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Eight Wales Family Massachusetts Commissions and Documents
Lot: 123Sold for: $431$350Eight Wales Family Massachusetts Commissions and Documents, c. 1808-25, framed commissions in the Massachusetts Militia for Sanforth Freeman, and Stephen Wales, and one excerpt from the manual of more ...
Naval Officer's Chest Identified to Captain Z. Holland
Lot: 124UnsoldNaval Officer's Chest Identified to Captain Z. Holland, c. 1840s, black-painted cloth-covered wooden chest, with a brass plaque marked "Z. Holland/U.S. Navy," with an upper tray with compartments more ...
Bringhurst Rope Tension Field Drum
Lot: 125UnsoldBringhurst Rope Tension Field Drum, c. 1824, tacked shell with label inside, made by Thomas Bringhurst of Germantown, Pennsylvania, calfskin heads, Spanish brown-painted hoops, ht. 17, dia. 16 3/8 more ...
Winfield Scott's Mexican War Stirrups, Carte-de-visite, Silver Rosette, and a Book from His Library
Lot: 126Sold for: $2,583$2,100Winfield Scott's Mexican War Stirrups, Carte-de-visite, Silver Rosette, and a Book from His Library, c. 1840s-60s, iron stirrups with eagle rosettes on either side (one missing),a carte-de-visite more ...
Carved Naval Yerba Buena Presentation Box
Lot: 127Sold for: $7,995$6,500Carved Naval Yerba Buena Presentation Box, c. 1846, ornately carved box with the fort at Yerba Buena on the lid, inside is a silver plaque engraved "This Box/was presented to John Berrien more ...
Gangway Board from the USS Hartford
Lot: 128Sold for: $13,530$11,000Gangway Board from the USS Hartford, c. 1858, carved board with star, foliate designs, an applied rope, and a winged sea creature, banded with brass with two rope eyelets, ht. 56 1/2, wd. 22 1/2 more ...
1863 B. Kittredge & Company Copper Cartridge Box
Lot: 129Sold for: $1,046$8501863 B. Kittredge & Company Copper Cartridge Box, c. 1863, copper cartridge box, spring-loaded lid marked "B. KITTREDGE & CO./PATENTED JAN 27 1863/REISSUED APL. 14. 63," ht. 3 1/2, wd. 4 1/2 in. more ...
Flask Identified to Patrick Ryan, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry
Lot: 130Sold for: $523$425Flask Identified to Patrick Ryan, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, c. 1864, glass bottle with pewter spout and removable cup on the base, cup engraved "Patrick Ryan/4th Mass/Cavalry," top of the flask is more ...
Civil War Officer's Toiletry Kit Identified to 1st Lieutenant Curtis Davis, 28th Maine Infantry Regiment
Lot: 131Sold for: $584$475Civil War Officer's Toiletry Kit Identified to 1st Lieutenant Curtis Davis, 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, c. 1862-63, leather-covered case with a brass lock plate "Lt. C. Davis/Co. C/28th ME INFY," more ...
Identified Naval Spyglass
Lot: 132Sold for: $461$375Identified Naval Spyglass, c. mid-19th century, a leather-wrapped brass body, engraved on the front "Wm. S. Cherry/U.S.N." with foliate designs, overall lg. 19 1/2 in. Provenance: The collection more ...
Shiloh Pipe Bowl
Lot: 133UnsoldShiloh Pipe Bowl, c. 1862, soldier-carved pipe bowl, marked on the bowl "Shiloh/April 6 and 7 1862/1862," overall ht. 5 1/8 in. Provenance: The collection of Nicholas A. Penachio. more ...
The Biter Bit Bronze Sculpture by Karl Muller
Lot: 134Sold for: $5,228$4,250The Biter Bit Bronze Sculpture by Karl Muller, c. 1864, depicting an African American soldier with a dead dog on his bayonet, marked on the front "The Biter Bit. 1863," and on the right side "K more ...
Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States
Lot: 135Sold for: $861$700Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, c. 1863, complete 1863 edition, marked on the inside cover "Edward Sellers/taken from Hoods/Pontoon train at 12 p.m./Dec. 31, 1864," ht. 7 1/2, more ...
Alonzo Fiske Painted Canteen, Image, and Testament
Lot: 136Sold for: $1,230$1,000Alonzo Fiske Painted Canteen, Image, and Testament, c. 1861-64, gold-painted Confederate tin canteen, painted on one side with the battles he fought, and "Alonzo. B. Fiske/Co. K/29th Mass. Vol.," on more ...
Naval Binoculars Identified to Captain Percival Eddy
Lot: 137Sold for: $1,107$900Naval Binoculars Identified to Captain Percival Eddy, c. mid-19th century, bone and brass binoculars, one side carved with an eagle, shield, anchor, and the other marked "U.S.N." and "Capt. more ...
