The Tromp-Van Kinschot Family
LOTS 41-48
Among the many items in Ellis Joubert's collection of historical artifacts is an extraordinary assemblage of items relating to Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1598-1653), a pivotal figure in the Dutch Navy during the Dutch Golden Age.
Tromp's leadership and victories during the Eighty Years’ War and the First Anglo-Dutch War, especially against the Spanish Armada in the Battle of the Downs (1639), cemented his reputation as a naval hero.
Tromp's legacy continued through his son, Cornelis Tromp (1629-1691), himself an esteemed admiral who served with distinction in various naval battles, including the Four Days' Battle in the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Battle of Texel during the Franco-Dutch War. His career further solidified the Tromp family's naval excellence.
Sara Tromp (1655-1711), Maarten’s granddaughter and Cornelis’s niece, married lawyer Gaspar Van Kinschot (16331678), the largest landowner in Delfland, near Delft. Sara's will directed that only Tromp descendants should be buried in the family tomb in Delft, so careful genealogies were kept to ensure the right to interment there.
Joubert's collection of Tromp artifacts include a portrait of Maarten Tromp and his mulberry gin chest, a first English edition of Cornelis Tromp's memoirs, letters patents of their ennoblement, several genealogies, table silver, handsome fob seals with intricate intaglio armorials of the Van Kinschot family and a portrait of what is presumed to be Maarten Tromp's seventh great-grandson, Gaspar Hugo Quirijn Van Kinschot (1830 - 1899). A partial label on the reverse of the portrait of Maarten Tromp has the letters "A.G.F. Van Ki", assuredly art collector Alexandre Gaspard Francois Van Kinschot (b. 1894) – completing a direct line of eleven generations of this noble Dutch family.
Cornelis Tromp (1629 - 1691) & Margareta Raephorst (1625 - 1690)
Martin Tromp (1598 - 1655)
Harpert Tromp (1627 - 1691) & Magdalene Van Adrichein
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Gaspar Van Kinschot (1633 - 1678) & Sara Tromp (1655 - 1711)
married April 5, 1675
Gaspar Van Kinschot (1592 - 1654) & Catharina Sweerts de Weert (1597 - 1674)
married April 5, 1675
Gaspar Van Kinschot (1676 - 1759) & Catarina Cornelia Van Kinschot (1675 - 1762)
married October 25, 1701
Roelant Van Kinschot (1712 - 1747)
& Wilhelmina Louisa Hesselt Van Dinter (1716 - 1794)
married June 8, 1737
Gaspard Van Kinschot (1739 - 1820) & Sara Catharina Van der Mast (1740 - 1801) Hugo Van Kinschot (1774 - 1866) & Petronella Abigael Bentick ( - 1827)
married December 8, 1801, Rotterdam
Charles Philippe Louis Van Kinschot (1806 - 1862) & Henriette Marie Frederique de Flines ( ca 1804 - 1830)
married September 18, 1828
Roeland Van Kinschot (1624 - 1701) & Catharina van der Hoolck (1629 - ca 1714)
Gijsbert Van Kinschot (1633 - 1737) & Magtelina Lestevenon (1665 - 1709)
Catharina Margartha Van Kinschot (1695 - 1758) & Johan Sweijters ( - 1747)
married March 9, 1729
Charles Philippe Louis Van Kinschot (1806 - 1862) & Anna Elizabeth de Virieu (1807 - 1842)
married April 29, 1835
Gaspar Hugo Quirijn Van Kinschot (1830 - 1899)
Alexander Rijk Petrus Van Kinschot (1836 - 1921) & Helena van den Burgh (1843 - )
Charles Philippe Louis Van Kinschot (1868 - ) & Johanna Pietronella Cornelia Moolenburgh (1867 - )
Alexandre Gaspard Francois Van Kinschot (1894 - )
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After Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607-1674)
“Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1598-1653)”
oil on wood panel 19th century, unsigned.
Handwritten note in Dutch en verso, “Bewaarne for A.G.F. Van...” (Save for A.G.F. Van...), and a label from the conservation studio of Dr. Ir. A.M. de Wild, Laan Van Meerdervoot with owner identified as A.G.F. van Kinschot, Tiel. Framed.
18” x 14-1/2”, framed 22” x 19”
$300-$500
Accompanied by a photocopied, undated bill of sale from Kunst en Antiekveilingen A. J. Verhage, Middelburg, to J. H. ter Meulen, New Orleans, Item 011 ñ Painting “Admiral Tromp”, 17th century (unknown), $3,750, and a subsequent bill of sale from Frances ter Meulen
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17th-Century Dutch Mulberry Gin Chest bound with brass fleur-de-lys straps and with wrought iron handles and hinges, the lock and dividers lacking. h. 14”, w. 16-1/4”, d. 27-1/4”
$400-$700
Accompanied by a photocopied, undated bill of sale from Kunst en Antiekveilingen A J Verhage, Middelburg, to J. H. ter Meulen, New Orleans, Item 040 Seamanís Chest, Belonged To Admiral Tromp, 17th cent. - $1125. Also accompanied by a letter from Ellis Joubert to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture dated March 1990 with wood analysis and identification.
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Life of Cornelius Van Tromp
London: printed by J. Orme, for R. Clavel, J. Sturton and A. Bosvile in Fleetstreet, and J. Cater in Holbourn, 1697, first ed., octavo, in a later conservation binding of hand-made paste paper over a German lapped component binding, with hand-marbled end sheets.
leaf size 6-3/4” x 4-1/4”, overall 7” x 4-1/2”
$100-$200
Accompaned by letter of conservation and treatment by deVille Book & Paper Conservation, New Orleans, dated July 20, 2005.
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Four Letters Patent of Maarten and Cornelis Tromp including:
a Patent of Knighthood to Maarten Tromp by Charles I of England, a parchment copy dated 17 May 1675 after the 1642 original, calligraphic Latin with rubricated lines, with the arms of Tromp in canton, with rinceaux banding, the ink seal of Charles I in base, with signature of verification by the Secretary of Delft, “A. Heinsius” and dated “16-8/17-75”, 27-1/4” x 35”;
a Patent of Knighthood to Maarten Tromp by Louis XIII of France, a parchment copy dated August 17, 1675 after the 1640 original, calligraphic French centering the arms of Tromp surmounted by the golden fleur-de-lis to which the document entitles him, banding, the ink and gouche seal of Louis XIII in base, with signature of verification by A. Heinsius, Secretary of Delft, and dated “16-8/17-75”, 24-3/4” x 24-3/4”;
a second copy of the preceding, with later re-verification by H. Huyghens, Secretary of the city of Amsterdam, dated “VI December 1702”, 27-1/4” x 35”; a Patent of Nobility to Cornelis Tromp creating him Count of Sylliesborg by Christian V of Denmark, parchment, undated but 1676, gilt and ink calligraphy with gilt-scrolling band and centering gilt gouche arms of Count of Sylliesborg, with signature of Christian V, 17-1/2” x 31-1/4”; together with: The seal of William Henry (1650-1702), Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau (later William III of England), vermillion wax in its tin skippet, the latter with paper label identifying it as preserved with the letters of nobility of M. Tromp, dia. 4-1/2”, h. 1”.
$400-$700
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Five Genealogies of the Family of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1598-1655)
early 19th century, including:
Descendants of Marten Harpert Tromp after a genealogy by General Major Robbert van der Mast of Delft December 1768 and in accordance with the will of Lady Maria Tromp of August 1713, ink calligraphy in Dutch, with gouache arms of Tromp and his first two wives, double elephant sheet laid on linen, with watermark of J. Whatman, 1811, 26-3/4” x 40-1/4” (linen 28” x 41-1/4”);
Descendants of Marten Harpert Tromp demonstrating their right to be buried in the family tomb at Delft, ink calligraphy in Dutch, double elephant folio, the hinge and edge reinforced with linen, J. Honig & Zoonen, 26-1/2” x 20-1/2” (41” open);
Descendants of Johan Tromp (1632-1763) and Jacoba Tromp (1677-1762), youngest son & youngest granddaughter of Marten Harperts Tromp, calligraphy in Dutch with many gouache armorials, antiquarian sheet backed with linen, watermark of “J. Whatman, Turkey Mill, 1809”, 30” x 52-1/4” (31” x 53-1/4” with linen);
Descendants of Herpent Van der Wel (later Tromp) and Johanna Quack, ink calligraphy in Dutch with numerous gouche armorials, demy sheets laid on linen, watermark of a fool’s cap and “GSH”, 19-1/2” x 49-1/2” (with linen 20-3/4” x 50-1/4”); and
Descendants of Sara Tromp (1655-1711), eldest daughter of Harpert Tromp and Magdalena van Adrichem, calligraphy in Dutch, demy sheet laid on linen, watermark of “Hespe & Comp.”, 15-1/2” x 19” (with linen 16” x 19-1/2”).
$400-$700
Four Dutch Steel and Silver Fob Seals of the Van Kinschot Family 17th/18th century, including:
a silver example with figural dolphin standard and intaglio engraved with the arms of Gaspar Van Kinschot (1592-1654), h. 1”, seal 3/4” x 5/8”; a steel example with addorsed acanthus scrolls standard and intaglio-engraved triple-swivel seal with the arms used by Gaspar Van Kinschot (1676-1759), including the impaled hereditary arms of his parents, Gaspar Van Kinschot (1676-1759) and Sara Tromp (16551711), his full achievement, and his marital arms with his wife Catarina Cornelia Van Kinschot (1675-1762), h. 2-1/2”, seals 7/8” x 3/4”; a steel example with hammer-shaped standard and intaglioengraved seal of the marital arms of Johan Swrijters (d. 1747) and Catharina Margaretha Van Kinschot (1695-1758), h. 1-1/8”, seal 7/8” x 3/4”; and a silver example with openwork addorsed scrolls standard and intaglio-engraved seal of the marital arms of Roelant Van Kinschot (1712-1747) & Wilhelmina Louise Hesselt Van Dinter (1716-1794), h. 1-1/4”, seal 1” x 7/8”.
$200-$400
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Seven 18th-Century Dutch Silver Tablespoons Zierikzee, 1774-1779, by Cornelis van den Thoorn (1716-1790), each with spatulate handle with pronounced mid-rib. l. 8-3/8”; 14.01 total t. oz.
$400-$700
Joubert included these spoons with his TrompVan Kinschot family collection. The 1770s date and Zierikzee location suggest that they belonged to Gaspard Van Kinschot (1739-1820) and his wife Sara Catharina Van Der Maast (1740-1801).
48 Continental School Mid-19th Century “Soldier and His Sword: Probably Lt. Gaspar Hugo Quirin van Kinschot (1830-1899), Royal Netherlands East Indies Army” oil on tin unsigned. Framed.
14” x 12”, framed 19” x 17-1/2”
$500-$800
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Early George III Sterling Silver Cann hallmarked London, 1764-1765, by William Shaw II, of traditional baluster form, with double-scroll handle and molded foot ring, engraved with the full achievement of the Earl of Sandwich. h. 5”, l. 5”, dia. 6-5/8”; 11.82 t. oz.
$300-$500
Although the arms here are possibly of later date, it is to be noted that the Earl of Sandwich in 1764-65 when this cann was made was John Montagu, the 4th Earl (1718-1792), a British statesman who served as Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for the Northern Department and ñ perhaps most notably ñ is credited with the invention of the sandwich.
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Early George III Sterling Silver Waiter hallmarked London, 1765-1766, by Richard Rugg I, circular with leaf-and-shell edge below a serpentine-gadrooned rim, raised on three claw-and-ball feet, engraved with a crest: on a staff raguly in fess azure a wolf passant proper, collared and chained the dexter paw resting on a cross pattee of five rays, the reverse engraved “He.n* Lane / 33:4”. dia. 13”; 30.83 t. oz.
$1,000-$1,500
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Nine Georgian Sterling Silver Teaspoons third quarter 18th century, London, by John Lampfert, in the “Old English” pattern with feathered edge, engraved with a crest of a Moor’s head. l. 5”; 4.34 total t. oz.
$250-$400
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Late Georgian Sterling Silver and Coral Baby Rattle hallmarked Birmingham, 1808-1809, by Joseph Taylor (1767-1827), the baluster-form body with six dangling bells and whistle finial, the teething handle of polished coral. l. 4-1/4”, 1.27 t. oz. (including coral)
$200-$400
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Six Irish and English Sterling Silver “King’s Shape” Teaspoons including: four “Hourglass” pattern, Dublin, 1815, by Richard Whitford, l. 5-1/4”; one “Honeysuckle” pattern, London, 1822-1823, by Richard Poulden, l. 5-1/2”; and one “Hourglass” pattern, Dublin, 1836-37, by Philip Weekes, l. 5-1/4”; the Irish examples engraved with a crest of a bull passant, collared.
6.68 total t. oz.
$125-$250
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Early Victorian Sterling Silver Fruit Stand hallmarked London, 1840-1841, by Charles Reily & George Storer, with a latticed wirework bowl with embossed and applied vintage banding, above an addorsed acanthus standard on a lobed plinth base. h. 8-1/2”, dia. 8-1/2”; 29.02 t. oz.
$700-$1,000
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Early Victorian Sterling Silver Chinoiserie Mug hallmarked London, 1845-1846, by Edward Barnard & Sons, the waisted body paneled and decorated with alternating engraved rococo cartouches and chinoiserie scenes, with applied “straight-and-scroll” handle and rocaille foot ring. h. 4-1/4”, dia. 3-1/4”; 6.33 t. oz.
$200-$400
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Pair of Victorian Sterling Silver Epergne Baskets hallmarked London, 1893-1894, by Hunt & Roskell (Alfred Benson & Henry Hugh Webb), each with vertical reticulation and laurel swags, with twined scroll swing handle. h. 2-1/8” (4-1/4” with handle), dia. 4-1/2”; 6.97 total t. oz.
$150-$300
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Late Victorian Silverplate Game Dome fourth quarter 19th century, by William Marples & Son, Sheffield, with beaded rim and ring handle, engraved with a crest of an arm in armour embowed, holding a sword. h. 6-3/4”, l. 9-1/4”, w. 7-1/4”
$100-$200
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Early 19th-Century Sabre
the curved single blade with single fuller on each side, unmarked, with simple gold-filled etching, the hilt with carved bone grip, single-arm brass guard and eagle’s-head pommel; retaining the rare original leather scabbard with brass chape (the top mount lacking).
blade l. 27-3/4”, overall l. 33” (34” with scabbard)
$250-$400
59
Early 19th-Century Hand-Made Stirrup-Hilt Saber all iron, with primitive blacksmith-made guard and rough wooden grip.
blade l. 35-1/2”, overall l. 40-1/4”
$400-$700
Jobert’s notes stated that this piece was “found under a house in New Orleans ca. 2002 . . . on Mazant St. off St. Claude”. The date of the piece and location of its discovery, coupled with the fact that most defenders of New Orleans during the War of 1812 provided their own weapons which were not factory made, raises the intriguing possibility that this lot is a relict of the Battle of New Orleans.
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War of 1812 Infantry Briquet Relic with steel blade and brass hilt.
blade l. 18-1/2” (the tip broken), overall l. 23-3/4”
$200-$400
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English Blunderbuss Pistol London, ca. 1750-1780, with brass barrel, trigger guard and butt cap, barrel octagonal to round to flared blunderbuss, with carved decoration on the top of wood stock and engraving on the brass fittings, lock marked “S. Stanton “, top of barrel marked “W&M-Beadel”, with crown proof and view marks.
l. 16-1/4”
$6,000-$9,000
By repute, this gun was found on Chalmette Battlefield and subsequently (in Joubert’s notes) “owned by generations of the family, who would pawn and redeem it when they needed money.”
Exhibited: “The Terrible and the Brave: The Battles for New Orleans, 1814-1815”, Historic New Orleans Collection, May 17, 2005 - January 8, 2006, Case 3, item B. (See page 14 of the exhibition catalogue, a copy of which accompanies this lot.)
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Battle of New Orleans Books and Centennial Memorabilia
including a gilt-bronze Battle of New Orleans Centennial Medallion, 1915, with an obverse portrait of Andrew Jackson and a reverse allegorical vignette of Fame and Peace, with ribbon, dia. 1-1/8”, a Centennial Banquet menu held by the Louisiana Historical Society, an autographed copy of Timothy Pickles’ New Orleans 1815 to Ellis Joubert, with other references, memoirs, bibliography, etc. (10 items total).
$200-$400
Complete list of items/titles available on request.
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American Federal Lancer’s Sabre Philadelphia assembled, ca. 1820, the steel blade by Weyersberg, Solingen, curved and fulled on both sides, etched with patriotic American symbols on one side and “Honour and My Country” on the other, the iron hilt with stirrup guard and eagle’s-head pommel; no scabbard. blade l. 26-3/4”, overall l. 32-1/2”
$1,200-$1,800
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Naval Officer’s Sword first half 19th century, by W. H. Horstmann & Sons, Philadlephia and so etched on the blade, the blade highly decorated centering “U.S.”, with one-piece cast brass D-shaped hilt, the shagreen scabbard lacking both end pieces.
blade l. 32”, overall l. 37”
$100-$200
65
Mexican Republic Model 1822 Cavalry Sabre the blade curved and fulled on each side, the ricasso marked “W y deG” on the left side for Wexel & DeGress, armorers, and with the rayed Phrygian cap above “RM” (Republica Mexicana), the hilt with threearm cage and leather-covered and wire-wrapped grip; no scabbard.
blade l. 33-1/2”, overall l. 39-1/2”
$200-$400
Provenance: Joubert notes that he purchased this lot in the mid-1990s from Joseph Demma, Jr. (19262011), New Orleans, Louisiana, bodybuilder (Mr. New Orleans 1960 and Mr. Louisiana 1961) and owner of Unique Designs Chandeliers & Lamps.
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Ames U.S. Model 1833 Dragoon Sabre
N. P. Ames, Springfield, Massachusetts, the date worn, the blade with maker’s mark and some etching still visible, inspector’s marks WS (William Smith) on right side, grip with some losses to the leather and the wire wrap lacking; no scabbard.
blade l. 34”, overall l. 39-1/2”
$200-$400
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U.S. Navy Pre-Regulation Officer’s Sword 1830s, English-made, the blade etched with military symbols, with cross-checkered bone grip, fancy hand guard and eagle’s-head pommel, the guard cast with an American eagle and sailing ship flanking an allegory of hope. blade l. 32”, overall l. 37”
$200-$400
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Ames Model 1832 General & Staff Officer’s Presentation Sword
the double-edged blade engraved with trophees, urns, American Eagles, etc., one ribbon with maker’s mark “N.P. Ames / Cutler, Springfield”, the left side of the blade with inscription “Maj. J. Mountfort / U.S. Army”, the gilt brass hilt with silver wire binding; the original leather scabbard with gilt brass fittings. blade l. 30-1/2”, overall l. 36-1/2” (37-1/4” with scabbard)
$1,200-$1,800
Major John Mountfort (1788-1851) was an artillery officer in the War of 1812 and saw engagement at Little York (Toronto), Plattsburg, and at Fort Niagra. He later served in the Seminole Wars, and was promoted to Major in 1829 for ten years’ faithful service. The same year he married Matilda D. McNeil (ca 1805-1859) of New Orleans, where the couple resided after Mountfort’s retirement in 1838, as well as maintaining a home in Biloxi, Mississippi. Montfort died on a visit to his native Massachusetts on October 22, 1851.
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American/Southern School 19th Century
“Portrait of a Military Officer” oil on canvas unsigned. Framed. 36” x 29”, framed 43” x 35”
$800-$1,200
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Rare U.S. Model 1840 Louisiana Staff Officer’s Sword unsigned but probably Ames, the double-edged blade with etched scrolls and trophees centering an American Eagle below a banner “E Pluribus Unum”, narrow half-length fuller on each side, with winged hand guard, the langet with the Louisiana “pelican in her piety” on one side and an American shield on the other, the morion pommel chained to one guard arm, with carved bone grip; the engraved scabbard probably brass.
blade l. 31”, overall l. 36” (36-3/4” with scabbard)
$1,200-$1,800
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Zachary Taylor Presentation Medal
Copper Medal, 1848, by Charles Cushing Wright, struck by Horace E. Baldwin, New Orleans, the obverse with a pelican in her piety with a scale above and lettering “JUSTICE, UNION AND CONFIDENCE”, with “STATE OF LOUISIANA TO MAJ. GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR” around, the reverse with a scene of General Taylor at Buena Vista, with lettering “PALO ALTO, BUENA VISTA, RESACA DE LE PALMA, MONTEREY”. dia. 3”
$200-$400
Resolution No. 212 of the Louisiana Legislature, approved May 4, 1847, authorized the governor “to have struck by a competent artist, a gold medal, with suitable devices, to be presented in the name of the State to General Z. Taylor” in gratitude for his services at the Battle of Buena Vista. The commission was awarded to Horace E. Baldwin & Co. of New Orleans, though New Orleans Weekly Delta article of June 26, 1848 notes that the medal was created and struck at Baldwin’s manufactory in Newark, New Jersey. Governor Isaac Johnson presented the gold medal to Taylor on July 3, 1848 in New Orleans. The present lot is one of the contemporaneous copper versions struck in commemoration of the occasion; silver versions are also known. See Douglas W. Boyce, “The Louisiana Medal to Major General Zachary Taylor”, in The Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, vol. 49, no. 1, January-February 1998, pp. 10-12; the medal is illustrated on the cover of the issue.
