32nd Massachusetts Volunteers 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 Andrew to offer his services announcing that Where the Palmetto flag is flying my place is beneath the Pine. The collection that follows tells a remarkable story of ambition and patriotism written in the delicate prose of the Boston Brahmin elite ending in one of the most famous Massachusetts Civil War regiments. Despite the prominence of Parker??Ts family and his wealth as a businessman he did not have an easy path to a high-placed position. In reply to the offer of Parker??Ts services Andrew had an assistant reply: Mr. A[ndrew] wishes me to say it affords him much pleasure to record as a ?volunteer? a true son of Massachusetts and also to know and to feel that when the flag of disunion shall rise all her sons forgetting former party differences shall be as one in defense of that union which they have inherited from their fathers... When offered command of a battalion of four companies of volunteers at Fort Warren in Boston with the rank of Major Parker was simply insulted replying curtly I cannot find in the rank or importance of the position sufficient justification for its acceptance adding later But if your excellency embarrassed in the selection of a commander claims the acceptance of my patriotism -- I accept -- and although failing to recognize in myself the qualities which you enumerate as desirable I will yet endeavor to do my duty. Stinging. Late in 1861 Parker apparently swallowed his pride and accepted a battalion (with Major??Ts rank) and assignment to Fort Warren with the knowledge that he could be transferred for duty elsewhere. That winter and spring he commanded six companies at Fort Warren remaining until May 1862 when he was attached to the Military District of Washington. Rather unusually Parker??Ts companies -- not yet a full regiment -- were assigned to take part in the Peninsular Campaign where they were supplemented by four other companies the first of what would become a pattern of absorbing other units as they were degraded in battle: the 32nd Massachusetts was one of Fox??Ts 300 Fighting Regiments. As soon as Parker left Fort Warren he received letters from soldiers who had been under his command there requesting his help in moving to active duty. Sgt. John Hirsch writes Sir could I not through you influences now as a private gentleman be transferred to some Regiment in active service I am willing to give up my position as Non Com. Officer and take a privates place... For his part Parker continued to lobby for promotion and transfer to the front. When he got his wish one gets a sense of his wonder. After the Battle of Malvern Hill (he was not present) he described the scene before him: War is not a pretty thing to look at from this aspect. Mud & dust alternate -- wounded men -- dead miles. Filth -- shouting wagoners -- galloping orderlies -- swearing men -- are the staple ornaments of the camp limits. The woods are being rapidly -- you would wonder to see how rapidly -- thinned and consumed by the countless fires and when a calm evening occurs the smoke hangs like a fog over the whole country which we occupy... He goes on to describe the countryside adding that he had hired two women former slaves of the Lee family at White House estate to do the laundry. Parker??Ts experiences in the field were bitter. With remarkable insight into a regiment??Ts response to terror he wrote on July 12 1862: Upon our arrival we were hurried into position with the reserve upon ground where the shells of the enemy had fallen but an hour before and our path to that ground was through a mob of demoralized soldiers -- wounded hungry and cowardly. Men cried out tauntingly at us that we should be used up before night -- that we didn??Tt know what we had got into & men from other regiments enquired ?hows your patriotism now.? The clay mud was actually knee deep -- men lost their boots & stockings in the mid and could not find them.... The stories about regiments being cut up are hums. The 22d reputed cut to pieces lost only one officer killed. The 1st Mass who reported only 175 men left has 800 upon its rolls!... On two points the army is unanimous: all want to go home and all curse the abolitionists. The Rebs bother us a little by firing into the transports on the river but otherwise we hear little of them... The 32nd Massachusetts was not in the thick of thick of the fray during the late summer and were on the edges as Parker wrote of South Mountain and Antietam. On Sept. 23 1862 he wrote: Nobody seems to be doing anything since our people got driven into the Potomac the other day on the Virginia side while my regiment stood doing nothing on the Maryland side. With all this campaigning I am getting to be inexpressibly dirty and hard looking -- I wouldn??Tt speak to myself if I met myself in the street and if you could see me you would be glad I was gone... The carnage of those months however evidently dulled Parker??Ts ambition and he resigned his commission not long after the Battle of Fredericksburg to return home to tend to his business interests. Most of the earlier letters in the collection deal either with Parker??Ts attempts to secure a suitable position or the attempts of former soldiers in his command to do the same but from the time of the Peninsular Campaign there are 16 letters from Parker himself to his wife describing his adventures in the field. It is worth noting too that there are two fine ALsS from Gov. Andrew responding to Parker??Ts lobbying. Wonderful writing and a superb example of a grasping desire for self-advancement combined with intense patriotism. Condition: Good condition with expected wear and signs of aging; many letters with the remains on the verso of the sheet of a former paper hinge presumably from these having been tipped into a letterbook or scrapbook.
