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Identified Wallet/Pocketbook Purchased in Boston the Day after the British Evacuated the City
Lot: 1Sold for: $800$650Identified Wallet/Pocketbook Purchased in Boston the Day after the British Evacuated the City, c. 1776, leather and pasteboard wallet with a brass clasp and incised leather lines, inside the wallet more ...
Two Tobacco Boxes
Lot: 2Sold for: $1,046$850Two Tobacco Boxes, c. 1770s, a pewter box identified to Joseph Fox, engraved "J Fox" on the top face, marked "JF" on the lid with other engraved designs; the reverse with a duck scratched into the more ...
Bronze British Victories of 1759 Medal and a Bronze British Victories of 1758/1759 Medal Mule
Lot: 3Sold for: $308$250Bronze British Victories of 1759 Medal and a Bronze British Victories of 1758/1759 Medal Mule, Betts-418, dia. 43.3 mm, (holed),and Betts-419, dia. 43.3 mm. Provenance: The collection of more ...
Two 18th Century Silver Medals
Lot: 4Sold for: $338$275Two 18th Century Silver Medals, a Betts-169 1736 Jernegan Cistern medal, dia. 38.5 mm, and a Betts-572 1780 Treaty of Armed Neutrality medal, dia. 31.6 mm. Provenance: The collection of Nicholas more ...
German Flintlock Wall Gun
Lot: 5Sold for: $1,230$1,000German Flintlock Wall Gun, c. mid to late 18th century, .77 caliber, walnut stock with a "10" stamped below the side plate, no butt plate, iron side plate, trigger guard, and ramrod pipes, octagonal more ...
French Model 1763 Conversion Pistol
Lot: 6Sold for: $554$450French Model 1763 Conversion Pistol, c. early 19th century, walnut stock, brass fittings, lock converted to percussion, rack numbers on the top of the barrel, barrel lg. 8 1/2, overall lg. 15 in. more ...
New England Fowler and Saber
Lot: 7Sold for: $1,476$1,200New England Fowler and Saber, c. late 18th century, cherry stock with engraved brass trigger guard (damage) and butt plate, brass ramrod pipes, Thomas Ketland lock converted to percussion, and an more ...
American Dog/Lion Head Saber
Lot: 8Sold for: $2,583$2,100American Dog/Lion Head Saber, c. 1760-80, brass hilt with brass branches, a crude brass dog's head pommel, oak grip with brass ferrule, iron blade with a single fuller, blade lg. 26 1/4, overall lg. more ...
Continental Army Line of Battle for West Point, New York, Owned by Major Moses Ashley, 2nd Massachusetts Battalion
Lot: 9Sold for: $18,450$15,000Continental Army Line of Battle for West Point, New York, Owned by Major Moses Ashley, 2nd Massachusetts Battalion, c. 1780, laid paper map with layout of the army, showing all of the infantry more ...
Revolutionary War Major General Jedediah Huntington's Shoulder Straps
Lot: 10Sold for: $23,370$19,000Revolutionary War Major General Jedediah Huntington's Shoulder Straps, c. 1783, gold metallic tape with two embroidered stars on each epaulet, gold bullion braid, reverse is backed with buff more ...
Early 18th Century Cannon Found in Boston Harbor
Lot: 11Sold for: $1,968$1,600Early 18th Century Cannon Found in Boston Harbor, cast iron cannon tube, probably a four-pound gun, overall lg. 68 in. Note: According to information accompanying the cannon, it was raised by a more ...
Carved Powder Horn Identified to Conrad Frederick Keck
Lot: 12Sold for: $431$350Carved Powder Horn Identified to Conrad Frederick Keck, c. 1781, ornate powder horn carved with a panoply of arms and cannons over "PHILADELPHIA" with the city carved below, a heart with more ...
Collection of Revolutionary War Buckles, Padlocks, Buttons, and Knives
Lot: 13UnsoldCollection of Revolutionary War Buckles, Padlocks, Buttons, and Knives, eleven shoe buckles, two square iron buckles, seven plain buttons, a padlock, a chest lock, and nine folding knives; one shoe more ...
Nine Pairs of Mourning Shoe Buckles
Lot: 14Sold for: $338$275Nine Pairs of Mourning Shoe Buckles, late 18th century, japanned frames decorated in a variety of floral and pierced patterns. more ...
15th Regiment of Foot Cartridge Pouch Plate
Lot: 15Unsold15th Regiment of Foot Cartridge Pouch Plate, c. 1790s, brass plate with a crown over a circular banner marked "LAST RIDING/YORKSHIRE REGIMENT," with remnants of "GR" in the center of the circle, more ...