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U.S. Model 1840 “Wrist Breaker” Cavalry Sabre the cast brass hilt with two-arm hand guard, the wood grip lacking its leather cover and wire wrap; no scabbard. blade l. 32-3/4”, overall l. 39”
$100-$200
Joubert notes of this lot: “Given to me by an old girlfriend in the mid-1970s. She found it in an old abandoned cabin. Kept it wherever I lived in Baton Rouge”.
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U.S. 1840 Militia NCO Sword with unmarked double-edge blade, the hilt with brass hand guard and US shield on each langet, with carved bone grip and brass morion pommel; no scabbard. blade l. 24-1/4”, overall l. 34”
$150-$300
Joubert notes of this piece: “repaired by grandpa Ledger. My first sword. Bought from Cohen’s on Royal Street for $7.50 in 1962, given to me at Christmas in Aspen, Colorado”.
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U.S. 1840 Militia NCO Sword with unmarked double-edge blade, the hilt with brass hand guard and US shield on each langet, with carved bone grip and brass morion pommel; no scabbard. blade l. 26-1/4”, overall l. 32-1/2”
$150-$300
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U.S. Marine Corps Sabre ca. 1840s, by F. W. Widman, Philadelphia, the singleedge curved blade with blued and gilt decoration half its length, the hilt with brass stirrup-style guard and eagle’s-head pommel, the wire-wrapped handle missing most of its leather covering; with the original brass-mounted leather scabbard. blade l. 31”, overall l. 37” (37-3/8” with scabbard)
$300-$500
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U.S. Model 1840 Foot Officer’s Sword by Nathan P. Ames, Springfield, Massachusetts, and so etched on the ricasso, the blade etched with American eagles and scrolls, the all-brass hilt with imitation wire-wrapping on the grip and retaining traces of its gilding; the brass scabbard engraved with acanthus and retaining its rare original hanging chains.
blade l. 32-1/2”, overall l. 38-3/4” (40” with scabbard)
$400-$700
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U.S. Model 1842 Percussion Pistol
1853, by Ira N. Johnson, Middletown, Connecticut, an Indian use pistol with typical brass tack decoration on the stock, with original lock and brass mountings and replaced period (but not correct model) ramrod and hammer, the latter altered to fit, marked on the lockplate “US / I.N. Johnson / Midd.tn / Conn / 1853”.
l. 14-1/2”
$500-$800
Doubtless one of the 10,000 pistols delivered primarily to the War Department 1853-1855 in fulfillment of a military contract between Johnson (successor to H. Ashton & Co.) and the U.S. government.
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After Samuel Thornton (British, 1665-1715)
“Chart of the Island of Hispaniola, With the Windward passage from Jamaica between the East end of Cuba & the West end of Hispaniola” engraving on paper published ca. 1702-1707. Matted, glazed and framed. sight 16” x 20-1/4”, framed 17-1/2” x 22”
$200-$400
79
Rare Upper Mississippi Valley Coin Silver Tablespoon 1797-1804, by Louis Robaitaille (1768-aft. 1806), Ste. Genevieve, Illinois Country (now Missouri), of plain spatulate form with rounded drop and slight upper rib, rubbed monogram on reverse. l. 8”; 2.10 t. oz.
$300-$500
80
Two New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Couverts first quarter 19th century, by Jean Noel Delarue (17761842), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, including a large set, indistinctly monogrammed, l. 8”, and a small set, monogrammed “PC”, l. 6-1/2” (one tine broken).
6.79 total t. oz
$125-$250
A “couvert” was the French name for a place setting comprising a fork and spoon, usually the same size. (Knives were not part of French flatware sets until the mid-19th century, generally provided separately by a cutler.) These were usually monogrammed with the individual household members’ initials and used exclusively by him or her.
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Three New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Tablespoons first quarter 19th century, by Jean Noel Delarue (1776-1842), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “BD”. l. 8”; 6.54 total t.oz.
$300-$500
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New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Flatware Set first quarter 19th century, by Jean Noel Delarue (1776-1842), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, including six forks, l. 8”, and four spoons, l. 8-1/4”, monogrammed “OL”.
23.03 total t. oz.
$1,000-$1,500
83
Louisiana Provincial Creole Coin Silver Teaspoon first quarter 19th century, by Pierre Bertin (ca. 1790-1838), Natchitoches, Louisiana, of traditional “Uniplat” form.
l. 5-1/4”; 0.62 t. oz.
$100-$200
84
New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Fork first quarter 19th century, by Pierre Lamothe (ca. 1770-ca. 1823), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “ND”.
l. 8”; 2.40 t. oz.
$200-$400
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New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Tablespoon second quarter 19th century, by Lamothe Freres [Jean Marie (1795-1880) and Jean Baptiste Lamothe (1800-1874)], in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “J.B.”. l. 8-1/4”; 2.86 t. oz.
$200-$400
86
Three Rare New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Forks second quarter 19th century, attributed to Jacques Vitaut (1797/99-1855) in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “ND”. l. 7-3/4”; 7.05 total t. oz.
$300-$500
The “I.V” maker’s mark which appears on the French-style flatware in New Orleans from the 1840s is almost certainly that of Jacques Vitaut, listed as jeweler on Conde (now Chartres) Street in 1842 and the corner of Royal and St. Louis in 1846. He was the nephew of New Orleans silversmith Louis Couvertie (17781844), whose sister Marie Adelaide Covertie around 1829 married Jacques Vitaut, Sr.; all were refugees from Saint Domingue after the revolution there 1791-1804. Vitaut, Jr. married Natchitoches native Helene Vascocu (1798-1857), and the couple moved to La Rochelle, France (whence the patriach Couvertie hailed) around 1850.
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New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Tablespoon first quarter 19th century, by Louis Gabriel Couvertie (1778-1844), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “CS”. l. 8-1/4”; 2.02 t. oz.
$150-$300
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New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Tablespoon second quarter 19th century, by Jean Baptiste Adam (1784-1861), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “MAS”.
l. 8-1/4”; 2.04 t. oz.
$150-$300
89
Four New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Teaspoons second quarter 19th century, by Jean Baptiste Adam (1784-1861), in the traditional “Pointed” pattern, monogrammed “R”.
l. 5-1/2”; 1.54 total t. oz.
$200-$400
90
New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Tablespoon first quarter 19th century, by Jean Pierre Bellanger (1767-by 1845), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, monogrammed “F”.
l. 8”; 2.43 t. oz.
$250-$400
91
Five Pieces of New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Flatware second quarter 19th century, by Jean Noel Delarue (17761842), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, including three forks, l. 7-3/4”, and two spoons, l. 8-1/4”, indistinct monogram. 10.82 total t. oz.
$300-$500
92
New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Ursuline Convent Tablespoon second quarter 19th century, by Jean Noel Delarue (17761842), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, engraved “SU/No. 1/” above a star. l. 8”; 2.31 t. oz.
$800-$1,200
Provenance: Neal Auction, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 22, 2014, lot 460.
Exhibited: “A Visible Presence, A Legacy of Service: 275 Years of the Ursulines”, The Historic New Orleans Collection, May 2003.
93
Five Pieces of New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Flatware first half 19th century, by Jean Noel Delarue (1776-1842), in the traditional “Uniplat” pattern, including: a tablespoon, monogrammed “JJJ”, l. 8-1/4”; a place spoon, monogrammed “CL”, l. 6-1/2”; a place spoon, monogrammed “LF”, l. 6-3/4”; a fork, monogrammed “JC”, l. 7-3/4”; and an absinthe spoon (converted from a tablespoon), monogrammed “AH”, l. 7-3/4”. 8.03 total t. oz.
$250-$400
The clever conversion to an absinthe spoon was likely by Joubert himself.
Seven Pieces of New Orleans Creole Coin Silver Flatware second quarter 19th century, by Anthony Rasch (1778/801858), including: a “fiddle and shell” fork, monogrammed “JP”, l. 7-3/4”; and “fiddle tipt” pieces: a fork, monogrammed “SV”, l. 8”; a fork, monogrammed “JL”, l. 8”; two tablespoons, monogrammed “JL”, l. 8-1/4”; a teaspoon, monogrammed “JL”, l. 5-1/4”; and a master butter knife, monogrammed “WEJ”, l. 7-3/4”. 11.37 total t. oz.
$300-$500
The master butter knife here is clearly converted from a tablespoon, probably by Joubert himself.
95
New Orleans Coin Silver Cup second quarter 19th century, by Anthony Rasch (1778/801858), with thistle-form body, crested scroll handle and acanthus-knopped pedestal foot with milled anthemion base.
h. 4-1/2”, l. 4-1/8”, dia. 3-7/8”; 4.13 t. oz.
$300-$500
96
American Dirk ca. 1825, possibly Mississippi River Valley; with nickel silver hilt and scabbard, the former of tapering octagonal section.
blade l. 5”, overall l. 8-1/2” (8-3/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
97
American Federal-Era Dirk second quarter 19th century, with spearpoint blade, turned handle with brass fittings and scabbard. blade l. 7”, overall l. 10-1/2” (10-3/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
98
American Federal Era Dirk ca. 1815, with spearpoint blade, turned handle and silver guard and scabbard. blade l. 4-1/4”, overall l. 7-1/2” (7-3/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
99
Six Knives including:
a Japanese Hunting Knife, with aluminum fitted antler handles, marked on the ricasso with Japanese characters and a halfchrysanthemum, with brass hand guard; no scabbard, blade l. 5-1/4”, overall l. 9-3/4”;
a “One-Armed Man’s” Knife, the blade tip curving up to form two prongs, with an aluminum handle, blade l. 5-1/2”, overall l. 9-1/4”; a Camping/Hunting Knife, the ricasso marked “33089 / Pury” on one side and “China / Stainless” on the the handle, with brass guard, stacked leather and plastic grip and aluminum pommel; with leather scabbard, blade l. 4-1/2”, overall l. 8-1/2” (9-1/4” with scabbard);
a U.S. Marine Corps “Kingston” Utility Pocket Knife, four-blade, the lanyard loop marked “Kingston”, the aluminum case marked “U.S. Marine Corps”, closed l. 3-3/4” (4-5/8” with loop), open l. 8”; a Bowie-Style Knife, the blade made from a bayonet or sword, with steel guard and pommel and horn grip, blade l. 7-1/4”, overall l. 12”; and
a Double-Edged Fighting Knife, made all-in-one from heavy square iron bar stock, with thick blade and round handle, blade l. 6-3/4”, overall l. 12”.
$125-$250
100
19th-Century Handicraft Knife with Texas Provenance with steel blade and antler handle, found in 1937 at Enchanted Rock near Banderas, Texas, by Dr. R. B. Beuel of San Leon, Texas, and with a letter from him dated June 20, 1992, reading in part, “I found this knife buried in the wall of of a dry wash [arroyo]. University of Texas authenticated it and established a dig at the site. They determined it to be . . . made from wagon wheel steel. Brads in handle came from a horse harness.”
blade l. 4”, overall l. 7-3/4”
$150-$300
101
Five Blacksmith- or Bench-Made Knives and Tools late 19th/early 20th century, including: a skinning knife, made from bar stock, in one piece, the bar turned to form a loop handle, l. 9”; a crude one-piece double-edged knife, possible Native American, with bulbous finial, the grip wrapped in leather and tied with sinew, l. 9-1/2”; a farrier’s knife with bone handle, l. 8”; a butcher’s knife, the long single-edge blade crafted from an old file (the ridges of which are faintly visible in spots near the spine), the wood grip likely from a shovel or rake handle, l. 15-3/4”; and a screwdriver with antler handle, l. 7-1/2”.
$300-$500
102
19th-Century Side or Hacking Knife
the wide, unmarked, single edged slight drop-tip blade with shallow peak on the spine near the tip, with graduated treble fulling, with wood handle; with a riveted and tooled leather sheath.
blade l. 8”, overall l. 12-1/2” (13-1/4” with sheath)
$100-$200
103
Quality Blacksmith-Made Knife unmarked, single-edge blade with thick brass tang, wood grip and simply engraved pommel; no scabbard. blade l. 7-1/2”, overall l. 12”
$50-$80
Joubert notes that this lot was purchased from an Italian family of butchers and grocers with roots in San Francisco. He was of the belief that this knife showed a strong Chinese influence and was possibly a San Francisco Tong weapon.
104
Spanish Navaja late 19th century, the steel blade with etched scroll decoration, the hilt with horn grip and wriggleworkdecorated brass endpieces. closed l. 10-1/2”, open l. 19-3/4”
$125-$250
105
Spanish Navaja 19th century, with hand-forged blade and spring and brasscovered wood handle. closed l. 11”, open l. 19-1/2”
$200-$400
106
Russian Bowie-Style Knife late 19th/early 20th century, with wood handle. blade l. 7-1/4”, overall l. 11-3/4”
$50-$80
107
Victorian Dirk late 19th/early 20th century, the ricasso marked “Brother / Sheffield”, with spear-point blade, brass guard, tang and inlaid bone grip; the gilt-tooled leather scabbard with brass fittings. blade l. 4-1/4”, overall l. 7-3/4” (8” with scabbard)
$50-$80
108
Late Victorian Dagger ca. 1890, by Gilbert Saville Works Ltd., Sheffield, with nickel silver “Louis XVI” pattern cutlery hilt; no scabbard. blade l. 4-3/8”, overall l. 8-1/4”
$50-$80
109
English Victorian Dagger ca. 1850, by Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield, with spearpoint blade and nickel silver scroll-mounted handle; with gilt-tooled leather scabbard (button and tip lacking) with doeskin sheath.
blade l. 9-3/4”, overall l. 10” (10-1/4” with scabbard)
$50-$80
110
Lady’s Dagger with spear-point blade, white metal guard and ferrule, and turned handle with leaf-and-dart finial. blade l. 4-1/2”, overall l. 8”
$75-$125
111
19th-Century Pique-Couille with short spear-point etched blade, steel guard and balloon-shaped carved handle with mother-of-pearl inset boss at the finial; no scabbard. blade l. 3-1/2”, overall l. 6-5/8”
$75-$125
112
Grand Tour Paper Knife in the form of an early 19th-century cavalry sabre with wirewrapped wood grip, a souvenir of Waterloo and so inscribed on the blade.
l. 9”
$50-$80
113
Dagger-Style Letter Opener with lenticular steel blade, unsharpened, steel crossguard and stacked leather, copper, brass and aluminum grip with brass pommel.
blade l. 5-1/4”, overall l. 7-1/2”
$50-$80
114
Pair of Turned Burl Elm Candlesticks early 19th century, of baluster form, one tin candle socket lacking.
h. 10-1/2”, dia. 5-1/8”
$200-$400
115
James Monroe Presidential Service Soup Bowl ca. 1817, unmarked, porcelain gilt rim, gilt monogram “M” in shield on border, and hand-painted federal eagle surrounded by 20 stars at center. dia. 7-1/2”
$100-$200
This pattern (commonly called Monroe’s “other” service to distinguish it from his better-known crimson-bordered service with painted allegorical vignettes) was used by Monroe and his wife Elizabeth at 2017 I Street while the White House was undergoing repairs from damage incurred during the War of 1812, and later at the Executive Mansion itself.
116
Collection of Classical Brass Tiebacks 19th century, comprising: a pair of large Gothic Revival tiebacks, dia. 4-3/4”, l. 5-3/4”; and approximately 60 disassembled medallion-form tiebacks with stamped gilt-lacquered facade, tin back and turned brass stem, dia. 3”, l. 2-3/4”, with fragments of the original order from [?]ller & Co., Hagen Germany.
$300-$500
117
Books on Decorative Arts
including an autographed copy of H. Parrott Bacot’s Nineteenth Century Lighting inscribed to Ellis Joubert, with other works on light (candlesticks, Argand lamps, gaslight, etc.), Tennessee art, Charleston furniture, campaign furniture, design, decoration, etc. (16 books total)
$200-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
118
Gorham Mixed Metal Aesthetic Coffeepot fourth quarter 19th century, in the Arabesque taste, with patinated copper pear-shaped body with tall neck decorated with a silver chrysanthemum band, with hinged “onion” finial, narrow “gooseneck” spout and insulated handle. h. 13”, l. 7-1/4”, dia. 4-3/4”
$300-$500
This Gorham model is conserved in both the British Museum and the Dreihaus Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
119
Doll & Co. Toy Steam Engine mid-20th century, Nuremburg, Germany, model 321/5, with iron base and brass boiler, with safety valve, steam whistle, water screw, painted and nickel-plated flywheel, burner, funnel and bucket, presented in the original wood case (lid and one channel lacking).
h. 15-1/2”, base w. 4-3/4”; case 7-3/4” x 13-1/2” x 6-3/4”
$150-$300
120
Hohner Sextuple Kreuzwender Tremolo Harmonica mid-20th century, Trossingen, Germany, maplewood and steel with brass reeds, presented in the original box.
l. 11-1/2”, dia. 3-1/2”; box 3-1/2” x 11” x 4”
$200-$400
Nine Walking Sticks and Canes including:
a sword walking stick, with diamond section blade, malacca shaft, silver ferrules and pommel, antler handle and brass tip, l. 38”, blade l. 12-1/2”;
a sword walking stick, with diamond section blade, malacca shaft, silver ferrules, carved lion’s-head pommel and brass tip, l. 35-3/4”, blade l. 15-3/4”;
a sword walking stick, with diamond section blade, malacca shaft, brass ferrules and band, turned and banded pommel and copper tip, l. 33-1/2”, blade l. 12-1/2”;
a Texas Centennial cane engraved “J.P. Dullentry / Texas Centennial / 6 ñ 11- 36”, lacquered wood, with brass-bound tip, l. 36-1/2”;
a Civil War Memorial walking stick, engraved “Cut in the center of Gaines Mill Battle/field where Hoods Texas Brigade made/their famous charge June 17, 1862 Battle/fought by Lee & McClellan-Guide J.E. Lope”, l. 35-1/2”; a Mexican walking stick, folk carved with Phrygian cap, the Mexican arms and flowers, tip lacking, l. 35”; a Mexican walking stick, carved with Phrygian cap, the Mexican arms and flowers, with figural pommel of Porfirio Diaz and carved monogram “IAK”, later silver ferrule inscribed “Carl M Keiffer”, horn tip, l. 36”; a bamboo walking stick, with carved root pommel, l. 36”; and a bamboo walking stick, with natural root pommel and brass-bound tip, l. 35-1/4”.
$600-$900
122
Three Iconic Men’s Hats including:
a fez, by Rex, Old Medina, Casablanca, size 8, brim 6-3/4” x 7-3/4”;
a straw boater, Ecuadorian “Supernatural”, Italian for the Eduadorian Panama Hat Co., New York, with hat box, size 7, brim 13-1/2” x 11-3/4”; and a pith helmet, Vietnamese for Village Hat Shop, San Diego, adjustable, brim 14-1/2” x 12”; the latter two retailed by Meyer the Hatter, New Orleans.
$200-$400
123
Three American Mechanical Pencils early to mid-20th century, including: an unmarked scabbard pendant example, probably silver gilt, l. 3-3/4”; a Tiffany & Co. 14 Kt. gold “Bamboo” example, l. 4-3/7”; and an Eversharp 14 Kt. gold engraved example, l. 5-1/8”.
$300-$500
124
Victorian Photoceramic Gold Memorial Brooch fourth quarter 19th century, with a photoceramic portrait of a young man with muttonchops, glazed and presented in an 18 Kt. yellow gold frame banded with black-enameled fleur-de-lys darts.
h. 2”, w. 1-5/8”; 23.2 gr.
$300-$500
125
Scottish Ram’s Horn Snuff Mull late 18th/early 19th century, of traditional form, partially restored.
l. 3-1/4”
$100-$200
This appears to be an unfinished restoration project by Joubert. It is nearly complete, the new collar and hinge finished, but the lid has not yet been attached to the new leaf. There are also three small silver escutcheons - one circular and two heart-shaped - by Joubert within the mull; evidently he had not yet decided on the motif for the lid.