- New York pewter flagon ca. 1835
New York pewter flagon ca. 1835 bearing the touch of Boardman & Hart 8" h. ?
- A Parker 51 fountain pen, with
A Parker 51 fountain pen, with gold plated cap
- Albany New York pewter flagon ca.
Albany New York pewter flagon ca. 1850 bearing the touch of Smith & Feltman 10 1/2" h. ?
- A Parker 51 fountain pen, boxed
A Parker 51 fountain pen, boxed
- Albert Pels (American 1910-1998)
Albert Pels (American 1910-1998) Flag Waving. Oil on canvas framed in a wide wood-tone frame with black silk liner overall 32" x 20-1/4".
- A Parker 51 black fountain pen
A Parker 51 black fountain pen
- COLLECTION WITH FORTY-THREE PARKER,
COLLECTION WITH FORTY-THREE PARKER, SHEAFFER AND OTHER BALLPOINT PENS AND PENCILSCollection with Forty-Three Parker, Sheaffer and other Ballpoint Pens and Pencils
- Tray of Old Fountain Pens and Pencils
Tray of Old Fountain Pens and Pencils appears to be old Parkers
- PARKER 585M FOUNTAIN PEN .
PARKER 585M FOUNTAIN PEN .
- A Parker 61 fountain pen and propelling
A Parker 61 fountain pen and propelling pencil set (boxed) with gold plated caps together with a sterling silver Cross ball point pen a Sheaffer ball point and three other ball points.
- Tray of 12 Old Fountain Pens and
Tray of 12 Old Fountain Pens and a Pencil appears to be all Parkers.
- Seven Parker pens including ''21''
Seven Parker pens including ''21'' ''Duofold'' and ''51'' examples.
- A Lady Parker pen and sundry others
A Lady Parker pen and sundry others
- Two fountain pens being a Parker
Two fountain pens being a Parker ''17'' and a Conway Stewart.
- PARKER & CO. SHEFFIELD PLATE HOT
PARKER & CO. SHEFFIELD PLATE HOT WATER URNGeorge III Sheffield Plate Hot Water Urn , Daniel Holy, Parker & Co., c. 1804, pineapple mark, domed cover, leaf and berry banding, lion mask and ring handles, reeded supports ending in paws, urn-form burner, incurvate plinth, ball feet, retains original tinned interior and underside, h. 17 1/2 in., w. 8 1/2 in Provenance: William Walter Antiques Ltd., London Silver Vaults, 1960.
- COLLECTION WITH FORTY-TWO PARKER,
COLLECTION WITH FORTY-TWO PARKER, CROSS, LAMY AND OTHER PENS AND PENCILSCollection with Forty-Two Parker, Cross, Lamy and other Pens and Pencils
- FLOYD PARKER (NC, 1927-2004), PUBLISHED
FLOYD PARKER (NC, 1927-2004), PUBLISHED CANVASBACK Spot, North Carolina, circa 1950s, carved and painted wood, published on page 236 of Gunnin' Birds by Kroghie Andresen.
- A Parker 51 fountain pen
A Parker 51 fountain pen
- A Parker 51 fountain pen
A Parker 51 fountain pen
- A Parker 51 fountain pen
A Parker 51 fountain pen
- A Parker 51 fountain pen
A Parker 51 fountain pen