British Cartridge Pouch Plate
Lot: 16UnsoldBritish Cartridge Pouch Plate, c. early 19th century, round banner marked "HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE," two central "GR" markings, with a crown, back with three attachment tabs, overall ht. 4 3/8 more ...
Schively Bowie Knife with Statesman Henry Clay and Davy Crockett Provenance
Lot: 17Sold for: $116,850$95,000Schively Bowie Knife with Statesman Henry Clay and Davy Crockett Provenance, c. 1830, silver pommel, grip pins and washers, and guard, checkered horn grip, unmarked steel blade, scabbard with silver more ...
Brattleboro Light Infantry Knapsack
Lot: 18Sold for: $3,321$2,700Brattleboro Light Infantry Knapsack, c. early 19th century, Spanish brown-painted linen bag, the obverse painted with a gold sunburst and "BLI," flap is secured on the inside by two thin leather more ...
Engraved Artillery Belt Plate
Lot: 19Sold for: $800$650Engraved Artillery Belt Plate, c. 1820, brass cross belt plate with an eagle on top of a cannon and a stack of cannon ball, with four brass attachment tabs on the back, ht. 3 1/4, wd. 2 1/4 in. more ...
Militia Shako and Accessories
Lot: 20Sold for: $2,952$2,400Militia Shako and Accessories, c. 1840s, a black-japanned militia shako with silver-plated fittings, paper label inside the crown marked "JOSEPH. T. BELL/NEW YORK," with a pasteboard more ...
Pair of Miniature Bronze Signal Guns
Lot: 21Sold for: $984$800Pair of Miniature Bronze Signal Guns, probably Spain or Portugal, early 18th century, the barrels with dolphins and floral decoration at reinforce rings, mounted on long trail field carriages, (some more ...
Six Small Asian Artillery Pieces
Lot: 22Sold for: $338$275Six Small Asian Artillery Pieces, a long cannon, three fireworks mortars, and two nine-barreled pole guns, lg. to 30 1/2 in. Provenance: The collection of Nicholas A. Penachio. more ...
O. Churchill-made Albany Kentucky-style Rifle
Lot: 23Sold for: $677$550O. Churchill-made Albany Kentucky-style Rifle, c. mid-19th century, figured maple stock with a checkered wrist, a cheek piece, a silver inlaid eagle, and silver, brass, and iron fittings, lock more ...
Full Stock Kentucky-style Conversion Rifle
Lot: 24Sold for: $615$500Full Stock Kentucky-style Conversion Rifle, c. early 19th century, figured walnut stock with raised cheek piece, engraved brass side plate and brass fittings, lock plate engraved with foliate more ...
L.E. Williams Custom-built Flintlock Rifle and Ball Mold
Lot: 25Sold for: $584$475L.E. Williams Custom-built Flintlock Rifle and Ball Mold, late 20th century, .80 caliber, brown-stained figured maple stock with sliding lid patch box, iron furniture, aged octagonal barrel signed more ...
Framed Original Don Troiani Pen and Ink Figure Study of a Pennsylvania Militiaman
Lot: 26Sold for: $431$350Framed Original Don Troiani Pen and Ink Figure Study of a Pennsylvania Militiaman, c. 1990s, depicted as he would have appeared in 1777, matted and framed with conservation glass, ht. 21, wd. 17 3/8 more ...
Two Benson J. Lossing Works and L'Album de la Guerre
Lot: 27UnsoldTwo Benson J. Lossing Works and L'Album de la Guerre, Benson J. Lossing Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, two volumes (Harper Brothers: NY, 1859); Benson J. Lossing Our Country. A Household more ...
Framed Original Don Troiani Pen and Ink Study of a Continental Artilleryman
Lot: 28UnsoldFramed Original Don Troiani Pen and Ink Study of a Continental Artilleryman, c. 1990s, depicted as he would have appeared in 1780, matted and framed with conservation glass, ht. 21, wd. 15 in. more ...
Framed Original Don Troiani Watercolor Figure Study of an African American, 3rd Connecticut Regiment
Lot: 29Sold for: $492$400Framed Original Don Troiani Watercolor Figure Study of an African American, 3rd Connecticut Regiment, c. 2000, the soldier depicted as he would have appeared in 1778, matted and framed with more ...
Framed Original Don Troiani Watercolor Figure Study of a Spanish Soldier from the Louisiana Regiment
Lot: 30Sold for: $1,353$1,100Framed Original Don Troiani Watercolor Figure Study of a Spanish Soldier from the Louisiana Regiment, c. 2006, depicted as he would have appeared from 1778-82, matted and framed with conservation more ...