126
After Louis-Leopold Boilly (French, 1761-1845)
two miniatures after drawings in Recueil de Grimaces (1824): “Ah, qu’il est bon!” and “Les Moustaches” signed Renaud and Dumas, respectively, each presented under glass in a stamped brass surround within a burlwood frame.
sight 2-5/8” x 2”, framed 4-3/8” x 3-3/4”
$800-$1,200
127
After Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (French, 1840-1917)
“Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), Novelist” bronze mounted to wood square plinth after the monumental 1898 model, cast signature and inscribed “R. de Leo Fdr. France” along back. bust h. 8” (h. with base 12”)
$400-$700
128
French Bronze Figural Satyr Taperstand late 19th century, the seated satyr holding a plant which forms the nozzle, the base with a serpent coiled around a tree stump, its tail forming the handle, raised on three cloven hoof feet.
h. 5-1/4”, l. 3-1/4”
$150-$300
129
Eight Walking Sticks and Canes
including:
a sword walking stick, with fulled trefoil blade, mahogany shaft of octagonal section with brass and steel banding and pommel handle, no tip, l. 33-1/2”, blade l. 27”; a sword cane, with etched trefoil blade, “Bouchon, Nice”, with rattan shaft and steel tip, l. 33-1/2”, blade l. 14-1/4”; a tortoiseshell cane with applied silver monogram “RJ” and brass tip, l. 35”; a robust blackthorn shillelagh, with brass-bound tip, l. 33-3/4”; a slender blackthorn shillelagh, with brass-bound horn tip, l. 34”; a twisted hazel walking stick with broken tip, l. 30”; a German cane with hardwood shaft, .800 silver eagle-head pommel and brass tip, l. 35-3/4”; and a maple cane with ebonized handle and brass tip with rubber cover, l. 36-1/2”.
$600-$900
130
Pair of Fencing Foils late 19th/early 20th century, rectangular blades, the stringwrapped grips with steel guard and pommel. blade l. 34-3/4”, overall l. 43-1/4”
$100-$200
131 Victorian Bosun’s Cosh or “Persuader” 19th century, with needle-hitched twine lead finial, malacca shaft and brass ferrule. l. 16-1/4”
$100-$200
132
Union Jack: Flag of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland handsewn on cotton. Matted, glazed and framed. 17-1/2” x 21”, framed 25-3/4” x 29-1/4”
$150-$300
133
British Royal Navy Lieutenant’s Bicorne and Epaulettes first half 20th century, Gieves Ltd., London & Edinburgh, the hat size 6 7/8 with gold bullion fittings, l. 17”, w. 6-3/4”, the epaulettes gold bullion with silver bullion fouled anchors, all marked “By Special Appointment to His Majesty the King / Gieves Ltd.”, presented in the original Gieves red velvet-lined cold-painted metal box with hinged cover and owner’s name “(first initial obscured) V. Williamson / R.N.”. box 8-3/4” x 18-3/4” x 6-3/4”
$200-$400
134
Victorian Red Leather and Wood Hatbox late 19th century, English, with brass closures, the lid with name “Capt.n the hon.ble C. Elliot / 48 Eaton Sq.re / London”. h. 13-1/4”, dia. 16-3/4”
$100-$200
Despite the name here “C. Elliot”, the owner was almost certainly Captain the Hon. Fitzwilliam Elliot (1849-1928), 93rd Sutherland Highlanders (93rd Foot), son of William Elliot, 3rd Earl of Minto. The Elliot London home was indeed at 48 Eaton Square, and Captain Fitzwilliam Elliot, veteran of the Zulu War and noted scholar of Anglo-Scottish border ballads.
135 Brass Foxhunting Horn probably English, late 19th/early 20th century, of typical form with seamed construction. l. 27-3/4”, bell dia. 3-1/2”
$50-$80
136
English Silverplate Shooting Trophy Goblet fourth quarter 19th century, by John Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham, with plain ovoid bowl, baluster standard and circular foot, engraved: “No. 1 Battery / Prize / Given to Last Holder of / Challenge Cup / Gunner O’Donnelan”. h. 8-1/4”, dia. 4”
$75-$125
137
Victorian Sterling Silver Shooting Trophy Cup hallmarked London, 1863-1864, by Richards & Brown, the ovoid cup on a standard of three rifles joined by a laurel wreath, above a cavetto-canted triangular plinth base. h. 7-1/4”, dia. 3-1/4”; 8.20 t. oz.
$200-$400
138
George V Riding Crop the sterling silver ferrule hallmarked London, 1916-1917, by Edward Swaine Adeney, with bamboo shaft, with leatherbound handle and cord-wrapped leather buttonholed lash, monogrammed on the ferrule “RCF”. l. 18-1/4” (25-3/4” with lash)
$100-$200
139
Named Masonic Knights Templar Sword first quarter 20th century, Henderson-Ames Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan, and so etched on the blade, the blade etched with a scene of a jousting match on one side and the name “George Soule Butler” on the other, all mantled with scrolls, the bone grip etched with Knights Templar cross, an oak-and-laurel wreath and monogrammed “GSB”, with ornate enameled guard and morion pommel, the scabbard also etched with owner’s name and decorated with enameled crosses. blade l. 28-1/4”, overall l. 35-1/4” (36” with scabbard)
$150-$300
140
French Model 1771 Eaglehead Artillery Short Sword the blade double-fulled on the upper third and single-fulled on the lower two-thirds, with brass cross guard and eagle’s-head hilt, inpsector’s marks on the ricasso and underside of the hilt. blade l. 18-3/4”, overall l. 24-1/2”
$400-$700
141
French Cuirassier Helmet steel skull with brass mounts, including a front plate embossed with flaming grenade and oak leaves, chin scales on leather strap and comb with Medusa head, with original horse-tail band replacement plume, with cotton ticking lining, presented on a turned wooden stand. h. 15” (23” with stand), w. 8”, l. 11-1/4”
$500-$800
144
Brass-Bound Black-Enameled Dental Cabinet
early 20th century, with glass doors above, the base with six hinged swing-out drawers above one long and two short cabinets, raised on bracket feet with casters.
h. 56-1/4”, w. 30-3/4”, d. 17-3/4”
$400-$700
142
French Diorama of the Interior of the Store
“Ripainsel Md. Epicier, Epicerie & Mercerie, Eaude-Vie & Liqueurs”
uncut colored wood block print.
Matted, glazed and framed.
sight 14-3/4” x 18-1/2”, framed 21” x 25”
$400-$700
In addition to groceries, Monsieur Ripainsel sold haberdashery, brandy, and liquor. This unassembled diorama consists of the interior of the store, customers, merchandise and instructions in French.
143
Middle Eastern Mosque Light
20th century, the metal lantern with tapering pierced panels backed with textured glass and ornamented with arabesques and glass “jewels”.
h. 16-1/4”, dia. 8”
$150-$300
145
Six Decorative/Ceremonial Arms including:
a rope-twist patinated copper lightning rod, l. 69”; a pair of cypress flag standards with Halberd finials, l. 39-1/2”; a brass and turned wood emunctorium, l. 72-1/2”; a wood staff with crescent finial, l. 54”; and a brass and iron sword, unsharpened, l. 25”.
$50-$80
146
Two Costume Helmets including:
a copper-patinated lobster-tail pot helmet with multicolor battery-powered fiber optic plume, h. 11-3/4” (18-1/4” with detachable plume), dia. 8”; and a tinned Conquistador morion, h. 8”, w. 10-1/4”, l. 13-3/4”.
$40-$70
147
Art Pottery Vase
1980, possibly Lynn Jenkins, wheel-thrown, matte black (basalt?) with raku-glazed decoration and hand-carved foot. h. 7”, dia. 5-1/2”
$200-$400
148
Victoria Leiter Mele (American/Newport, R.I., b. 1950)
“Beach Tractor” color photograph pencil-signed lower right on mat board. Matted, glazed and framed. sight 10-3/4” x 13-1/4”, framed 18-3/4” x 21”
$200-$400
149
Jules Alfred Andre Sebire (French, 1835-1895)
“Sailing Ship” albumen affixed to board printed “Photographie, J. Sebire, Passage Pommeraye, Nantes” lower left margin. Glazed and in an antique gilt frame. image 6” x 10”, framed 14-1/2” x 18”
$75-$100
By the 1860s, J. Sebire operated a photography studio in Passage Pommeraye, a shopping arcade in central Nantes.
150 American School
Mid-20th Century
“Bob Creek, Yachats” oil on canvas unsigned, and titled en verso. Framed.
17” x 21”, framed 19” x 23”
$200-$400
The Bob Creek is outside of Yachats in the Siuslaw National Forest of central Oregon.
151
American School
Mid-20th Century
“Docked Row Boats” oil on canvas board illegibly signed “Harold M. Co...” lower left. Framed.
16” x 20”, framed 20-1/2” x 25”
$100-$200
152
Continental School
20th Century
“Harbor Scene” grisaille on board unsigned.
Matted, glazed and framed. sight 6” x 14”, framed 12-1/2” x 21”
$150-$250
153
Victorian Stripped Pine Step-Back Cupboard
late 19th century, English, the upper portion set with glass doors, the base with two drawers over flat paneled doors. h. 77-1/4”, w. 43”, d. 15-1/2”
$200-$400
154
Globe-Wernicke Oak Barrister’s Bookcase 20th century, Cincinnati, Ohio, in three sections and with glazed doors. h. 40-3/4”, w. 34”, w. 11-1/4”
$400-$700
155
Two Flat Display Cases 20th century, each with glazed lift-top, including: an oak example with brass-bound corners, 26-1/2” x 15” x 3”; and a stained hardwood example, 30” x 24” x 2”.
$200-$400
156
Large Collection of Reference Books on Silver including several works on William Spratling and Mexican Silver, with titles on regional American Silver (New Orleans, Natchez, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, etc.), English, Canadian and Continental silver, hallmarks, price guides, etc. (71 books total)
$300-$500
Complete list of titles available on request.
157
Four Pieces of Mobile Coin Silver Flatware 19th century, including: two “fiddle” tablespoons, A. Poetz & Co., monogrammed “MFR”, l. 8”; a “fiddle” fork, A. Poetz & Co., monogrammed “MFR”, l. 7-1/4”; and a “fiddle” infant spoon, James Conning, converted from a teaspoon, monogrammed “BOM”, l. 4”. 5.26 total t. oz.
$125-$250
158
19th-Century Natchez Coin Silver Spoon with Reference Book including a coin silver tablespoon by Emile Profilet (18011868), in the traditional “Fiddle” patten, with “sugar-loaf” shoulders, monogrammed “JSH”; together with a copy of H. Parrott Bacot et al. Nineteenth Century Natchez-Made Silver (Baton Rouge: Anglo-American Art Museum, 1970). spoon l. 8-3/4”, 2.44 t. oz.
$200-$400
An identical spoon is illustrated on page 23 of the accompanying book, a catalogue of the January 4-March 5, 1970 exhibition of Natchez silver held at the LSU AngloAmerican Art Museum. The catalogue identifies the initials as the marital monogram of John Henderson (1755-1841) and his wife Sela Mitchell Henderson (d. 1838).
159
Tennessee Coin Silver Coffee Spoon with Reference Book
second quarter 19th century, by Samuel Bell (1798-1891), Knoxville, Tennessee, later San Antonio, Texas, in a down-tipt “Fiddle” pattern; together with a copy of Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell, Jr., Tennessee Silversmiths, Winston-Salem (North Carolina: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1988). l. 4-7/8”; 0.32 t. oz.
$125-$250
Samuel Bell was one of the best-known southern silversmiths, thanks to both his term as mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1840-41 and again 1844-45), and later his emigration to San Antonio shortly after the MexicanAmerican War, where he was the leading producer and retailer of Bowie knives. His biography may be found on pages 32-36 in the accompanying volume, still the definitive work on Tennessee silversmiths.
160
American Silver Mug second quarter 19th century, converted from a beaker with the addition of an acanthus-crested handle at a later date. h. 3-1/2”, l. 4-1/8”, dia. 3”; 4.54 t. oz.
$100-$200
The form and weight of the body of this piece is distinctly French, but the placement of the (frustratingly worn) marks on the rim is uncharacteristic of Continental or American silver. The handle is unquestionably a later addition, and all clues suggest this was originally a beaker from the lower Mississippi Valley. This sort of mystery and puzzle was fascinating to Joubert, who enjoyed both the challenge of identifying its origin and studying the techniques of its alteration.
161
American Coin Silver Mug unmarked, ca. 1850, the baluster body with torus base and decorated with chased flowers centering a rococo cartouche, with crested double-scroll handle, monogrammed “MWW”. h. 3-5/8”, l. 3-3/4”, dia. 2-1/2”; 2.36 t. oz.
$75-$125
162
Bailey & Co. Coin Silver Julep Cup and Salt Cellar second quarter 19th century, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including: a julep cup retailed by John A. McCaulley, Richmond, Kentucky, of traditional tapering cylindrical form with beaded rim and foot, inscribed “RLB / to / MAB”, h. 3-1/2”, dia. 3-1/4”; and a salt cellar, of cauldron form with wavy gadrooned rim and three lion’s-masque-crested paw feet. h. 1-1/2”, dia. 2-3/4”. 6.54 total t. oz.
$300-$500
163
Six Pieces of American Coin Silver Flatware including:
a Massachusetts “fiddle” tablespoon marked “Gooding”, Boston or Dighton, monogrammed “MLW”, l. 8-7/8”; a Pennsylvania “pointed” tablespoon, Alexander Scott, Chambersburg, monogrammed “I”, l. 10”; a Rhode Island “coffin” tablespoon, John A. Shaw, Newport, monogrammed “MP”, l. 9”; a North Carolina “fiddle” sugar tongs, John Vogler, Salem, monogrammed “EH”, l. 6-1/4”; a Philadelphia “fiddle” teaspoon, Nicholas LeHuray, Philadelphia, monogrammed “HK”, l. 5-1/2”; and an unidentified “fiddle” teaspoon, “N&K”, monogrammed “JPS”, l. 5-1/2”.
6.39 total t. oz.
$200-$400
164
Gorham Coin Silver Presentation Snuffbox third quarter 19th century, Providence, Rhode Island, rectangular, decorated with guilloche panels and ovals centering a cartouche on the hinged lid and a rococo flourish on the botton, the interior gilt, with inscription “Presented to Silas L. Scott by his Friends on ICRR”. h. 7/8”, w. 3-1/2”, d. 2-1/4”; 3.26 t. oz.
$200-$400
Silas Locke Scott (1828-1901) was a conductor of passenger trains on the Illinois Central Railroad soon after its inception in 1851. He retired around 1870 - likely the occasion of the presentation of this snuffbox - and returned to farming in his native Broome county, New York. (An article in the August 14, 1858 Western Railroad Gazette records that a young woman gave birth on board Scott’s train and the baby girl was named after him. A post-script also “We understand that no blame attaches to the Conductor.”)
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Early Gorham Coin Silver Christening Cup dated 1857, Providence, Rhode Island, the bucket-form body with beaded rim and engraved with a rococo cartouche, with crested scroll handle and waisted pedestal foot, engraved “Eleanor Adams Stanton / From / Grandmother Hutchison / Christmas 1857”. h. 4-3/4”, l. 4-1/2”, dia. 3-1/8”; 4.00 t. oz.
$150-$300
Eleanor Adams Stanton (1857-1910) was the daughter of Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), Secretary of War during the Civil War. Her namesake was her grandmother Eleanor Adams Hutchison (1800-1876), mother of Edwin Stanton’s wife Ellen Marie Hutchison (1830-1873). In Washington, DC in 1880, Eleanor A. Stanton married Maj. James Clark Bush (1850-1905). The couple lived in New Orleans while Maj. Bush was stationed at the Jackson Barracks, and Mrs. Bush’s brother, Lewis Hutchison Stanton (1860-1838) was a broker in New Orleans.
166
Gorham Sterling Silver Demitasse Coffeepot 1892, Providence, Rhode Island, the ovoid body with gadrooned band shoulder and acanthus calyx between narrow beaded bands, with waisted collar, hinged domed lid with spherical finial, narrow “gooseneck” spout with crested, wicker-wrapped wood handle, raised on a pedestal foot, monogrammed “ESE”.
h. 7-1/2”, l. 6-1/4”, dia. 3”; 9.8 t. oz.
$200-$400
167
Set of American Table Knives late 19th century, J. Russell & Co. Green River Works, Greenfield, Massachusetts, including six dinner knives and two dessert knives, with “blunt”-shaped steel blades, with plain handles, the dinner knives of rectangular section, the dessert knives of oval section.
l. 9-1/4” and 7-1/4”
$100-$200
168
American Silverplate Cake Basket third quarter 19th century, of oval form with upswept ends, decorated with repousse foliate calyx and engraved ivy leaf banding, with ovolo rim and twisted wirework swing handle, raised on a conforming pedestal foot.
h. 4-1/4” (10-1/4” with handle), l. 12”, w. 10-1/8”
$150-$300
169
American Sterling Silver Water Pitcher
mid-20th century, the marks rubbed, with ovoid body and straight collar with integral spout, with reeded rim and acanthus-crested arched handle, monogrammed “JHD”. h. 8”, l. 8-1/2”, dia. 6”; 18.77 t. oz.
$400-$700
170
Sterling Silver Presentation Goblet Alvin Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island, with ovoid bowl and pedestal foot, engraved “Presented to / Paul Schultz / by / Paine Lumber Co. Ltd. / For / Perfect Attendance / During Year / 1930”.
h. 6”, dia. 3-1/4”; 3.58 t. oz.
$100-$200
171
Sterling Silver Footed Bowl
second quarter 20th century, Webster Co., North Attleboro, Massachusetts, the deep bowl with flat rim decorated with neoclassical panels, with short pedestal foot. h. 3”, dia. 6”; 3.68 t. oz.
$75-$125
172
Albanian Rattail Miquelet Pistol first half 19th century, all metal, the brass stock engraved its full length with applied iron decoration, with faux ramrod.
l. 21”
$200-$400
173
Ottoman Bosnian Fruit Knife the steel blade inscribed “Sarajevo 1884”, the bone handle with pique inlay. blade l. 4-1/4”, overall l. 7-1/4”
$50-$80
174
Lebanese Dagger with curved, fulled blade, the hilt with brass guard and butt, with carved and inlaid bone grip; no scabbard. blade l. 5-1/4”, overall l. 9-1/2”
$100-$200
175
Two Khyber Lohar
the shaft and blade inlaid on one side with silver, brass and red enamel, the bone handle engraved and with brass ferrule and cap. blade l. 6-1/2”, overall l. 14”
$150-$300
176
Afghan Choora Dagger
with characteristic T-section blade and hooked pommel, the blade inlaid with brass circles, the spine elaborately engraved and brass inlaid, the bone hilt with engraved white metal ferrule and brass dividers; with the original brass scabbard with white metal cord loops. blade l. 7-1/2”, overall l. 11-1/2” (12-1/2” with scabbard)
$200-$400
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Persian Jambiya
Qajar period, the damascene blade with central rib and plain I-shaped hilt; the scabbard decorated with pierced silver arabesque endpieces over red velvet. blade l. 9”, overall l. 13-1/2” (14-3/4” with scabbard)
$500-$800
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Persian Khanjar probably late Qajar period, all steel, the blade with central reinforcing rib, the ricasso engraved with a flower vase, with I-shaped steel hilt; no scabbard. blade l. 9-1/4”, overall l. 14”
$200-$400
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Indian Tulwar with single-edge highly curved blade, slightly thickened at the foible, the hilt with disc pommel and curved quillons; no scabbard. blade l. 28-3/4”, overall l. 33-3/4”
$75-$125
180
Indian Pata
19th century, steel with chiseled foliate decoration of elephants in a tiger hunt, and hand-forged wrist band with integral “rat-tail” loops, the blade lacking. l. 18”, w. 4-1/4”
$100-$200
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Moro Barong with plain blade, the hilt with junggayan-style handle with white metal and fiber-wrapped ferrule; the wood scabbard with engraved decoration at the top flanked by pegged and engraved mother-of-pearl mounts, the tip with unfinished repair.
blade l. 14-3/4”, overall l. 20” (21-1/4” with scabbard)
$200-$400
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Philippine Moro Kris the wavy blade of flattened diamond section, with straight fiber-braided handle and wood butt; the wood scabbard with leather cord wrapping.
blade l. 23”, overall 27” (37-3/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
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Nepalese Kukri the blade indistinctly marked, with carved wood handle and nailed wood scabbard. blade l. 13-1/2”, overall l. 20-3/4” (24” with scabbard)
$200-$400
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Philippine Moro Kris the wavy blade with mid-rib, the hilt with brassbanded white metal grip and mother-of-pearlinlaid wood pommel with fiber wrapping; the wood scabbard inlaid with mother-of-pearl star and cresent and geometric plaques.
blade l. 19-1/2”, overall l. 24-1/4” (with scabbard 26”)
$150-$300
185 Philippine Garab with iron guard and ferrule and antler handle; with a rattan-banded wood scabbard, one side carved with geometric designs in imitation of metal mounts.
blade l. 16-1/2”, overall l. 24”
$100-$200
186
Philippine Knife with chisel-edge steeply curved talibong-style blade, the carved trefoil hilt with braided leather band; with carved wood scabbard.