Silver-plated Tobacco Box Identified to Charles A. Chittenden, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment
Lot: 138Sold for: $1,169$950Silver-plated Tobacco Box Identified to Charles A. Chittenden, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment, c. 1862, silver-plate case with sliding insert, marked on one side "Chas. A. Chittenden/Co. more ...
Identified Presentation Cigar Case
Lot: 139Sold for: $400$325Identified Presentation Cigar Case, c. 1863, silver-plated case engraved on the lid "Presented to/Lieut. A. Ross Black/Co. B 50th Regt. P.V.M./August 15th 1863," lined with maroon velvet, lg. 5 1/8, more ...
Confederate Soldier Art
Lot: 140Sold for: $861$700Confederate Soldier Art, c. 1861-64, rectangular flat bone marked on one side "John.M. Rikard, Co G/13th/S.C.V./McGowans/Brigade,/Wilcox. Division./HillsCorps/General. Lee.s, Army," and on the more ...
Carved Pennsylvania Cavalry Ring
Lot: 141Sold for: $523$425Carved Pennsylvania Cavalry Ring, c. 1861-62, bone rectangle carved "RA Kerr/Co. A, 8th Pa. Cav.y" with a shield, flags, and foliate designs, ht. 1 1/4, wd. 1 7/8 in. Provenance: The collection more ...
Small Engineer Kit Identified to Captain C.H. Morgan, U.S. Engineers
Lot: 142Sold for: $431$350Small Engineer Kit Identified to Captain C.H. Morgan, U.S. Engineers, c. 1860s, leather-covered case with a silver escutcheon marked "Capt. C.H. Morgan/U.S. Engineers," with protractors, and a rule, more ...
Sixth-plate Tintype of a Confederate Soldier
Lot: 143Sold for: $1,599$1,300Sixth-plate Tintype of a Confederate Soldier, c. 1862-65, seated wearing a Richmond Depot type-II jacket with epaulets, with hand-colored sergeant stripes and his elbow resting on a book, with a more ...
Framed 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Flag Fragment
Lot: 144Sold for: $185$150Framed 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Flag Fragment, c. 1861-65, remnants of a star in the canton and stripes, with a copy of an image of the 1st Connecticut while stationed in forts around more ...
Binoculars Owned by Brevet Major General George H. Gordon
Lot: 145Sold for: $1,476$1,200Binoculars Owned by Brevet Major General George H. Gordon, c. 1861-65, eyepieces marked "WIDDIFIELD & CO/BOSTON," leather-covered body with silver plates near the objective lenses marked "George H. more ...
Carved Dock Board from the USS Kearsarge
Lot: 146Sold for: $1,230$1,000Carved Dock Board from the USS Kearsarge, c. 1861, board with carved rope border, a large central star, and other designs, ht. 26 1/2, wd. 17 in. Provenance: The collection of Nicholas A. more ...
Whiskey Flask Identified to Lieutenant Richard Harding Weld, 44th Massachusetts Infantry
Lot: 147Sold for: $461$375Whiskey Flask Identified to Lieutenant Richard Harding Weld, 44th Massachusetts Infantry, c. 1862, two-piece pewter flask, engraved on the top "lieut. R. H. Weld/Co. K, 44th Regt," marked on the more ...
Labadieville, Louisiana, Carved Civil War Cane
Lot: 148Sold for: $800$650Labadieville, Louisiana, Carved Civil War Cane, c. 1862, hardwood cane with the handle carved in the form of a boot, carved "LABARDIEVILLE 1862" on the boot, brass sword grip wire below the boot, more ...
Civil War Whiskey Flask Identified to C.H. Bowmen, 85th New York Infantry Regiment
Lot: 149Sold for: $277$225Civil War Whiskey Flask Identified to C.H. Bowmen, 85th New York Infantry Regiment, c. 1861-65, glass flask with leather-covered bottom, cup marked "C. H. Bowmen/Co. E 85th/N.Y./Inf," ht. 5 1/2 more ...
Pocket Watch Presented by Medal of Honor Recipient Colonel James Quinlan to B.J. Corcoran
Lot: 150Sold for: $431$350Pocket Watch Presented by Medal of Honor Recipient Colonel James Quinlan to B.J. Corcoran, c. 1860, silver case engraved on the front "BJC," marked on the dial "Agassiz," inscribed inside the rear more ...
Cane Made from the Kearsarge
Lot: 151Sold for: $861$700Cane Made from the Kearsarge, c. late 19th century, oak cane with ivory handle, silver ferrule engraved "Kearsarge/Jas Taney," overall lg. 36 1/2 in. Provenance: The collection of Nicholas A. more ...
Civil War Cane
Lot: 152Sold for: $246$200Civil War Cane, c. 1864, made from a branch, carved on the side "CUT AT CORINTH . MAY . 16 1864," overall lg. 32 3/4 in. Provenance: The collection of Nicholas A. Penachio. more ...