blade l. 9”, overall l. 12-3/4” (13-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
187
Philippine Talibong probably Visayas, with chisel-grind blade, plain carved wood handle with rattan-braid ferrule; the wood scabbard with rattan-braid band and original cord. blade l. 15”, overall l. 20” (20-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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Philippine Talibong second quarter 20th century, with sabre-ground blade and plaid carved wood grip, the wood scabbard with braided rattan banding. blade l. 10-3/4”, overall l. 15-1/2” (16-1/2” with scabbard)
$75-$125
189
Southeast Asian Barong probably 19th century Borneo, with plain leaf-shaped blade, the hilt with carved bunti wood pommel and silver ferrule; with rattan-wrapped hardwood scabbard. blade l. 14”, overall 21-1/4” (22-1/4” with scabbard)
$400-$700
190 Indonesian Kris early 20th century, Madura, with damascene blade and janggelan deer antler hilt; no scabbard.
blade l. 12”, overall l. 16”
$150-$300
191 Indonesian Kris 20th century, Madura, with damascene blade and carved winged horse wooden hilt; with wood scabbard.
blade l. 13”, overall l. 16-3/4” (19-1/4” with scabbard)
$200-$400
192 Indonesian Kris the wavy damascene blade with mid-rib, with figural carved rosewood hilt; the rosewood scabbard intricately carved with scrolls and masque. blade l. 16”, overall l. 20-1/2” (23-1/2” with scabbard)
$150-$300
193
Southeast Asian Rootstock Pipe Thailand, early 20th century, the end with applied metal decoration and conical bowl.
l. 13”, dia. 2-1/4”
$200-$400
194
Southeast Asian Rootstock Pipe 19th century, probably North Thailand, the bowl end carved with the face of Hanuman.
l. 36-1/4”, w. 3-3/4”
$600-$900
195 Gilbert Islands Tebutje late 19th/early 20th century, Kiribati, tied with shark’s tooth serrations.
l. 29”
$100-$200
196
Samoan Nifo’oti second half 20th century, a handicraft item.
l. 29-1/2”, w. 5-3/4”
$100-$200
197
Tongan Paddle Club second half 20th century, with cord tie on handle. l. 24-5/8”, w. 4-1/4”
$100-$200
198
Fijian Ula Drisia 19th century, the handle with traditional zigzag “tavatava” decoration, fine patina.
l. 16”, head dia. 3-1/2”
$600-$900
199
Fijian Rootstock Vunikau Waka 19th century, with zigzag “tavata” carved handle. l. 41”, w. 5-1/2”
$400-$700
200
Malaita Subi
mid-20th century, Solomon Islands. l. 18”, w. 3-3/4”
$150-$300
201
Malaita Subi
mid-20th century, Solomon Islands. l. 20-1/2”, w. 4”
$150-$300
202
Solomon Islands Qauata San Cristobal, palmwood, stylized and with a good patina. l. 56”, w. 4-1/4”
$400-$700
203
Sudanese Haladie the curved steel blades intricately etched, the handle and scabbards banded with multicolor beads and cowrie shells (several detached but present). each blade l. 8-1/2”, overall l. 21-1/4” (24-3/4” with scabbards)
$100-$200
204
Tolai People Club, or “Ram” Gazelle Peninsula, New Guinea, palmwood. l. 55-5/8”, w. 4-1/2”
$300-$500
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Aboriginal Mulga Wood Boomerang mid-20th century, Yalata, South Australia, with traditional carving. l. 24-3/4”
$100-$200
206
African Fly Whisk (“Irukere”) probably West Africa, with black and white palmwood handle with leather strap, joined with braided fiber to horsetail whisk. l. 34”
$100-$200
207
Congolese Ndeema Helmet Mask
20th century, Kuba or Yaka People, with extensive blue, gold and white beadwork and cowrie shell eyes, with fur face, cloth horns and raffia beard. h. 14-1/2”, dia. 8” (16” with raffia)
$200-$400
While the form here is clearly that of a Kuba ndeemba - a mask used in the circumcision and puberty ritual (n-khanda) for Yaka boys and denoting their new status as adult members of the community - the beadwork here is in the distinctive Yaka style.
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Congolese Ikakalaka probably late 19th/early 20th century, Kuba or Mongo People, steel blade and carved wood handle, relict condition.
blade l. 17-1/2”, w. 7-1/2”, overall l. 22”
$75-$125
209
Central African Harpoon 20th century, Congolese, with palmwood shaft and detachable hand-forged symmetrical barbed head, joined by several lengths of rope.
overall l. 57-1/2”, head l. 10-3/4”, rope l. 27”
$100-$200
210
Tebu/Toubou People Dagger 20th century, Sahara Sahel region, incised doubleedged blade with tapering mid-rib, the leatherbraided handle with typical blunt-spiked pommel; with leather and reptile-skin “fishtail” sheath.
blade l. 11-1/2”, overall l. 17-1/2” (19-1/2”)
$125-$250
211
African Quiver with Arrows Somalia or Ethiopia, the wood quiver bound and capped with leather, containing five arrows: three double-barbed, one single-barbed and one spatulate. quiver l. 26”, arrows l. 20-3/4” to 23-1/4”
$75-$125
212
Two East African Spears 20th century, probably Somani Peninsula, with long, thin steel blades, acacia wood shafts and leather-wrapped ends. l. 88-1/4” and 93”
$100-$200
213
East African Spear probably Turkana or Maasai People. l. 82”
$100-$200
214
Xhosa People Drum mid-19th century, south eastern cape, Africa, with gadrooned body and pedestal, skin drum held with sinew and pegs, accompanied by a card reading, “War Drum Kaffir War of 185_ / Captured in battle in June 1851 at Amatola by an officer of the 12th (East Suffolks)”. h. 27-3/4”, dia. 13-1/2”
$300-$500
215
Zulu Assegai mid-to-late 19th century, with smooth shaft and furcovered hide socket. blade l. 10-1/4”, overall l. 52-1/4”
$100-$200
216
Three Zulu Knobkierrie (“Iwisa”) late 19th/early 20th century, one l. 38-3/4”, dia. 1-1/2”; one l. 35-3/4”, dia. 2-3/4”; and one l. 29-1/2”, dia. 3-1/4”.
$150-$300
217
Zulu Assegai
late 19th century, rough-hewn shaft joined to the blade with leather braid (the latter with epoxy repair). blade l. 17”, overall l. 63”
$100-$200
218
Zulu War Axe (“Isizenze”)
early 20th century, with decoratve wirework banding. blade l. 5-1/4”, overall l. 22-1/4”, w. 5-1/2”
$200-$400
219
Good Zulu Assegai
second half 19th century, smooth shaft with carved end grip and joined to the blade with finely woven fiber (possible elephant hair). blade l. 13”, overall l. 56-1/2”
$100-$200
220
Native American Staff with hide-bound finial, the collar wrapped with glass “maize” beads and suspending two Venetian glass “French Cross” beads, a bear claw and an 1872 U.S. half dime.
l. 42”
$100-$200
221
Native American Plains War Club the wood shaft with hide- and sinew-bound stone head, with buckskin collars ringed with blue and white glass beads, the end with remnant of horsehide strap.
l. 17-1/4”, dia. 2-1/2”
$150-$300
222
Native American Beaded Bandolier Bag early 20th century, Great Lakes region, probably Anishnaabe, the black velvet bag with large beaded panel of flowers and leaves within a zig-zag frame, the lower edge with yellow bead fringe, the brown velvet strap beaded all over with geometric flowers, retaining a partial label, probably original, from Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. w. 12-3/4”, l. 39-1/4” (including fringe)
$400-$700
223
Indian Trade and Trapper’s Blankets
including a late 19th-century Indian trade blanket, wool, white with pairs of single red, green, blue and yellow stripes and four hash marks, with label of Hudson’s Bay Company 76” x 84”; together with an early 20th-century trapper’s blanket, wool, red with black stripes and binding, with label of Faribault Woolen Mill Co., 89” x 68”.
$100-$200
224
Navajo Silver Whirling Log Spoon first quarter 20th century, the hand-wrought spoon with whirling log finial, decorated with whirling logs, arrows and circles.
l. 5-7/8”; 0.56 t. oz.
$150-$300
225
Washington Peace Medal and Reference Book bronze medal, 1904, engraved by Pierre Simons Duvivier (obv.) and John Reich (rev.), the obverse with a bust of George Washington facing right and lettering ìGEORGE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1789î; the reverse with the clasped hands of a native and colonizer below a crossed, peace pipe and tomahawk with lettering ìPEACE AND FRIENDSHIPî, drilled and suspended from a hide bail; together with a copy of Francis Paul Prucha, <I>Indian Peace Medals in American History</I> (Bluffton, South Carolina: Rivilo Books, 1994), where this medal is discussed on pages 135-138. dia. 3”
$125-$250
226
Souvenir Child’s Winter Moccasins second half 20th century, probably Athabasca, rabbit fur and green felt, decorated with glass-beaded flowers. l. 6-1/4”, w. 2-3/4”
$50-$80
227
Argentine Silver Gaucho Punale 20th century, the .800 silver handle and sheath decorated with repousse scrolls with gilt leaf and flower accents, the steel blade stamped “Ind.Argentina”. blade l. 5-3/4”, overall l. (including sheath) 11”
$400-$700
228
Argentine Armadillo Tail Gaucho Knife second half 20th century, La Movediza, Tandil, with notched steel blade stamped “La Movediza / Industria Argentina”, the hilt with stacked plastic ferrule and butt with armadillo tail grip; no scabbard.
blade l. 6-1/4”, overall l. 10-3/8”
$100-$200
229
Brazilian Dagger the swedge blade etched “Rio Branco” and with gilt-etched male portrait on the ricasso, with steel guard and white metal ferrule, the turned grip of translucent amber-colored cellupid over wood, etched with the Brazilian flag; with leather scabbard. blade l. 3-1/4”, overall l. 10-1/4” (13” with scabbard)
$50-$80
230
South American Silver Plate unmarked, in the Spanish Colonial taste, circular with serpentine-molded rim. dia. 9-3/4”; 12.48 t. oz.
$300-$500
231
U.S. Model 1840 Musician’s Sword Ames Mfg. Co., Chicopee, Massachusetts, and so marked on the left ricasso, the right with U.S. inspector’s mark, worn but probably AHC for Archibald H. Ceiley, 1863, the cast brass hilt unmarked with faux wire-wrapped grip; no scabbard. blade l. 28”, overall l. 34-5/8”
$100-$200
233
U.S. Model 1850 Staff Field Sabre by Emerson & Silver, Trenton, New Jersey, and so marked on the ricasso, missing about a third of the blade, the brass hilt with pierced scrolling cage centering “U.S.” and imitation wire twist grip; the blued steel scabbard with engraved brass rings.
blade l. 23-1/2” (broken), overall l. 29-1/4” (39-1/2” with scabbard)
232
U.S. Model 1850 Staff and Field Officer Sabre blade by P. D. Luneschloss, Solingen, Germany, and so marked on the ricasso, with pierced decorative guard centering “US”, with wire-wrapped shagreen grip; the steel scabbard with brass fittings.
blade l. 31”, overall l. 37-1/4” (38-1/4” with scabbard)
$700-$1,000
$100-$200
Joubert notes this piece a “great candidate for restoration . . . with the right blade and some careful work could be damn nice.”
234
U.S. Naval M-1851 Officer’s Sword by Shannon, Miller & Crane, New York (fl. 1867-1892), the blade etched with naval symbols, with wire-wrapped shagreen grip; the rare brass and leather scabbard present but in four pieces, with rare “knot” belt loop design and sea monster end-cap.
blade l. 29-3/4”, overall l. 35-1/4” (37” with scabbard)
$200-$400
235
Cavalry Sabre
mid-19th century, bent blade, the cast three-arm hand guard with floral decoration, the wood grip broken and with leather and wire wrapping lacking; no scabbard. blade l. 36-3/4”, overall l. 43”
$60-$90
236
U.S. Model 1860 Mansfield & Lamb Cavalry Sabre the ricasso with maker’s mark on one side and the date 1864, “U.S.” and worn inspector’s mark “?W” on the other, the hilt with three-arm brass hand guard with a leather- and wirewrapped grip; no scabbard. blade l. 34-1/2”, overall l. 41”
$600-$900
237
Mid-19th-Century Cavalry Sabre possibly Civil War era, in relict condition, probably Ames (worn mark on ricasso), with three arm hand guard, no grip, pommel or scabbard. blade l. 34-1/2”, overall l. 41”
$50-$80
238
U.S. 1863 Springfield Type I Rifle the lockplate marked with eagle and “U.S. / Springfield / 1863”, with two different inspector’s stamps on the stock, complete with ramrod and modern muzzle plug. l. 56”
$1,800-$2,500
239
U.S. Model 1860 Staff and Field Officer’s Sword
Presentation Grade, the double-edged blade with raised center, the hilt with robust high-relief decoration all over and an American Eagle on one hand guard, the grip shagreen-covered and wire-wrapped; the brass scabbard with decorative engraving, the fittings lacking. blade l. 28-1/4”, overall l. 34-1/2” (35” with scabbard)
$300-$500
240
U.S. Model 1862 Staff Officer’s Dress Sword late 19th century, by Henderson-Ames, Kalamazoo, Michigan, the etched blade marked “US”, with gilt fittings and plated scabbard, the underside of one guard with scratched initials “A.McL.” for Alden McClellan, 1st Lt. Col. Brown’s Light Artillery, Taylor’s Corps, C.S.A. blade l. 32”, overall l. 38” (39-1/4” with scabbard)
$1,200-$1,800
241
U.S. Model 1862 Staff Officer’s Sword the double-edge blade never sharpened, no visible maker’s mark, the hand guard and pommel both with American eagle motif, the grip with wire-wrapped leather; the plated scabbard with eagle and star-decorated end cap.
blade l. 30”, overall l. 35-1/2” (36-1/2” with scabbard)
$75-$125
242
U.S. Model 1862 Staff Officer’s Sword the thin, double-edge blade apparently unmarked, the brass fittings having American Eagle decoration on the cross-guard and pommel, wire-srapped shagreen grip; the metal scabbard with American eagle and star design end cap.
blade l. 29-1/4”, overall l. 35-1/2” (38” with scabbbard)
$100-$200
243
Two Civil War-Era Artillery Tools including: a linstock with two loops to hold the slow burning rope to ignite a cannon, with the rope and possibly the pole a later replacement, l. 45”; and a cannon worm with double helix prong to aid in removal of unspent ball and/or powder bag, l. 54”.
$100-$200
244
Unusual Lead Timed Artillery Projectile mid-19th century, in two pieces (missing the wood sabot), the unusual design with removable grooved lead cap to allow fire from a charge at the front of the projectile similar to a time fuze.
h. 7-1/2”, dia. 4-1/8”
$300-$500
245
Four Cannonballs all solid cast, including: a pre-19th-century example with crude and irregular casting, dia. 2-5/8” (6.71 cm); an early to mid-19th-century example, dia. 3-1/2” (8.94 cm); and two mid-19th-century examples, dia. 4” (10.34 cm) and 4-1/2” (11.3 cm).
$125-$250
246
Three Artillery Projectiles late 19th/early 20th century, all iron, the two smaller examples with brass collars to engage the barrel rifling, the larger example lacking the (possible wood) collar and with remnants of the fired fuze now filled with lead.
l. 6-1/2”, dia 2-1/4”; l. 6-3/4”, dia. 1-7/8”; and l. 10-1/4”, dia. 3-3/8”
$125-$250
247
Imported Model 1850 Foot Officer’s Sabre plain blade with European (French?) markings, worn grip with wire wrap lacking, probably Confederate; no scabbard. blade l. 29-1/2”, overall l. 35”
$150-$300
248
Prussian Infantry Sabre, Possibly Confederate similar in detail to 1819 “Russian model” Cuirassier pattern, with brass guard and pommel and leather and wirewrapped grip; no scabbard. blade l. 31”, overall l. 36-1/2”
$200-$400
From Joubert’s “This appears to be an enlisted or NCO infantry pattern or a match up of parts pressed together for Civil War use by the South, who needed what was available. The three branch guard was customary for mounted troops as well as curved blade. The blade is of infantry pattern, almost straight, and one branch of the guard was removed and finished off. A poor man’s sabre?”
249
U.S. Model 1840 Enlisted Cavalry Sabre with Confederate Provenance no marks, with brass three-branch guard and leather and wire-wrapped grip (wire loose); with the original steel scabbard.
blade l. 34-1/2”, overall l. 40” (42” with scabbard)
$4,000-$7,000
Joubert’s notes record that the present lot was carried during the Civil War by Capt. John W Taylor, 7th TX Cavalry, CSA. He “was killed at a skirmish in Franklin La. . . . . I saw this saber in John Chambers house . . . on First Street at Camp, Uptown, Lake corner. After I bought it I contacted John Chambers to lock down provenance. He gave me a letter written by mayor of Franklin to his widow . . . There was also an old cabinet card photo shot in the parlor of First Street showing the saber hanging over the fireplace by the shoestrings [which are] still attached to the scabbard. He would not sell me the picture.” The letter mentioned by Joubert, dated April 18, 1871, (and a transcript) accompanies this lot.
250
Confederate Enlisted Cavalry Sabre probably Louis Froelich & Co., Kenansville, North Carolina, with heavy single-edge fulled blade, the hilt damaged, with one bent and broken arm of the cage guard, the wood grip cracked and loose and missing most of its leather and all of its wire wrap. blade l. 35”, overall l. 41”
$600-$900
251 Confederate Cavalry Saber the fullered blade with slight curve, with heavy cast brass three-arm cage hand guard, unmarked wirewrapped, leather-covered grip. blade l. 35”, overall l. 40-3/4”
$1,200-$1,800
Joubert notes of this piece: “found in a flea market in Madison, GA circa 1995/96. Orginally painted white when purchased. I stripped it carefully.”
252
Cavalry Saber, Possibly Confederate the heavy fullered blade with slight curve, with heavy cast brass three-arm cage hand guard, unmarked rawhide-covered grip with single-strand iron binding wire, casting pit in pommel and cold shunts in guard. blade l. 35-1/4”, overall l. 40-3/4”
$300-$500
253
Mid-19th-Century Cutlass possibly Confederate-made, the crudely made weapon with simple brass hand guard and grooved wood grip. blade l. 21-3/4”, overall l. 26-1/4”
$200-$400
254
Rare New Orleans Civil War Naval Cutlass the blade marked on the ricasso “Thomas Griswold & Co. / New Orleans”, double-edged, the hilt of double thickness brass, the hand guard with broken tip, the grip imbricated, the pommel with worn American eagle engraving; no scabbard. blade l. 19-1/4”, overall l. 24-3/4”
$3,500-$5,000
The damage and wear on this well-worn piece suggests it was battle-used.
255
Confederate States Armory Kenansville Cavalry Sabre enlisted model from Louis Froelichís Confederate States Armory in Kenansville, North Carolina, the grip split and lacking the leather and wire covering, the outermost arm of the guard bent; no scabbard. blade l. 34-1/2”, overall l. 40”
$2,500-$5,000
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Confederate Bayonet Boyle, Gable & Macfee, Richmond, Virginia, with long fulled blade and sold brass “universal” grip designed to virtually any rifle.
blade l. 20-1/2”, overall 25-1/4”
$1,000-$1,500
257
Antique Forged Iron Chains and Hook 19th century, including:
a length of heavy chain with oval links and terminal hook, with a tag reading, “Section of Chain used during WBTS Blockade of N.O. 1862 between Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip. Found & recovered at site, verified by comparison w/ link in Confederate Museum, N.O. Link size, shape and [math?] size is identical with known example”, l. 42”;
a length of chain with angled S-links and end weight, l. 69”; a length of chain with twisted oval links with end toggle and central loop, l. 44”; and a joist hook, with heavy threaded shrew and washer, l. 11”.
$100-$200
258 Signal Cannon modern, in the form of a Civil War cannon, with elevation adjustment device on the right side and a handle for maneuvering.
cannon l. 16”, dia. 3”, bore 1”; with carriage l. 31-1/2”, w. 11-1/4”, h. 12”
$150-$300
259
Books on Civil War Arms including references on edged weapons, firearms, equipment, projectiles and other topics. (7 books total)
$125-$250
Complete list of titles available on request.
260
Pair of Socket Bayonet Candlesticks crafted from two Belgian M1867/41 Albini-Braendlin socket bayonets, the blades spiraled to form the base. h. 6-1/2”, dia. 4-3/8”
$200-$400
261
Grand Army of the Republic Wall Badge late 19th/early 20th century, comprising two pressed and patinated tin plaques of an eagle over crossed cannons and a star centering an allegorical scene of loyalty, fraternity and charity, the reverse fitted with bars to be joined by Hopkinson’s flag (now lacking) to form an oversize wall badge of the G.A.R. w. 14”
$100-$200
262
“Memorial to the Loyal Sons of the South, the Brave Confederate Heroes Who Fought and Gave Their Lives in the War of Secession, 1861 to 1865.”, 1892 published by Clarke Art-Engraving Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Glazed and framed.
sight 22-1/3” x 15-1/2”, framed 27-1/2” x 20-3/4”
$200-$400
263
Two Louisiana Silver Ornaments early 20th century, including: an enameled Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, Medal, inscribed to M. B. Bergeron, Winchester Battery, Squires Battalion, dia. 1-1/8”; and a Pelican in Her Piety lapel pin, 3/4” x 3/4”.
$100-$200
264
141st Field Headquarters, Washington Artillery, Guidon Flag applique on cotton. Matted, glazed and framed. 20” x 28”, framed 29” x 41”
$200-$400
The 141st Field Artillery was founded in 1838, as the Washington Artillery Company. Today, the historic military unit is part of the Louisiana National Guard with headquarters in New Orleans.
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New Orleans Washington Artillery Memorabilia fourth quarter 19th century, including: a Veteran’s 1882 Reunion ribbon, h. 6-1/4”, w. 2-5/8”; a lithographed invitation to the 1884 Reunion with central medallion of George Washington and folding vignettes of soldiers through the ages, battles and insignia, closed 5” x 5”, open 11-1/2” x 12”; and a sterling silver souvenir spoon, Gorham, Providence, Rhode Island, in the “Raphael” pattern designed in 1874 by Florentin Antoine Heller (1840-1904), retailed by A. B. Griswold, New Orleans, Louisiana, engraved with the field artillery “crossed cannon” insignia surrounded by “Washington Artillery” and their motto “Try Us!”, l. 7”; 1.59 t. oz.
$150-$300
266
Charles Testut, Le Vieux Salomon, ou une Famille d’Esclaves au XIXe Siecle (New Orleans: 200 rue de Chartres, 1872), first edition thus, French text in quarter leather on paper boards, 11-3/4” x 8-3/4.
$100-$200
Charles Hippolyte Joseph Testut (1816-1892) was born and educated in Auxerre, France but moved to the United States in the 1830s. He established a French language newspaper in New York ñ the brieflived L’Indicatuer - and later practiced medicine in Guadeloupe. After Point-au-Pietre was destroyed by an earthquake in 1843, he eventually settled in New Orleans, where he began his literary career writing vignettes of Louisiana places and people. His stridently anti-slavery La Vieux Salomon was written in 1858 but not published until after the Civil War in 1871 and then in serial form in his own Marxist newspaper L’Equite Its frank and sensitive depiction of slaves’ lives was diametrically opposed to the melodrama of most abolitionist literature. This copy of the first full edition ñ a New Orleans imprint, again likely Testut’s own ñ is accompanied by a note that it belonged to Judge John Minor Wisdom (1905-1999), the New Orleans-born U.S. Fifth Circuit Court Judge whose tenure on the bench oversaw the dismantling of segregation in Louisiana.
267
Louisiana Cypress Single-Door Cupboard first half 19th century, the door with pegged construction and hung with fiche hinges. h. 41”, w. 28”, d. 23-1/2”
$300-$500
268
Near Pair of Acadian Ladderback Side Chairs 19th century, possibly mulberry, known as the “Ville Platte” form, identified by their distinctive inverted truncated cone finials, mounted on a ring turning, with turned pegform feet, the seats covered in rawhide. h. 37”, w. 19”, d. 14-1/2” and h. 34”, w. 18”, d. 14-1/2”
$400-$700
Literature: See Jack D. Holden, Pat Bacot et al. Furnishing Louisiana (New Orleans: HNOC, 2010), pp. 312-313, item 41 for a history of this style of chair.
269
Three Satirical Illustrations from New Orleans Figaro Magazine including:
“Rubbing Up Old Candidates and Springing a Jack in the Box”;
“Some of the Serpents That St. Patrick OverlookedLandlords, Oppression, Whiskey, Etc.”; and “Firemen’s Procession with the Mask Off”; three colored lithographs, ca. 1883-1884, each by artist Fudge and published by Lithographic Co., New Orleans. Matted, glazed and framed alike. each 12-1/2” x 19”, framed 21” x 27”
$300-$500
270
“Plan of the City of New Orleans and The Adjacent Plantations”
1875 watercolor-enhanced engraving after the 1798 original “Compiled by accordance with Ordinance of the Illustrious Ministry and Royal Charter, 24, December, 1798, signed Carlos Trudeau: Copy and Translation From the Original Spanish Plan dated 1798, showing the City of New Orleans, Its Fortifications and Environs”, printed in plate lower left “Drawn by Alexander Debrunner”, and printed in plate lower right “Printed by Hermann Wehrmann, New Orleans”.
Matted, glazed and framed.
sight 21-1/2” x 15-1/2”, framed 29” x 23”
$200-$400
271
Louisiana Painted Cypress Cupboard late 19th century, with raised panel sides and single front door, below a complex ogee cornice and raised on bracket feet, the interior fitted with drawers and the exterior with cloak hooks.
h. 86-1/2”, w. 32”, d. 27”
$300-$500
272
American Lead Crystal and Brass Newel Post Finial ca. 1875, of paneled balloon form with brass baluster base, retaining the mounting plate. h. 7-1/4”, dia. 2-1/4”
$200-$400
Provenance: The Montgomery-Hero House, 1213 Third Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
273
1910 Rex Carnival Favor Letter Opener the gilt metal item in the form of a crowned and bearded masque (in keeping with that year’s theme “The Freaks of Fable”), with raised lettering “Rex 1910”.
l. 10-1/4”
$150-$300
276
Vintage Painted Cypress Printer’s Cabinet early 20th century, faced with twenty pairs of shallow drawers with painted letters. h. 69-1/2”, w. 41-1/4”, d. 15-1/4”
$500-$800
274
German School Fourth Quarter 19th Century “Two Crocodiles”, ca. 1886 hand-colored engraving “Past Perfect, New Orleans” printing label en verso. In an antique gilt frame. sight 11” x 15”, framed 19-1/2” x 23-1/2”
$200-$400
275
New Orleans-Retailed Euphonium late 19th/early 20th century, the bell engraved “H.ri Joubert / Paris / especially made for / L. Grunewald Co. / Limited / New Orleans, La.”. l. 29-1/4”, w. 19-3/4”, bell dia. 15”
$100-$200
277
Books on New Orleans and Louisiana History including works on fortification, dueling, African American culture, Iberville, DeSoto, the Ursulines and other topics. (27 books total)
$200-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
278
Books on Louisiana and New Orleans Architecture and Vistas including works on the Garden District, City Park, River Road, plantation homes and historic images. (9 books total)
$100-$200
Complete list of titles available on request.
279
Books on Louisiana and New Orleans Fine and Decorative Arts
including autographed, slipcased copies of Furnishing Louisiana: 1735-1835 and Mardi Gras Treasures: Jewelry of the Golden Age, both inscribed to Ellis Joubert, with works on Newcomb pottery, Caroline Durieux, George Schmidt (autographed), and other topics. (22 books total)
$250-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
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Four Newcomb College Silverplate Soda Spoons first quarter 20th century, by Albert Pick & Co., Chicago, Illinois, each with a hammered finish and the “NC” Newcomb College monogram. l. 8”
$100-$200
This lot is accompanied by paperwork from the Louisiana State Museum for Joubert’s loan to the Museum for two of the spoons to the Presbytere in 1998. Albert Pick & Co. was a prominent manufacturer and supplier of soda parlor fountains, machines, syrups, glass and metalware in the 1920s; these spoons are likely from a parlor on Newcomb’s campus.
281
Two Newcomb College Pots early 20th century, New Orleans, Louisiana, including: a bean pot in gloss saffron glaze, decorated with tan Trinity circles, impressed “NC”, h. 5”, dia. 5”; and a vase in matte moss glaze, potted by Joseph Meyer, impressed “JM” and “NC”, h. 3”, dia. 2-1/2”.
$300-$500
282
Three Arts and Crafts Brass Mailboxes first quarter 20th century, attributed to Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana, of typical tapered form, each with a different pierced monogram: “S”, “F” and “T”. h. 11”, w. 9”, d. 2-1/4”
$400-$700
283
American Arts & Crafts Oak Settee and Armchair early 20th century, the corner posts of each with carved and flared tops and joined to straight slats. settee h. 39-1/2”, w. 57”, d. 23”; chair h. 39-1/2”, w. 26”, d. 23”
$300-$500
284
Set of Sheet Brass Stencils 20th century, with letters A-Z and an ampersand. h. 6-3/4”, w. 6”
$100-$200
285
German Jugendstil Brass Candlestick ca. 1900, after a design by Richard Mueller (1874-1954) for K. M. Seifert & Co., Dresden, with pierced standard and lily-pad base. h. 12-1/4”, dia. 5-1/2”
$100-$200
286
Amusing Collection of New Orleans Memorabilia including:
a Souvenir porcelain mug, first quarter 20th century, with black transfer-print images of Jackson Square, Lee Circle and Lafayette Square, Porzellanfabrik Victoria Schmidt & Co., h. 3-3/4”, dia. 2-5/8”; a Kolb’s Cafe pottery beer mug, first quarter 20th century, by Loubat Glassware & Cork Co. Ltd., New Orleans, Louisiana, h. 4-1/2”, dia 3-3/4”; a Vaccaro Line Standard Fruit and Steam Ship Co. Navystyle pottery mug, second quarter 20th century, by Sterling China, East Liverpool, Ohio and retailed by G. A. Lotz Co., New Orleans, Louisiana, h. 3-1/8”, dia. 3-1/4”; a Higgins Aircraft pottery bread & butter plate, 1942-1944, Shenango China, Newcastle, Pennsylvania, dia. 6-3/4”; and a Katz & Besthoff Cigar Box, third quarter 20th century, 3-1/4” x 7-1/4” x 7”.
$150-$300
287
Vintage New Orleans Brothers United Motorcycle Club Gear
1980s, including:
a L’Avion leather vest with large embroidered back patch “8 Brothers United New Orleans Inc.” and “M C” on the sides, with front name patch “Augie”, size L; a Sears Jeans Joint denim jacket with two flap pockets and adjustable waist, size M; and an India Imports cotton paisley shirt with two flap pockets, size 42; together with vintage folding motorcycle goggles in a faux alligator case stamped “Deluxe Motor Goggle Duray - Berlin”.
$75-$125
288
New Orleans-Retailed Coin Silver Tea Set second quarter 19th century, by Gale, Wood & Hughes, New York, retailed by Hyde & Goodrich, New Orleans, including: a teapot, h. 10-3/4”, l. 11-1/2”; a covered sugar bowl, h. 10-1/4”, w. 11-1/2”; and a waste bowl, h. 5-3/4”, dia. 7”; each with serpentine-lobed ovoid body with fine beaded banding, the pot with “gooseneck” spout and crested wooden handle, the sugar bowl with stirrup handles, both with domed lid with toupie finial, all on an ogee-domed pedestal foot.
71.69 total t. oz.
$1,500-$2,500
Provenance: The Bayou Bend Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Texas; purchased by Joubert at Neal Auction, New Orleans, September 12, 2009, lot 163.
Illustrated: Southern Silver (Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1968), exhibition catalogue September 27-November 10,1968, item F-5K (A copy of the catalogue accompanies this lot.)
Joubert’s notes record “This is the first coin silver set that ESJ ever had the pleasure to work on.”
289
New Orleans Coin Silver Ladle second quarter 19th century, by Nelson A. Young & Co., in the traditional “Fiddle Tipt” pattern, monogrammed “F”. l. 14”; 6.11 t. oz
$300-$500
290
Three New Orleans Coin Silver Spoons second quarter 19th century, by Henry Harland (1789-1841), in the traditional “Fiddle Shell” pattern, monogrammed “P”.
l. 6-3/4”; 3.17 total t. oz.
$125-$250
291
New Orleans Neoclassical Coin Silver Pitcher second quarter 19th century, by Horace E. Baldwin & Co., the baluster-form body with waisted collar and integral spout, decorated with milled leafy heart banding, with branch-crested arched handle.
h. 12-1/4”, l. 8-1/4”, dia. 6”; 31.43 t. oz.
$800-$1,200
Provenance: Purchased by Joubert from these rooms September 13, 1997, sale 9705, lot 902.
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Five New Orleans-Retailed Coin Silver Spoons second quarter 19th century, retailed by Horace E. Baldwin & Co., including: a “Fiddle Tipt” teaspoon, l. 5-1/4”; and four “Fiddle Thread” place spoons, l. 6-3/4”. 5.18 total t. oz.
$125-$250
293
Three New Orleans Coin Silver Spoons 1849-1853, James D. Anderson, including: a pair of “Fiddle Tipt” place spoons, l. 7”; and a “Fiddle Tipt” teaspoon, monogrammed “GSMcL”, l. 5-3/4”. 2.22 total t. oz.
$75-$125
294
Five Pieces of Hyde & Goodrich Coin Silver Flatware 1850-65, New Orleans, including: a “Fiddle Tipt” tablespoon, monogrammed “LMP”, l. 8-1/8”; a “Fiddle Tipt” sauce ladle, l. 7-1/4”; a “Fiddle Thread” master butter knife, monogrammed “JH”, l. 6-1/4”; a “Fiddle Thread” teaspoon, monogrammed “JC”, l. 5-5/8”; and a “Prince Albert” dessert knife, l. 7-1/4”.
6.50 total t. oz.
$200-$400
295
American Coin Silver Goblet ca. 1850, unmarked but probably New Orleans, the bucketform body decorated with repousse scrolling grapevines centering a cartouche, with beaded rim and raised on a pedestal foot with milled leaf-and-scroll base. h. 5-3/4”, dia. 3-3/8”; 4.98 t. oz.
$300-$500
Although unmarked, this goblet is very much in keeping with the antebellum New Orleans taste, and the milled banding on the base is identical to that seen on works from the shortlived New Orleans partnership of Kuchler & Himmel; see the Houston Museum of Fine Arts Bayou Bend Collection, object number B.2014.11.
296
New Orleans Coin Silver Cup ca. 1855, by Christopf Christian Kuchler (1820-1894), the cylindrical body decorated with a repousse floral cartouche with engraved leaves, with crested scroll handle and milled beaded rim and ovolo base, engraved “M. J. Scannell”. h. 3-5/8”, l. 5-3/8”, dia. 2-1/4”; 3.32 t. oz.
$300-$500
Marie Josephine Scannell was born in New Orleans on October 5, 1855, the daughter and first child of St. James parish sugar planter Edward Scannell and his wife Mary Josephine Swarthou. On January 17, 1882, she married Abraham Luria (1833-1901), a cashier at (and later Vice-President of) the Louisiana National Bank. She died on New Year’s Eve, 1931 and is buried the Luria family tomb in Metairie Cemetery.
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New Orleans Coin Silver Cup ca. 1855, by Adolphe Himmel (1827-1877) for Hyde & Goodrich, thistle-form body with guilloche decoration centering an engraved cartouche, with crested scroll handle, beaded rim and milled leaf-and-scroll scalloped foot ring, monogrammed “WS”.
h. 4-1/2”, l. 4-1/2”, dia. 3-1/8”; 4.50 t. oz.
$300-$500
298
New Orleans Coin Silver Christening Cup dated 1855, by Adolphe Himmel (1827-1877) for Hyde & Goodrich, the waisted cylindrical body decorated with repousse floral swags centering a rococo cartouche, with crested double scroll handle, and milled beaded rim and leaf-and-dart foot, engraved “Walter H. Moss / August 1855”. h. 3-3/4”, l. 4-1/2”, dia. 3”; 4.24 t. oz.
$300-$500
Walter Harris Moss was born in New Orleans on August 9, 1855, the son of banker Samuel Lyons Moss and Isabelle Harris. He was trained as an artist, and moved with his family to both London (where he married his first wife, Gulielma Sargood, in 1878) and Paris (where he married his second wife, Marie Josephine Ocquidant, in 1914). He later worked as an executive with the Baron Hirsch Foundation, and died in Paris on April 15, 1914.
299
New Orleans Coin Silver Presentation Goblet dated 1856, by Adolphe Himmel (1824-1877) for Hyde & Goodrich, the ovoid bowl decorated with repousse floral-framed cartouches of forest scenes with deer, bear and beaver, above a gadrooned calyx, ovolo knopped standard and domed foot decorated with repousse birds, squirrels and mice, engraved on one cartouche “Presented to / O. E. Hall by Col. Lija / Jan.y 1st 1856” and (later) “and given to his Daughter / Jeannie Hall Battle / Jan 1st 1886”. h. 8”, dia. 4-1/2”; 11.15 t. oz.
$800-$1,200
Orson Eddy Hall (1815-1871) was the proprietor of the famous St. Charles Hotel, having started as its bookkeeper in 1845. He became co-owner, with his brother-in-law David Hildreth, of the new hotel rebuilt after the fire of 1851, and sole proprietor after Hildreth’s move to New York after the Civil War. “Col. Lija” was Hertz Verdel Lija (ca. 1807-1871), a Swedish optician and long-time resident of the St. Charles Hotel. Hall’s daughter Jeannie (18581909) married Frank Lyon Battle, a hardware merchant, in 1885.
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New Orleans Coin Silver Water Pitcher ca. 1855, by Adolphe Himmel (1827-1877) for Hyde & Goodrich, the bulbous pear-shaped body decorated with repousse flowers centering opposing cartouches, with scalloped collar, curved spout, grape cluster-crested double scroll handle and milled foot ring, engraved on one cartouche “Dr. B. H. Moss / from / Little Alec”. h. 8-3/4”, l. 10”, dia. 7”; 31.76 t. oz.
$3,500-$5,000
South Carolina native Benjamin Hart Moss, M.D. (1817-1873) graduated medical school there in 1839 and by 1849 had moved to New Orleans where he enjoyed a long and prosperous career. He died on April 7,1873 and is interred in Metairie Cemetery. The identity of “Little Alec” remains unknown.
301
Rare New Orleans Coin Silver Master Butter Knife
third quarter 19th century, by Adolphe Himmel (18251877), in the “Fiddle Thread” pattern, monogrammed “MH”.
l. 7-1/4”; 1.60 t. oz.
$125-$250
302
Ten New Orleans Silver Salt, Demitasse and Mustard Spoons
second and third quarters 19th century, including: a Hyde & Goodrich “Fiddle Thread” mustard spoon, monogrammed “SAW”, l. 5-1/2”; a Hyde & Goodrich “Fiddle Tipt” salt shovel, monogrammed “EH”, l. 3-3/4”; a pair of Henry Hebbard, New York, Fiddle Thread salt spoons, retailed by Louis Muh, monogrammed “HD”, l. 3-1/2”; an Oscar S. Jennings “Fiddle Thread” salt spoon, monogrammed “SS”, l. 3-3/4”; a pair of Anthony Rasch & Co. “Fiddle Tipt” salt spoons, l. 3-7/8”;
a Wood & Hughes, New York, “Fiddle Tipt” demitasse spoon, retailed by Constant H. Zimmerman & Co., monogrammed “LB”, l. 4-1/4”; a Wood & Hughes, New York, “Fiddle Tipt” demitasse spoon, retailed by A. B. Griswold & Co., l. 4-1/4”; and a Henderson & Gaines “Fiddle Thread” salt spoon, monogrammed “AMP”, l. 3-1/2”. 3.66 total t. oz.
$300-$500
303
Rare Set of Six New Orleans Silverplate Coquille Seafood Dishes
third quarter 19th century, by Pierre Casimir Rouyer (1813-1887), each of coquille form, with beaded acanthus handle and three peg feet. l. 5”, w. 3”, h. 1-1/2”
$300-$500
304
Collection of New Orleans-Retailed Silverplate Flatware second half 19th century, including eight forks, l. 7-3/8” to 8-3/4”, three tablespoons, l. 8-3/4”, three punch/soup ladles, l. 11-1/4” to 12-1/2”, and one teaspoon, l. 5-1/4”, most in the “Fiddle Thread” pattern manufactured by Christofle, Paris and retailed by Casimir Rouyer (1813-1887) and/or his wife Antoinette Heyl (1830-1886), but including a rare “Uniplat” pattern fork retailed by Eugene F. Mioton (1824-1876), l. 8-1/4”. (15 pieces total)
$200-$400
305
New Orleans-Retailed “Gadroon” Coin Silver Ladle the pattern introduced in 1860 by Wood & Hughes, New York, retailed by Maurice Scooler (1827-1900), New Orleans, monogrammed “CG”. l. 12-1/4”; 6.20 t. oz.
$250-$400
306
Two Pieces of New Orleans-Retailed Coin Silver retailed by Louis Muh (1801-1882), New Orleans, by Henry Hebbard, New York, including “Fiddle” sugar tongs with shell grips, inscribed on the bow “Wisdom”, l. 6-1/4”; and a “Fiddle Thread” place spoon, worn monogram, l. 7”. 2.76 total t. oz.
$150-$300
307
Eleven Pieces of 19th-Century New Orleans-Retailed “Fiddle Thread” Silver Flatware including: a French .950 silver fork, Jacques-Denis Bertault (1762-1821), Paris, retailed by Casimir Rouyer, l. 8-1/2”; four Wood & Hughes sterling tablespoons retailed by A. B. Griswold, monogrammed “EMG”, l. 8-1/4”; a Wood & Hughes sterling place spoon retailed by A. B. Griswold, engraved “Alice P. Golsan”, l. 7-1/4”; an unmarked coin silver tablespoon, retailed by William J. Steffens, monogrammed “GSK”, l. 8-1/8”; a coin silver teaspoon by Adolphe Himmel, New Orleans, retailed by A. B. Griswold, monogrammed “EB”, l. 5-3/4”; an unmarked coin silver place spoon, retailed by Julius Lilienthal, inscribed “W.L. Colton”, l. 7”; a Wood & Hughes sterling place spoon, retailed by Maurice Scooler, monogrammed “LJS”, l. 7”; a Wood & Hughes sterling teaspoon, retailed by Frantz & Opitz, monogrammed “WHR”, l. 5-3/4”; and a Wood & Hughes sterling dessert fork, retailed by Henry P. Buckley, monogrammed “SFO”, l. 6-3/4”. 15.32 total t. oz.
$300-$500
308
New Orleans-Retailed Gold Spectacles ca. 1880, retailed by A. B. Griswold, 14 Kt. yellow gold, oval with narrow, straight temples, presented in the original leather case gilt-stamped “Optical Dept. / A. B. Griswold & Co. / New Orleans, LA” (cap lacking). glasses w. 4-3/8”, l. 4-3/4”; case l. 4-3/4”
$200-$400
309
Seven Pieces of New Orleans-Retailed Silver Flatware including: an unmarked “sheaf of wheat” coin silver teaspoon, retailed by Moses P. Stickney, monogrammed “LW”, l. 5-1/2”; a John Polhamus “Oriental” coin silver teaspoon, retailed by Edward A. Tyler, l. 6”; an unmarked “fiddle” coin silver teaspoon, retailed by Oscar S. Jennings, monogrammed “MCH”, l. 5-3/4”; a Wood & Hughes “Tipt” coin silver teaspoon, retailed by Henry P. Buckley, monogrammed “T”, l. 5-3/4”; a Whiting “Olive” sterling silver youth fork and spoon, retailed by Edward Lilienthal, monogrammed “SMB”, l. 6-1/2”; and a Gorham “Buttercup” sugar spoon, retailed by T. Hausmann & Sons, monogrammed “FVF”, l. 5-3/4”.
5.57 total t. oz.
$100-$200
310
Three New Orleans Sterling Silver Souvenir Spoons including:
a Durgin spoon, retailed by M. Scooler, New Orleans, with pelican, cotton bale and sugar cane, l. 5-3/4”; a Charles M. Robbins spoon, retailed by A. B. Griswold, New Orleans, pierced, with Andrew Jackson statue and Chalmette monument, l. 5-1/2”; and a Watson spoon, pierced, with Andrew Jackson statue and U.K./American/1815 wreaths, l. 5-1/2”.
1.99 total t. oz.
$100-$200
311
New Orleans-Retailed Sterling Silver Child’s Set fourth quarter 19th century, in Wood & Hughes “Louvre” pattern, introduced 1885, retailed by Henry Peat Buckley (1822-1903), New Orleans, including a fork and spoon. l. 5-3/4” and 6”; 1.87 total t. oz.
$75-$125
312
Set of Eighteen New Orleans Close-Plate Dinner Knives fourth quarter 19th century, Albert Baldwin & Co. Ltd., each with close-plate “blunt”-shaped steel blade, sterling baluster ferrule and mother-of-pearl handle.
l. 9-1/2”
$200-$400
313
Cased Set of New Orleans-Retailed Sterling Silver Teaspoons in the International Silver “Shirley” pattern, introduced in 1901, Meriden, Connecticut, retailed by Sebastian Coci (1879-1918), New Orleans, presented in a fitted, cream satin-lined, blue leather box, with gilt retailer’s stamp “Sebastian Coci / Practical / Watchmaker & Jeweler / 916 Poydras St. / New Orleans”. l. 5-1/4”; 2.96 total t. oz.; case 1-1/2” x 4” x 7”
$125-$250
Sicilian-born Sebastian Coci, son of Filippo [Philip] Coci & Rosana D’Amici, immigrated with his family to New Orleans around 1885. Philip is listed as a watchmaker and jeweler 18851891, when he opened a cigar shop. He died in 1900, and his son Sebastian is listed as a jeweler and watchmaker at 916 Poydras from 1905 until his death in 1918. The business was continued by Sebastian’s brother Joseph Coci (1874-1930). Sebastian’s son William Sebastian Coci (1913-1973) served as sheriff of Jefferson Parish 1956-1960.
314
New Orleans Sterling Silver Figural Sugar Tongs ca. 1950, by New Orleans Silversmiths (Karl Dingeldein), scissor action, in the form of a Chinese tea merchant. l. 4”; 1.53 t. oz.
$100-$200
315
New Orleans Sterling Silver Candy Dish ca. 1950, by New Orleans Silversmiths (Karl Dingeldein), of rectangular form, richly decorated with repousse fruits and beaded panels, with scalloped rim and cast and applied double-scroll handles, monogrammed “MC”. l. 7-1/2”, w. 4-1/4”; 2.61 t. oz.
$150-$300
Karl August Dingeldein (1901-1965), who founded New Orleans Silversmiths in 1938, was the son of August Ernst Dingeldein (1874-1962) and Margarethe Kurz (1876-1947). Both August and Margarethe were natives of Hanau, Germany, and both were the children of silversmiths there, Friedrich Otto Dingeldein and Karl Kurz, whose respective companies were merged after their marriage. Hanau was famous for its “Historizmus” silver: faithfully detailed copies of 17th- and 18th-century European silver, often stamped with ersatz marks which still today confound silver collectors. (Dingeldein’s collection of these stamps is conserved in the Historic New Orleans Collection, which allowed Ellis Joubert to strike them on silver plates for examination; photographs of these strikes survive, but the plates themselves were not found among Joubert’s effects.) The present lot is very much in the “Historizmus” style, evocative of late 16th-century Bavarian dishes and wine tasters, and is a fine example of the history and heritage of Dingeldein and New Orleans Silversmiths. Karl Dingeldein’s brother, Otto Friedrich Dingeldein (1906-1991) was also a noted silversmith, working in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
316
Group of Four Blown and Hand-Molded Glass Vessels including three multi-colored opaque glass “Calla Lily” vases and one green clear vase, by Ellis Sidney Joubert. from h. 7-1/2”, dia. 3-1/2” to h. 10-1/8”, dia. 3”
$300-$500
317
Group of Four Blown and Hand-Molded Glass Vessels including two multi-colored opaque glass “Calla Lily” vases and two green clear vases, by Ellis Sidney Joubert. from h. 8-1/4”, dia. 3” to h. 10”, dia. 3”
$300-$500
318
Pair of Ellis Joubert Sterling Silver Goblets
1981, sterling silver, steel and plastic, together with brass prototype and competition folio with working diagrams and description, each with raised bowl and foot joined by a die-cast two-part stem accented by hand-wrought “leaves” to hold the bowl, with red plastic accents on the foot, “leaves” and bowl interior, and steel wire on the stem and triangle on the base. each h. 7-1/8”, dia. 2-3/4”; weighted
$800-$1,200
The accompanying documentation reveals that these goblets were entered as #919 into a silver competition in April, 1981. The form, he notes, is “an extension of a goblet form I recently developed in hot glass.” (see lot 316)
319
Pair of Ellis Joubert Sterling Silver Caddy Spoons contemporary, New Orleans, in a short fiddle shape. l. 3”; 0.99 total t. oz.
$100-$200
320
Pair of Ellis Joubert Sterling Silver Caddy Spoons contemporary, New Orleans, in a short fiddle shape. l. 3”; 0.95 total t. oz.
$100-$200
321
Sterling Silver “Alligator” Flatware and Prototypes by Ellis Sidney Joubert III, all with alligator-form handle, including finished sterling pieces: a letter opener, a teaspoon and a baby spoon; two unfinished sterling pieces: a baby spoon and a fork; and four mixed metal prototypes: a teaspoon, a condiment spoon, a fork and a cocktail fork. each l. 4-3/4” to 7”; 4.04 total t. oz. (weighable silver)
$200-$400
An interesting lot showing Joubert’s creative process, taking a handle from an older souvenir spoon and repurposing it to create new flatware. In particular, the baby spoon is represented by the original prototype/mold, a cast but unfinished version and the finished product.
322
Large Collection of Silversmith’s Tools including fifteen hammers, two anvils, six spoon heads, eight flat and irregular heads, six engraving tools, five round and flat stakes, calipers, safety wire twisting pliers, twenty-nine fine punches/chisels, twenty-seven large punches/chisels and five decorative punches.
$400-$700
A mere fraction of Joubert’s tools offered as a testament to his dedication to his craft.
323
Patinated Bronze Torso with diagonal hinge revealing open-bottomed interior. h. 14”, w. 6-1/2”, d. 4”, open w. 8”
$400-$700
This was likely an experimental bronze by Ellis Joubert.
324
Large Collection of Books on Metalsmithing including references on wrought and cast iron, machining, tinworking, tools, bearings, brass, copper, locks and other topics. (40 books total)
$300-$500
Complete list of titles available on request.
325
Continental Brass Posnet Pot probably German, 16th century, the handle with obscured inscription beginning “Ich”; together with a descriptive exhibition loan label.
h. 7-3/4”, dia. 7”, l. 14”
$100-$200
326
Renaissance Brass Cauldron mid-16th century or earlier, Northern European, seamed cast brass construction with scroll-terminal handles; together with an exhibition loan label. h. 8-3/4”, dia. 9”
$200-$400
As stated on the loan label: “Cauldrons similar to this one are frequently seen in Flemish and Dutch paintings depicting the Annunciation . . . This type of vernacular work could date as far back as the 15th century.”
327
Iron and Brass Weight-Driven Tournebroche 18th century, comprising a motor, spit rod, and support, with turned wood blocks and bell. spit rod l. 49-1/2”; motor h. 13”, w. 15-1/2”, d. 7”
$300-$500
328
Wrought Iron Kitchen Crown and Hooks the circular domed crown with hanging hooks, and eight long hooks of varying lengths. crown h. 12”, dia. 7”; hooks l. 14-1/4” to 16”
$100-$200
329
Nine Antique Iron Kitchen Utensils 18th-19th century, including: a hinged squeezer, l. 18”; two skimmers, l. 22-1/4” and 18-1/2”; a wafer iron, l. 27”; three ladles, l. 18-3/4”, 19” and 14-1/4”; a straining ladle, l. 18”; and a spatula, l. 15-1/4”.
$150-$300
330
Collection of French Door Hardware ca. 1800, including a complex lock with handsome pierced scroll surround, h. 15-3/4”, w. 6-3/4”, and four vertical bolts, l. 24-3/4” to 38-3/4”, w. 2-1/2”.
$100-$200
331
Collection of Antique Iron Implements
including: four graduated grappling hooks, h. 4-3/4” to 13”; a small anchor, h. 11”, w. 8-3/4”; two eel/frog gigs, l. 20-1/4” and 54”; and a pull hook, 32”.
$50-$80
332
French Coupe-Marc Blade second half 19th century. l. 21-3/4”, w. 10-1/2”
$100-$200
The coupe-marc or tranche-marc was used in the cidermaking regions of Normandy to cut the first pressing of apples into cakes (“fluages”) for further pressing, and to cut the spent fluages into animal feed.
333
Vintage Iron Tools
including: a draw knife, l. 25-1/4”; three spiral augurs (two lacking the wood handle), l. 31”, 32-1/2” and 35”; a spoon-bit augur , l. 28-1/4”; and a hay knife, l. 36-1/2”
$150-$300
Accompanying this lot is a paperback copy of Eric Sloane’s Museum of Early American Tools, in which all of these tools are identified and illustratied.
Collection of Copper and Brass Cookware 18th-20th century, English, Continental and American, including:
a copper tea kettle, dovetailed with a wrought iron handle, h. 11”, dia. 7-1/4”, l. 10-1/2”; a brass tin-lined saucepan, h. 3-1/4”, dia. 7”, l. 14-1/4”; two large tin-lined copper saucepans, h. 5”, dia. 9-1/4”, l. 18” and h. 5-3/4”, dia. 8-3/4”, l. 10-3/4”; three large copper saucepans, h. 3-7/8”, dia. 7”, l. 16-/2”; h. 5-3/4”, dia. 3-3/4”, l. 18-1/2” and h. 1-1/4”, dia. 8”, l. 18-3/4”; two small graduated tin-lined copper saucepans with lids and iron handles, dovetailed, h. 3-1/2”, dia. 4-1/2”, l. 8” and h. 3-7/8”, dia. 5-1/2”, l. 10-1/2”; a copper candy kettle with iron handles h. 8”, dia. 10-1/2”; a Christofle silverplate-lined copper Dutch oven with lid, h. 5”, dia. 8”;
a large seamed, tin-lined copper spouted cup, h. 6-3/4”, w. 7-1/2”;
a tin-lined copper daubiere with lid, stamped “BT”, dovetailed construction, h. 6-1/2”, w. 9”, d. 5-1/4”; a copper open daubiere with iron handle, h. 3-1/2”, w. 8”, l. 11-1/4”; a copper and iron three-piece brazier, pierce with grapevines, h. 8”, w. 14”, l. 17-1/2”; a dovetailed copper Turk’s head mold, h. 4-1/2”, dia. 6”; and a tin-lined copper splayed saute pan with wrought iron handle, dia. 11-1/2”, l. 21-1/2”.
$500-$800
335
Two Tin Candle Molds 19th century, probably American, seamed construction, with handle, each with a dozen taper molds, one in pieces but complete. h. 10-1/2”, w. 7-1/2”, d. 4”
$150-$300
336
Powder Horn early 19th centuruy, with cross-hatched spout carved with heavy annular strap mounts, the domed wood end cap attached with brads and wire ring finial. l. 9-/4”, dia. 2-1/4”
$100-$200
337
Pair of Powder Horns
late 18th or early 19th century, both with turned decoration at the tip, one lacking the back plug and the upper iron cord ring.
l. 9-1/4” and 9-3/4”
$300-$500
338
Two Vintage Salt Horns both complete with base plug and tip, one with leather hanging strap.
l. 3-3/4” and 4”
$100-$200
339
Large Powder Horn
18th or 19th century, with steeply domed wood end cap with steel finial, the bulbous turned spout with annular strap rings.
l. 15”, dia. 2-3/4”
$100-$200
338
340
Large Powder Horn possibly 18th century, lacking top and bottom plug, with iron strap ring at collar.
l. 13-3/4”, base dia. 3-1/4”
$100-$200
341
Powder Horn 18th-19th century, with bulbous tip and annular strap ring, retaining remnants of twine strap, the end plug steeply domed wood and fixed with brads.
l. 10-1/4”, w. 3”
$100-$200
342
Three Powder Horns early to mid-19th century, including: one with carved annular and scallop banding and wood end plug, l. 8-1/4”; one carved with a bittern and fish, with high-domed wood end plug, l. 8-1/2”; and one with turned strap groove and turned wood dome, l. 11”; all lacking spout plug.
$200-$400
343
Three Powder Horns
19th century, all with domed wood end plugs and wide steel strap swivel rings and bulbous spouts with turned annular strap mounts; one with molded steel collar, one with orange accession number “9923.25”, one with broken tip. steel collar: l. 12-3/4”, dia. 2-3/4”; accession number: l. 17”, dia. 3-1/4”; broken tip: l. 14-1/4”, dia. 2-3/4”
$500-$800
344
Pair of Cattle Horns the matched pair cleaned and cut, excellent material for powder horns. l. 16-1/4” and 17”, dia. 3”
$100-$200
345
Three Powder Horns including:
one with carved initials “CB”, no plugs, l. 12-1/2”, dia. 2-3/8”; one with wood end plug only, severe insect damage, l. 9-1/4”, dia. 2-1/4”; and one with butt end rough cut but otherwise unfinished, l. 15-1/4”, dia. 2-3/4”.
$100-$200
346
Flattened Powder Horn etched with a knife on one side and a rifle on the other, all among circles, stars and crescents, with brass end cap, mechanical spout (detached but present) and strap rings.
l. 8-3/4”, w. 2-3/4”
$250-$400
347
Small Powder Horn the spout with indented-carved strap mounts, the slightly domed wood end plug fixed with brads and with detachable figural wood loading finial in the form of a human head.
l. 7”, w. 2-1/4”
$300-$500
348
Powder Horn with flat wood end cap held with brads, initialed “GXR”, notched at the spout for a strap, plain wood spout plug.
l. 8”, dia. 2-5/8”
$75-$125
349
Screw-Tip Powder Horn
the large size horn with heavily turned spout with thumbscrew plug, the rounded end cap with threaded wood refill plug, drilled for a string.
l. 12”, base dia. 2-1/4”
$125-$250
350 Powder Horn
19th century, nicely carved with two roosting owls and a diving swallowtail kite, with domed wood end cap, steel collars at the cap and tip, the latter between turned annular bands and with strap ring, with bulbous tip.
l. 13-1/2”, dia. 3”
$400-$700
351
New Orleans Powder Horn the steeply domed end plug with nickel silver boss monogrammed “HW” with milled nickel silver collar and strap rings (one retaining a fragment of the original leather strap).
l. 14-1/2”, dia. 3-1/2”
$1,000-$1,500
See Tom Grinslade, Powder Horns: Documents of History (Texarkana, Texas: Scurlock, 2009), p. 140 for a near-identical example.
352
Large, Rare New Orleans Silver-Mounted Powder Horn second quarter 19th century, probably Hyde & Goodrich, with molded silver collars at the cap and spout, both with wide strap swivel, with steeply domed wood end cap, the bulbous spout with silver tip.
l. 13-1/4”, dia. 3”
$900-$1,200
The metal band, steeply domed cap and wide strap rings are all characteristic of New Orleans powder horns. See Tom Grinslade, Powder Horns: Documents of History (Texarkana, Texas: Scurlock, 2009), p. 140. The silver banding here is quite rare and, at the time, Hyde & Goodrich were the only outlet in New Orleans likely capable of producing such an item.
353
Inscribed Texas Powder Horn inscribed “Geo. N[obl?]es Jr. / Eagle Pass Tex.” with a third indecipherable line, lacking both plugs.
l. 9-1/2”
$150-$300
354
Reference Books on Powder Horns and Flasks including books on their history and manufacture, and a French magazine with article on “poires a poudre” (four books and one magazine).
$125-$250
Complete list of titles available on request.
356
Robbins & Lawrence Jennings Percussion Breech Loading Rifle
355
U.S. Model 1841 “Mississippi” Remington Percussion Rifle
1849, Herkimer County New York, .54 caliber, the lock engraved “Remington’s / Herkimer / N.Y.” and dated “1819”, with extra nipple in the brass patch box, the stock cracked.
l. 48-3/4”
$1,200-$1,800
patented 1849, .54 caliber “Rocket Ball”, made from an unsuccessful Jennings repeater rifle as a single shot, the tubular magazine reduced in size to hold the ramrod, loading from the right side with automatic pill primer on the top, complete with the original combination ram/cleaning rod, engraved “30” underneath. Nonfunctioning.
l. 43-3/4”
$3,500-$5,000
357
Single Shot Breech-Loading Percussion Rifle with underhammer percussion, the heavy barrel unscrewing to load from the breech and then screwing back onto the stock and lockwork, with brass front sight and no rear sight.
l. 37-1/4”
$200-$400
358
German Cape Gun ca. 1850, by G. & W. Pistor, Schmalkalden, serial number 5053, double barrel with the right rifled and the left smooth bore for combination rifle/shotgun usage, partial checked stock, excellent pineapple decoration in front of the trigger guard and unusual nipple protectors, lacking the wooden ramrod, part of the carved finger support from behind the trigger support loose.
l. 45-3/4”
$700-$1,000
359
Enfield Tower Percussion Cap 1862 Musket the trigger tang marked “LSM” with different and older die stamped “1/H/2”, engraved on the butt “RSP” and on the receiver with a crown, with the original ramrod, the stock cracked and with old battlefield repair (brass strap pinned and screwed to the stock).
l. 54-1/4”
$400-$700
360
Papier-Mache Powder Flask with threaded papier-mache spout and cap.
l. 5-1/2”, w. 2-1/2”
$75-$125
Joubert records that he found this unusual flask in Boston, which may or may not be a clue to its origin.
361
Colt 1851 Silverplated Slant-Spout Navy Powder Flask brass with steel closing spring, retaining much of its original silver plating, embossed on both sides with eagle, flags, cannon and militaria.
l. 6-3/4”, w. 3”
$1,200-$1,800
361
362
Derringer Powder Flask mid-19th century, 2 oz., copper with brass fittings, the body embossed with shell design, broken return spring.
l. 4-1/2”
$100-$200
363
363
362
New Orleans-Retailed Philadelphia Deringer 1850s, by Henry Deringer, Philadelphia, the standard size deringer with nickel silver fittings, the barrel and lock both marked “Deringer/Philadel.”, the top of the barrel faintly marked “Hyde & Goodrich / N.O.”.
l. 7”
$2,500-$5,000
Literature: For details regarding Deringer’s association with Hyde & Goodrich and an illustration of a similar pistol, see R.L. Wilson & L.D. Eberhart, The Deringer in America, vol. 1: The Percussion Period (Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray, 1985), p. 26, fig. 17 & pp. 161-162.
364
Philadelphia Pocket Deringer ca. 1855, by Henry Deringer, Philadelphia, the smallest size caplock pocket Deringer, with decorated German silver fittings, the lockplate and barrel both stamped “Deringer/ Philadel.”, engraved (but not initialed) shield on the back of the stock, the barrel muzzle with seven notches for help in starting ball centering in barrel.
l. 4-1/2”
$3,000-$5,000
365
Remington New Model (1851) Percussion Navy Revolver and Components
.36 caliber, serial No. 30390 on bottom of barrel, “MB” stamped on left side of brass trigger guard, presented in the remains of original case with original and contemporaneous components: a slant-spout New Model powder flask, a Colt’s Cartridge works 6-round packet for revolving belt pistols with two visible orginal rounds visible through torn top of packet, an Eley Brothers, London, percussion cap tin with thirteen caps, an unmarked .36 caliber bullet mold for one round ball and one pointed projectile, and an unlidded tin with several loose caps and one pointed projectile, all in a later wooden case.
pistol l. 13-1/4”; flask l. 6-1/2”; case 2” x 7” x 15-3/4”; outer case 5-1/4” x 9” x 18”
$4,000-$7,000
Accompanying the lot is a copy of the November 2003 issue of <I>American Rifleman</I>, which includes the article “Civil War Remingtons” by John D. McAulay, where a similar cased example is shown on pp. 60-61.
366
Percussion Pistol
mid-1800s, with all steel fittings, decorated with line engraving on the steel and a carved flower on top of the stock, with original ram/cleaning rod, the barrel marked with a cross, three escutcheons and a crown over “SAN/TOS”.
l. 14”
$200-$400
367
English Percussion Horse Pistol third quarter 19th century, .67 caliber, the lock marked “Poonah / Irregular / Horse”, the barrel marked “Garden & Son 200 Piccadilly London” (active 1878-1888), with nickel silver fittings, swivel ramrod, unengraved plaque at the top of the stock, lion’s-masque butt plate with lanyard ring and simple engraving on the metal parts. l. 15-1/2”
$500-$800
The Poonah Irregular Horse Regiment (later 34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse) were known by that name 1847-1861 as part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army.
368
Blacksmith-Made Percussion Pistol with parts from various guns and hand-made stock (with period repair).
l. 12”
$150-$300
An example of the sort of rough personal sidearm available to Americans in the early to mid- 1800s, there being no firearms manufactory in early America other than for the military.
369
Blacksmith-Made Percussion Pistol with parts from various guns and hand-made stock; the barrel engraved “London” (probably false as it bears no proof marks and the metal appears to be nickel silver), the other parts steel, the butt with patchbox. l. 12-3/4”
$100-$200
370
Books on American Rifles including works on Winchesters, Springfields, fowlers, muskets, regional rifles (Kentucky, Pennsylvania and North Carolina), and others. (12 books total)
$200-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
371
Books on American Pistols including references on Colts, Derringers, Simeon North, dueling and other topics. (10 books total)
$150-$300
Complete list of titles available on request.
372
Books on American Firearms and Equipage including references on small, sea and sail arms, Horstmann’s equipage and others. (12 books total)
$125-$250
Complete list of titles available on request.
373
J. Howard Mathews, Firearms Identification Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press (1962), two volumes. The first edition of the seminal and still authoritative book on forensic ballistics. 11-1/2” x 9”
$75-$125
374
Large Collection of Books on Gunsmithing, Values and Catalogues including books on bullet molds, cartridge conversions, guncrafting metal- and woodwork, cleaning and restoration, with several price guides and sale catalogues. (46 books total)
$250-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
375
Czech Napoleonic War Era Silver Campaign Candlestands 1813, Prague, by Josef Fortner (1768-1849; Master 1794), 13 lot (.813) silver, each with a saucer-shaped base and detachable cannon-form nozzle, opposingly threaded to permit the bases to be screwed together, the nozzles inside, for travel. h. 2-3/4”, dia. 4”; 9.99 total t. oz.
$400-$700
376
Four Pieces of French Silver “Fiddle Thread” Flatware Paris, including: a place spoon, 1777-1778, Pierre Nicolas Somme, l. 8”; a place fork, 1819-1838, Louis-Patient Cottat, monogrammed “LB”, l. 8-1/4”; a teaspoon, 1819-1838, Pierre Cincinnatus Lorillon, l. 5-1/4”; and a teaspoon, 1819-1838, the maker’s mark rubbed, l. 5-3/8”. 6.98 total t. oz.
$125-$250
377
French Second Empire Silver Beaker third quarter 19th century, by Louis Alexandre Bruneau (18021865), Paris, probably first standard (.950) silver, of traditional tapering cylindrical form with molded rim, inscribed “Felix Manade”. h. 3-1/4”, dia. 3”; 2.31 t. oz.
$100-$200
The French export mark on this lot, as well as the record of a Felix Maurice Manade (1872-1937) born in New Orleans to Vidian Maurice Manade and his wife Marie Carmelite Brancy, strongly suggest that it was a christening cup imported from France to New Orleans for the still-prominent Creole community in the 1970s.
378
Nine Pieces of Antique Continental Silver including: a Dutch “Hanoverian” fork, Leeuwarden, ca. 1775, the marks rubbed, l. 7-1/4”; a Dutch “Hanoverian” teaspoon, Groningen, 1834, by Nanno Folmer, inscribed “HB / 1834”, l. 6-1/2”; a German “coffin” tablespoon, Bavaria, ca. 1840, marked “Klein”, l. 8-1/2”;
three Russian “fiddle” coffee spoons, 1841, St. Petersburg, by Otto Pettelius, monogrammed “AL with baronial crown”, l. 4”; a French “lancet” tablespoon, Strasbourg, ca. 1845, by Charles Auguste Buttner, l. 8-1/2”; a Polish “fiddle” teaspoon, Warsaw, 1861, by Karol Filip Malcz, l. 6”; and
a Dutch “Hanoverian” dessert spoon, the Hague, 1888, by N.M. van Kempen en zonen. l. 7”.
8.43 total t. oz.
$400-$700
379
Six 19th-Century German Silver Tablespoons Bremen, ca. 1850, by Johann Georg Brennecke (1800-1875; master 1829), “fiddle” pattern, monogrammed “SB”. l. 8-7/8”; 12.18 total t. oz.
$400-$700
380
German Silver Sweets Basket second quarter 20th century, Martin Mayer, Mainz, .800 silver, oval with upswept ends, the pierced sides decorated with engraved birds among flowers, with swing handle en suite.
h. 2-1/2” (5-1/2” with handle), l. 5-1/4”, w. 3-3/4”; 4.04. t. oz.
$100-$200
381
Silver Waiter 20th century, unmarked, rectangular with shell-and-scroll border, inscribed “Antas / Antalya General Transport / Corp”. l. 9-7/8”, w. 6”; 9.13 t. oz.
$125-$250
382
Eigil Jensen (1917-2002) Sterling Silver “Leaf” Necklace third quarter 20th century, for Anton Michelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, comprising thirty-one identical engraved leaf-shaped links to a plunger-hinge clasp. h. 1-1/4”, l. 15-1/2”; 3.75 t. oz.
$1,000-$1,500
383
Pair of Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Napkin Rings second quarter 20th century, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Oscar Gundlach Pedersen (1886-1960), of triangular form with stepped sides and pierced top, with the 1933-1944 Jensen “GJ” mark.
h. 1-1/4”, w. 1-7/8”; 2.89 total t. oz.
$150-$300
384
Books on Jewelry and Jewelry Making including works on Faberge, ethnic jewelry, enamels, precious metal refining, design, etc. (14 books total)
$150-$300
Complete list of titles available on request.
385
General References on Arms and Armor including works on firearms and their decoration, history and development. (23 books total)
$200-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
386
Reference Works on Edged Weapons including books on bayonets, swords, and military and other knives. (20 books total)
$200-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
387
Unusual “Baker Pattern 1810”-Style Bayonet probably of Indian manufacture, the all-metal hilt with crude rose-engraved langet and faux wire-wrapped hilt. blade l. 21-1/4”, overall l. 25-3/4”
$200-$400
388
French Model 1822 Light Cavalry Sabre the blade by the Royal Manufactory in Klingenthal, BasRhin, October 1832, and so marked on the spine, the hilt with three-arm cage and leather- and wire-wrapped grip (the wire loose with parts lacking); the scabbard with single ring.
blade l. 35-1/4”, overall l. 40-3/4” (with scabbard 43”)
$125-$250
389
European Cavalry Sabre mid-19th century, unmarked, the D-shaped hand guard with brass fittings, the grip retaining leather covering but lacking wire wrapping; the leather scabbard with brass fittings, the tip of the endcap broken. blade l. 29”, overall l. 33”
$200-$400
390
Austrian Model 1850 Cavalry Officer’s Sabre the bright steel blade single edged and fulled on right side, made by Weyersberg & Stamm, Solingen and so marked on the left side, the right side with the mark of Czech outfitter “Eduard J. Bittner / Prag” on the right, the hilt with pierced and scroll-decorated guard, the grip with wirestrapped shagreen; with bright steel scabbard. blade l. 35-1/2”, overall l. 41-1/2” (44-1/4” with scabbard)
$125-$250
391
After Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler (British, 1846-1933)
“Return From Inkerman, Sunday, November 5th,1854: It was a glorious day for the British Army (Extract from Lord Raglan’s Dispatch)” photogravure by permission of the Fine Art Society, London. Glazed and framed.
sight 18-1/2” x 29”, framed 23-1/4” x 34”
$100-$150
The print depicted the retreat from the Battle of Inkerman where exhausted and wounded British soldiers from the Coldstream Guards and 20th East Devonshire regiments marched back to their camp during the Crimean War. Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler achieved critical acclaim for her historical paintings of British military conflicts.
392
Hand-Forged Light Sabre probably late 19th century with crude forged steel blade and three-arm hand guard, the round grip leatherwrapped; with original hand-tooled leather scabbard (small part of end lacking). blade l. 28-1/2”, overall l. 32-3/4”
$75-$125
393
Trefoil Smallsword mid-19th century, the blade with concave center and engraved decoration, the cast brass hilt with morion pommel, the grip retaining most of its wire wrapping though loose; no scabbard. blade l. 32-1/4”, overall l. 39”
$200-$400
394
Modified German Model 1884/1898 Sawback Bayonet the sawback ground to a plain spine, by Gottlieb Hammesfahr, Solingen a.d. Foche, and so marked on the ricasso; with the original scabbard. blade l. 10”, overall l. 15-1/4” (16” with scabbard)
$75-$125
395
Prussian Officer’s Cavalry Sabre early 20th century, Alexander Coppel, Solingen, the blade with etched decoration and mark of military outfitter Heinrich Bracht, the hilt with crossed sabres Cavalry insignia on a foliate background on the langet and a plain reverse langet, with decorated flat knuckle bow and back strap, lionís-head pommel and “puma’shead” cross guard finial; with black steel scabbard. blade l. 31-1/2”, overall l. 36-5/8” (37-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
394
396
Italian Model 1891 Carcano Bayonet
Fabbrica d’Armi di Terni and so marked on the ricasso, the guard with number XF4372; with the original brassmounted leather scabbard. blade l. 11-3/4”, overall l. 16-1/4” (17” with scabbard)
$50-$80
397
Three French M-15 Adrian Helmets all retaining their liners and chin straps, including: one with Infantry plate, h. 5-1/2”, l. 11”, w. 8”; one with Zouvaes plate, h. 6-1/4”, l. 12”, w. 8-3/4”; and one with the plate lacking, h. 6”, l. 11-1/2”, w. 8-1/2”.
$300-$500
398
French Model 1882 Infantry Officer’s Sword 1909, the blade engraved “Manufacture nationale d’armes de Chatellerault. Aout 1909 Off.er d’Inf.rie M..le 1882”, the hilt with plated steel four-arm guard cage, the horn grip with insect losses but retaining its wire wrap, the plated scabbard with brass fittings. blade l. 33-1/4”, overall l. 39-1/2” (41-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
399
French Double Action Chamelot-Delvigne Service
Revolver model 1874, with half octagonal/half round barrel, the only legible marking on left flat of barrel: “M” & “J”, each in a circle.
l. 10-1/2”
$200-$400 398
397
400
Belgian Folding Trigger Pin Fire Revolver mid-19th century, the small size, six-shot revolver with screwin cartridge ejector rod in the bottom of the butt.
l. 7-1/4”
$75-$125
401
Belgian Pin-Fire Folding Trigger Revolver ca. 1880, with engraved octagonal barrel, cylinder and frame, the unloading bolt lacking, with relief scroll-embossed guttapercha grips.
l. 7-1/4”
$100-$200
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402
Montenegrin Gasser Model 1870 Revolver possibly Belgian, standard issue adopted by the AustroHungarian cavalry in 1870, the frame marked "Dassen / Patent / Guss-Stahl", "GM" crowned, crossed keys, and "LG / Schutzmark around a candle, the the receiver and cylinder stamped "14397".
l. 6-1/2” 100-200
403
W. Tranter Patent “House Defence” Revolver ca. 1868-1880, serial number 38210, brass frame with foliate engraving, rimfire with loading gate, the butt with screw-in ejector rod, retailed by W. Watson & Sons, London.
l. 6-1/2”
$75-$125
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French Model 1892 Revolver 1895, Ste. Etienne, all original, serial number F66001, marked “M.re d’Armes / Ste. Eti--”, various proof marks. l. 10-1/2”
$250-$400
405
German Single Shot Parlor Pistol ca. 1890, .22 fulbert, with half octagon, half round barrel, the saw handle with checkered grip. l. 13-1/4”
$75-$125
The Parlor Pistol was a very low-power cartridge model used for indoor target shooting, usually in saloons, beer halls and athletic clubs. The barroom sport, as popular in its time as darts are today, was at its height from 1870 to WWI (the carnage of the latter a significant factor in its decline).
406
J. P. Clabrough & Bros. Shotgun ca. 1883-94, London, serial number 16785, outside hammer double shotgun, extensively engraved on most metal parts and the butt; with checkered stock (broken with section missing), unengraved shield on the bottom of the stock, one screw lacking on back of trigger guard. l. 47-1/4”
$150-$300
407
Archaic-Style Chinese Bronze Short Sword (“Jian”) in the manner of the Zhou Dynasty, the long pointed blade with beveled edges and a long median ridge, traces of an inscription on one side, the grip flaring with open pommel.
blade l. 13”, overall l. 16-1/2”
$200-$400
408
Southeast Asian Flintlock “Walking Stick” Gun early 1800s, hand-wrought, the crude flintlock mechanism with all springs and trigger on the outside of the lock, with wooden muzzle plug to convert to a walking stick, with three sheet brass and one steel barrel strap.
l. 34-7/8”
$200-$400
The hammer has no adjustment to tighten the flint, which must, therefore, be friction-wedged into place.
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Southeast Asian Dha with curved and slightly tapering blade, the round grip wrapped with braided rattan and with pinned multi-layer steel end cap; with plain wood scabbard (split). blade l. 22”, overall l. 31-1/4” (32” with scabbard)
$100-$200
410
Asian Matchlock Long Gun 18th/19th century, South China or Vietnam, the crude blacksmith-made weapon with pistol grip and simple outside trigger. l. 60”
$300-$500
Provenance: Purchased from Codman Parkinson, early 2000s.
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19th-Century Asian Fighting Sword the slightly curved, single-edge blade double-fullered on each side, with engraved brass guard and pommel and ribbon-wrapped grip; the shagreen-covered wood scabbard with brass rings and mounts, the chape lacking. blade l. 22-1/2”, overall l. 28” (29-1/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
412
Chinese Oxtail Sword (“Niuweidao”) late 19th century, the curved blade double-fulled on each side, the hilt with brass guard and pommel and cloth tape-wrapped grip, the shagreen scabbard with brass fittings.
blade l. 26”, overall l. 33-1/4” (35” with scabbard)
$150-$300
413
Chinese “Niuweidao” Paper Knife in the form of a miniature Chinese oxtail sword (“niuweidao”), complete with sharpened, fulled steel blade, brass guard and pommel, cloth tape-wrapped grip (with losses to the wrapping) and shagreen scabbard with brass fittings.
l. 7” (7-1/4” with scabbard)
$100-$200
414
Southern Chinese Butterfly Sword (“Hudiedao”) 19th century, with tapered blade, the hilt with simple iron hand guard and carved wood grip with brass bands; no scabbard.
blade l. 21-3/4”, overall l. 26-1/2”
$75-$125
415
Unusual Polearm possibly Chinese, with a blacksmith-made hacking knife blade with hooked spine, the tang mounted with iron rings to a staff to form a polearm. blade l. 11-1/4” (to tang 17”), overall l. 77”
$40-$70
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Chinese Polearm Blade (“Guandao”) probably late Qing Dynasty, relic condition, no handle. l. 25”
$150-$300
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Chinese Anti-Cavalry Sword (“Zhanmadao”) late 19th century, with full blade, brass guard, socket, with iron rivets through the split wood shaft at the tang and end. blade l. 26”, overall l. 66-1/4”
$150-$300
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Chinese Anti-Cavalry Sword (“Zhanmadao”) 18th/19th century, the blade joined to the shaft with several iron bands, the shaft carved with ideograms. blade l. 20”, overall l. 78”
$150-$300
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Chinese Great Sword (“Dadao”) 19th century, blade with two small fullers, the hilt with brass cross guard and rope-wrapped grip and ring pommel.
blade l. 20-3/4”, overall l. 29-1/2”
$125-$250
420
Chinese Great Sword (“Dadao”) 19th or 20th century, with wide, up-curved, single-edge blade, the cloth-covered grip and ring pommel with Chinese characters in ink.
blade l. 24-1/2”, overall l. 34”
$300-$500
421
Pair of Chinese Hook Swords (“Hu Tou Gou”) late 19th century, also called tiger swords or sun and moon swords, the hooked blades of rounded diamond section, with second crescent blade above the cloth ribbon-wrapped grip.
l. 37-1/4”
$150-$300
422
Chinese Short Sword Tongzhi era, with scimitar-shaped blade, quatrefoil guard and carved wood “pistol” grip; no scabbard. blade l. 12-1/2”, overall l. 17-1/2”
$100-$200
Joubert was active in several online forums and posted this piece on one in 2014. He noted that he had had it for over 20 years at the time. He said, “It came to me through a man who was married to a Chinese woman from Tianjin, whose father had some political position which gave him access to some warehouses in that city. These warehouses held property that was supposedly rounded up during the Cultural Revolution, when anybody who thought they had something to worry about did their best to cut all cultural and material ties with the old regime. . . . When I was studying in Xi’an in 1987 I repeatedly heard of this ‘warehouse’ from contacts who were aware of things being very slowly filtered out for sale in the government approved antique shops.”
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Two Books on Chinese Antiquities
Chinese text with photographs, including: Chinese History Museum, vol. 5 (Beijing: Literary Works, 1994), boxed; and Cultural Relics Excavated During the Cultural Revolution (Beijing, Bunmono, 1973), slipcased. each 14-1/4” x 10-1/2” (excluding case/box)
$200-$400 421 422
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Chinese Export Silver Water Pipe first quarter 20th century, Wang Hing, Canton and Shanghai, of traditional form, the base with good luck symbols, lacking some fittings.
l. 4-3/4”, w. 1”; 0.87 t. oz.
$100-$200
425
Three Chinese Export Silver Spoons including:
a “Hanoverian” tablespoon with rattail drop, marked with ideograms, l. 8”;
a Wang Ching, Shanghai and Canton, “Fiddle” dessert spoon, l. 7”; and
a Souvenir spoon with plum bowl, marked with ideograms, l. 5”.
4.22 total t. oz.
$200-$400
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Chinese Lotus Shoes 20th century, Shanxi Region, “bootie” style, silk with embroidered ribbon banding and quilted covered bamboo soles.
h. 4-1/4”, l. 5-1/2”, w. 2-1/2”
$100-$200
427
Small Chinese Knife
ca. 1900, with horn grip, the wood scabbard with shagreen cover, brass ends and chain suspension ring.
blade l. 1-7/8”, overall l. 3-1/4” (3-3/8” with scabbard)
$50-$80
428
Sino-Vietnamese Fighting Knife
late 19th/early 20th century, the tapered, spearpoint blade with thick spine and clip-outs at the ricasso, with decorated brass guard, mounts and pommel and carved bone grip; with the original leather scabbard.
blade l. 7-5/8”, overall l. 11-5/8” (12-1/4” with scabbard))
$100-$200
429
Tibetan Dragon Dagger
early 20th century, the blade with etched stars and ideograms, the embossed brass hilt with wire wrapping; the brass scabbard embossed with a dragon.
blade l. 5-1/2”, overall l. 8-1/2” (9-1/4” with scabbard)
$125-$250
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Tibetan Utility Knife with single edge pointed blade, the handle with steel fittings and stacked and applied celluloid grip; presented in a steel, brass and copper scabbard with attachment ring and fitting for another utensil, now lacking.
blade l. 3-1/2”, overall l. 6-3/4” (8-1/2” with scabbard)
$50-$80
Joubert notes that he purchased this lot in Chengdu (the “gateway to Tibet”) for 6.80 yuan.
431
Vintage Korean Lady’s Dagger (“Eunjangdo”) with fulled single-edge blade, the handle with bone and ebony grips in copper mounts with steel butt cap and later aluminum collar; with openwork steel scabbard on wood decorated with mythical creatures. blade l. 3-1/2”, overall l. 6-1/4” (8-1/4” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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Mongolian Dagger
the double-edged blade with woodgrain etching, the horn grip with brass mounts, with the original brass and shagreen scabbard.
blade l. 8-1/2”, overall l. 13-1/4” (14-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
433
Chinese Wide Fighting Knife
Taiping Rebellion Era (1850-1864), the wide single-edge blade with thick spine, with brass guard and pommel and carved wood grip; with the original black leather scabbard.
blade l. 10-3/4”, overall l. 15-1/4”
$100-$200
The five notches carved into the top of the grip of this knife led Joubert to speculate that it belonged to a member of the Small Swords Society: a political and military organization active in Shanghai and in rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.
434
Colt Single Action Army Model 1873 Revolver ca. 1878, matching serial number 46218 on frame, trigger guard and backstrap, mismatched cylinder, grips lacking, 5-1/2” barrel. l. 12”
$700-$1,000
Nice example of an early SAA for age and heavy use. The pitting looks as if the gun were left in blood - possibly after a gunfight - before being found.
435
Colt 4-1/2” Octagon Barrel Revolver
ca. 1873-1875, one of about 2,000 made by conversion of Civil War-era small frame percussion revolvers, with brass trigger guard and backstrap, marked with patent dates (July 25, 1871 AND July 2, 1872), “36 Cal” and matching serial numbers “17905”. l. 9-1/2”
$700-$1,000
436
U.S. Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle Relic including a broken stock reassembled with pieces lacking, a lockplate and hammer marked with an eagle and “U.S. / Springfield / 1873”, a trigger guard and trigger cone screw loose with hole too large for it, saddle bar and ring, barrel band with inspector’s stamp “U”, and barrel band locking spring, presented in a custom wooden case. l. 29-1/2”, case 3-1/4” x 31-3/8” x 7”
$300-$500
This lot is accompanied by a handwritten tag “M 1873 Springrield Custer Carbine Parts. Recovered from Sioux Camp at Little Big Horn” with no further identification of verification of this purported provenance.
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Springfield Armory Model 1872 Staff & Field Officer’s Sword with typical etched blade and eagle motifs on guard, inspector’s mark “GCS” on ricasso; with scabbard. blade l. 31”, overall l. 37-1/4” (39” with scabbard)
$150-$300
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US Model 1872 Cavalry Officer’s Sabre
Spanish American War period, by the Cincinnati Regalia Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and so marked on the ricasso, the blade etched with scrolls and the American eagle on one side and “US” on the other, the gilt brass hilt with American shield cap and eagle on the hand guard, the grip shagreen covered and gilt wire-wrapped; the plated steel scabbard with gilt brass fittings. blade l. 34”, overall l. 39-1/2” (40-3/8” with scabbard)
$200-$400
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Spanish American War Gear some with New Jersey insignia, including: a socket bayonet and scabbard with New Jersey frog, a cartridge belt with New Jersey buckle, a card of twentyfour New Jersey National Guard buttons, Scoville Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Connecticut; together with a campaign hat, leather gauntlets, goggles, a canvas haversack (3rd Infantry) with leather strap, a canteen with canvas cover (86th Infantry) and leather strap, a canvas shotgun belt, and a US marked cup.
$250-$400
440
Stevens Diamond No. 43 First Issue Single Shot .22 Pistol
ca. 1896, firing pin in frame with bushing, the rear site adjustable with a crew, the front site adjustable in its dovetail, the barrel locking block lacking. l. 9”
$75-$125
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Two Late 19th-Century American Pocket Pistols including: a Remington double derringer, .41 RF type II, l. 4-3/4”; and a Mexican or European copy of a Colt First Model Derringer, approx. .32 RF (unlike the .41 RF Colt), incomplete and in relic condition, l. 5-1/4”.
$150-$300
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Converted US Model 1905 Bayonet Fighting Knife
Haitian occupation, the blade from a Springfield Armory Model 1905 Bayonet, the ricasso dated and marked “S A 1911” with the “flaming bomb” trademark opposing “US 480761”, shortened and with ground swage, the barrel ring of the guard ground off, with stitched and riveted leather scabbard etched “Haiti / USMC / 1919”.
blade l. 8-1/4”, overall l. 12-3/4” (13-1/4” with scabbard)
$100-$200
Woodrow Wilson, at the urging of U.S. bankers, ordered the occupation of Haiti in 1915 to stabilize its government and economy. Marines were outfitted with surplus Army equipment, much of it modified to suit their needs; this lot is a good example of this utility.
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Three Bayonets including:
a French Model 1886 Lebel, the first and longest version of the model, with cruciform blade; with scabbard; blade l. 20-1/4”, overall l. 25” (26-3/4” with scabbard);
an Uruguayan Model 1900 Mauser with cruciform blade and all brass handle; no scabbard; blade l. 20-1/4”, overall l. 25”; and a Japanese Type 30 first model in the series by the Tokyo Arsenal prior to 1936; with scabbard; blade l. 15-1/2”, overall l. 20” (20-3/4” with scabbard).
$200-$400
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“Detachment of Balloon Troops. Cavalry Attack on a Balloon Detachment (German Army)”, 1899 chromolithograph signed “Werner” in plate lower left, and copyright and dated in plate lower right. Published by The Werner Co., Akron, Ohio. Glazed and framed.
sight 10-1/2” x 12-1/2”, framed 14-1/2” x 18-1/2”
$150-$300
445
Two Medals of Lighter-than-Air Flight Interest including: a Paris Exhibition Balloon Medal, 1878, gilt copper or bronze, engraved by Charles Tissot, the obverse with a scene of Henry Giffard’s tethered balloon over the Tuileries and lettering ìPanorama de Paris 1878î, the reverse with lettering ìSouvenir de Mon Ascension Dans le Grand Ballon Captif a Vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffardî, dia. 1.98” (50.5 mm), with suspension ring and tricoleur ribbon, within a gilt-banded paper mat and molded wooden oval frame, h. 7”, dia. 6-1/4”; and an Edward VII Balloon School Coronation Medal, 1901, silver, engraved by Arthur Fenwick, the obverse with conjoined crowned busts of Edward VII and Alexandra and lettering ìH M Edward VII King H M Alexandra Queen Proclaimed 1901î, the reverse with an airship in flight over London and lettering ìBalloon School Royal Engineersî, 1.3” (dia. 33 mm), 0.57 t. oz.
$100-$200
The first medal here was presented to all passengers who ascended in Monsieur Giffard’s balloon at the Paris Exhibition. Giffard invented the dirigible in 1852: the first powered and steerable lighter-than-air craft. The second medal shows the first British military airship, British Army Dirigible No. 1, christened “Nulli Secundis” by Edward VII. The medal was optimistic, as the craft was not flown until September, 1907 and, unfortunately, was so badly buffeted by winds at the Crystal Palace a month later that it was dismantled and its frame used to create Nulli Secundis II a year later.
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Luftschiffer Presentation Stein first quarter 20th century, the porcelain body titled “1. Marine Luftschiffer Regt. (Tondern) 1912-13” and centering an illustration of airship L23 in flight within a laurel wreath, flanked by an airship, a warship, a biplane, and a clipper ship, with legends in banners, all framed by horizontal gilt laurel banding and vertical names of crewmembers, the pewter lid with displayed eagle finial and laurels in relief and the legend “Hoch Lebe Der Reservemann”, the bottom impressed with a seated female figure. h. 11”, dia. 4”
$75-$125
Zeppelin L23 was built under construction number LZ 66 as a “Luftschiff” for the military and first saw service as L23 on 8 April 1916 and went on a total of 51 reconnaissance missions as well as on three bombing missions on England. On 22 August 1917 it was shot down by a British naval plane and totally destroyed with no survivors.
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French School
Early 20th Century
“Over Paris: Propeller Airplane Flying by Eiffel Tower” gelatin silver print unsigned, and inscription with provenance en verso of backing paper. Matted, glazed and framed. sheet 20” x 16”, framed 25” x 19”
$100-$200
Provenance: Estate of Charles L. “Pie” Dufour, 1992.
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Two Vintage UAV Propellers each of laminated birch with four bolt holes and painted red tips.
l. 26” and 30”
$100-$200
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Large Wooden Propeller of laminated hardwood, with old alligatored surface; accompanied by a wall-mounting block.
l. 99-1/2”, blade w. 9-1/2”, center dia. 7-1/4”, d. 3-3/4”
$300-$500
450
Books on Civil and Military Aviation including several titles in Kenneth Munson’s series on military aircraft, with works on early aviation successes and failures, warplanes, armament, combat helmets, equipment and clothing, etc. (28 books total)
$200-$400
Complete list of titles available on request.
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Two Painted Zinc Models of Early British Aircraft 20th century, including: a red 1911 Roe IV triplane , l. 18-1/2”, w. 18”; and a blue 1912 Blackburn monoplane, l. 17”, w. 17-1/2”.
$100-$200
452
Unknown Photographer
Early to Mid-20th Century “Pilot in the Cockpit” color-enhanced gelatin silver print illegibly signed lower right, and “Aitken Dott & Son, Carvers & Gilders, 26 So. Castle St., Edinburgh” label en verso.
Matted, glazed and framed. sight 19-1/2” x 8-1/2”, framed 25-3/4” x 14-3/4”
$150-$300
453
Collection of Flight Helmets and Headgear including: an HS-33A CBRR headset comprising ANB-H-1 receivers and HB-7 headband, a Type D-1 USAAF cold weather face mask, Polaroid M-1087 instrument flying training goggles and M1021 all-purpose goggles with normal, bright and dark lenses, with instructions, all in an M-1944 goggles box, an M4-A2 flak helmet, a USN training helmet, an AN-H-15 USAAF canvas flight helmet, size medium, two A-9 canvas flight helmets, size medium and large, an A-11 leather flight helmet, a leather flight helmet with internal wiring similar to the German LKpW-101, possibly Soviet, and seven other leather flight caps, some likely civilian.
$500-$800
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2nd Lt. William Webster Deadman (1897-1980), USAAS, WWI
a collection of his uniform, gear and papers, including: his foot locker, service cap, Cohen Bros., Jacksonville, Florida, olive drab wool, M-17 Service Coat, Lloyd & Co., Paris, olive drab wool, with silver embroidered Military Aviator Wing badge, Air Service branch collar insignia, 2nd Lt. bars, M-17 Service Breeches, olive drab wool, leather flight helmet, two pairs of socks, flight spectacles with case, flight goggles with case, stopwatch (not functional) with braided leather lanyard, a leather case with medals and insignia (WWI victory medal, USMC pistol sharpshooter badge, U.S. Reserve insignia, 347th Artillery pin, Lieutenantís bar, YMCA Indian Guide pin, a USAAS ìSon in Serviceî pin, two French brass medals - Verdun and Army Orphans - and pair of Infantry officerís collar pins ìSMA/D”), personal and professional papers with his pilotís book, an accordion file with his orders, promotion, pay vouchers etc., his birth and death certificates, honorable discharge papers, a 1917 booklet on airplane identification, photographs and other ephemera.
$200-$400
William Webster Deadman was born on July 17, 1897, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to veterinary surgeon John F. Deadman and his wife Sophronia Eagle. He attended St. Johnís Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin where he was trained as an auto mechanic. He enlisted in the US Army on October 4, 1917, in Chicago at the height of WWI and for its duration.
Deadmanís papers here constitute an unusually comprehensive record of his service. He entered the US School of Military Aeronautics at the University of Illinois in early 1918 and graduated on March 16th after an eightweek course. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on July 15th and attached to the Training Department at Taliaferro Field, Hicks, Texas where he practiced crosscountry flights. Two weeks later he was assigned to the Officerís Wing of the Aviation Camp at Camp Dick at the State Fair Grounds in Dallas, Texas. On August 7th he was transferred to Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio where he was training in Marlin, Lewis and Vickers gunning and synchronizing gears (the latter which synchronized the armamentís fire with the propellerís rotation allowing the gun to be fired forward without the bullets striking the blades). In September, he continued cross-country flight training at Payne Field in West Point, Mississippi and on October 29, 1918, he was ordered to Hoboken, New Jersey for transportation to France.
The Armistice two weeks later on November 11th nullified his overseas assignment, and he was stationed at the Air Service Flying School, Carlstrom Field, Acadia, Florida until his honorable discharge on January 11, 1919.
After the war, he completed his education at the University of Wisconsin and for decades after worked in several cities in the South as a superintendent of the Lone Star Cement Company. He died in New Orleans on June 24, 1980, and is buried in Lake Lawn Park Cemetery.
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Field-Made Trench Knife early 20th century, the blade from a cruciform bayonet, the handle with brass guard and pommel and stacked leather grip. blade l. 9-5/8”, overall l. 14”
$100-$200
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US Model 1905 Bayonet
the ricasso marked SA with a “flaming bomb” for the Springfield Arsenal and dated 1909 on one side and with “US / 381117” on the other; no scabbard. blade l. 15-3/4”, overall l. 20-1/4”
$100-$200
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U.S. Model 1905 Bayonet
2nd type, the ricasso marked SA with a “flaming bomb” for the Springfield Arsenal and dated 1918 one one side and with “US / 792721” on the other; the canvas and leather scabbard unmarked. blade l. 15-1/2”, overall l. 20-1/4” (21-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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WWI Field Gear
including:
a 1918 BAR operator’s belt (dated 6-18) and an assistant operator’s belt (dated 4-18), a M-19 dismounted cartridge belt, a .45 holster, a lanyard, a French canteen, four tent spikes, two .45 mag pouches, a shaving kit, a corporal rank patch, a mattock with cover and handle and three additional covers, and a 1917 mess knife and spoon.
$250-$400
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U.S. Model 1905 Bayonet
the ricasso marked SA with a “flaming bomb” for the Springfield Arsenal and dated 1918 on one side and with “US / 991139” beside an eagle head and “Y51”, on the other; the canvas and leather scabbard stamped on the endpiece “Brauer Bros. / 1917 / MS.”. blade l. 15-3/4”, overall l. 20-1/4” (22” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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English No. 1 Pattern 1913 Bayonet for the P-14 rifle, by Remington and dated 9-17-1913 as marked on the ricasso; with the original leather scabbard. blade l. 17”, overall l. 21-3/4” (22-1/2” with scabbard)
$75-$125
461
“Coming World Famous Sea-Plane NC-4, First HeavierThan-Air Craft to Cross the Atlantic Ocean, In Personal Command of Lieut.-Commander Albert C. Read” Recruitment Poster published by Press of Navy Recruiting Bureau, New York, and stamped recruiting dates “Baton Rouge Dec. 10-12, New Orleans Dec. 13-17”, ca. 1919. Matted, glazed and framed.
sight 26-1/2” x 19”, framed 39-1/2” x 27-1/2”
$500-$800
The U.S. Navy worked with the Curtiss Engineering Company to develop the NC flying seaplanes which were capable of a transatlantic flight. In May 1919, three NC flying boats attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean; after a series of mishaps only the NC-4 under Lt. Commander Albert C. Read successfully completed the mission. Evidently, Read made a series of stops in Baton Rouge and New Orleans to recruit members to his team.
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Leather Flying Gear including: a belted flight overcoat, wool-lined trousers, two knitted wool hoods with chamois lining and leather trim, leather flight helmet, goggles, leather gauntlets with separated trigger finger; together with box of assorted items: a canvas equipment marker, a Liberty Engine Model A ID tag, Lincoln Motor Co. (6-21-1918) and miscellaneous radio parts and labels.
$900-$1,200
463
WWI British Ashton & Mander R.F.C. Sketchboard 1912, serial number 3871, with compass and inclinometer. h. 9-7/8”, w. 7-1/2”
$125-$250
These sketch/plotting boards were originally used by cavalry men on horseback and then later used by the RFC - Royal Flying Corps - during the First World War.
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WWI Royal Flying Corps Fighter Gauntlets otter fur uppers and brown kidskin underside, with free thumb and trigger finger, with adjustable wrist straps. l. 16”, w. 4-3/4” across palm, w. 11-1/2” at elbow
$400-$700
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Two Belgian Interwar “Tommy” Helmets both retaining their chin straps and long leather neck flap. h. 4-1/2”, l. 12”, w. 11-3/8”
$60-$90
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Two Civilian Private Purchase “Tommy” Helmets first half 20th century, including: a George Evans & Co. M-1-style construction worker’s helmet, with canvas liner and leather chin strap, h. 4-1/2”, l. 12-1/4”, w. 11-1/4”; and an olive-drab-painted safety helmet, the interior with six canvas crown straps, leather band and chin strap, h. 5-1/4”, l. 12-1/2”, w. 10-3/4”.
$100-$200
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WWI U.S. Officer’s Uniform and Gear assembled, including: an M-1912 officer’s wool tunic with artillery collar insignia, an officer’s private purchase wool shirt (Terry & Juden, New Orleans, owner’s label F. Strachan), wool officer’s breeches with belt, mounted leather leggings, a helmet (no liner), an M-1912 pistol belt with sabre ring, mag pouch, first aid kit and pouch, a 1911 holster with 1918 G&K AF pistol lanyard, a gas mask with carry bag, a shoe-shine kit, and canvas mattock case.
$200-$400
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Paul Neumann (German, act. First Quarter 20th Century) “German Soldiers in Fox Hole, Berlin, World War I”, 1916 pastel on paper affixed to board signed, monogrammed and dated lower right; and localized, dated and signed on verso of board.
Matted, glazed and framed. sheet 14-1/4” x 10”, framed 20” x 16”
$400-$700
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Imperial German WWI Model 1852/79 Heavy Cavalry Saber 1914, by Weyersberg & Co. of Solingen, various inspectors marks for Kaiser Wilhelm, blade dated 14 for 1914, with heavy single-edged blade with wide reinforcement on top edge, with steel cage five-arm hand guard; with black-painted steel scabbard.
blade l. 34”, overall l. 39-1/4” (40-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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U.S. M1917 Bolo Knife 1918, Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., St. Louis, and so marked on the ricasso, with steel guard and pommel and wood grip; with the original leather and canvas scabbard. blade l. 10”, overall l. 14-5/8” (15-3/4” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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U.S. M1917 Trench Knife marked “US / LF & C / 1917” on the guard for Landers, Frary & Clark, with triangular section blade, steel knuckle hand guard and wood grip; with the original leather and steel scabbard.
blade l. 9”, overall l. 14” (15-1/4” with scabbard)
$100-$200
473
U.S. Model 1917 Springfield Bayonet the ricasso marked “SA, with a ‘flaming bomb’” for the Springfield Arsenal, an eagle head and “U.S.” on one side and dated 1917 above “Remington” in a circle on the other, the leather and metal scabbard painted green.
blade l. 16-3/4”, overall l. 21-3/4” (22-3/4” with scabbard)
$100-$200
474
WWI Enlisted Kit
assembled, including:
a M-1917 wool overcoat with discharge and service stripes, a M-1917 service coat with US and B Company Infantry collar discs, 33rd Infantry shoulder patches, one discharge and two service stripes, M-1917 wool breeches, M-1910 wool breeches, a M-1916 wool pullover shirt, a M-1917 helmet with leather liner and strap, a garrison cap in box, a pair of wool leggings, a M-1910 cartridge belt dated 1918, a pack with shovel, tent pegs, mess kit and blanket, a canvas mattock case, a gas mask with bag, a ditty bag with assorted contents (shaving kit, cups, canvas straps, etc.), a M-1916 bacon ration tin containing a straight razor with leather case, a Philip Morris cigarette tin, and a M-1910 condiment can.
$250-$400
472
U.S. M-1917A1 Helmet 1932-1941, with leather lining and canvas chin strap. h. 5”, l. 12-1/4”, w. 11-1/4”
$100-$200
475
WWI Field Miscellanea
some with 1902 service eagle insignia, including: a 45 mag pouch, a cartridge belt, a wool bib and an overseas cap, a leather “Sam Brown belt”, a wallet (named Lt. David S. Grant, 39th Infantry) with two German War Donations, a 1914 Mills canvas pistol holster, a mess kit with utensils and additional 1917 knife and spoon, and three tent pegs.
$150-$300
476
Rare U.S. Army-Style Child’s Helmet of traditional “Tommy” form. h. 4-1/2”, w. 9-1/4”, l. 9-3/4”
$125-$250
477
Three Scabbards including: an original scabbard for a U.S. Model 1917 and 1918 trench knife, l . 10”; a 19th-century leather scabbard or an officer’s sword, probably Japanese, with brass fittings, the endcap engraved with a dragon, l. 32”; and a broken cavalry sabre scabbard, probably brass, the end missing, l. 31-1/2”.
$50-$75
478
Five Pieces of WWI Trench Art all made of artillery casings, including: a spouted cup, 1915, h. 5”, dia. 3-1/4”; an officer’s cap with American Seal, 1917, h. 2-1/4”, dia. 3-1/4”; a deactivated Pinchart Denys Paris 37/85 shell, February 1916, etched with “US Army” and “France”, with crossed French and American flags and initialed “AEF”, h. 6-1/2”, dia. 1-3/4”; a Montreal Locomotive Works 18 pounder shell, 1917, engraved “Boesinghe 1916” in a banner, h. 11-1/2”, dia. 4”; and a 16 pounder shell, gilded with hammered and repousse decoration, reading “Verdun” with sacred heart banding, h. 13-1/2”, dia. 3-3/8”.
$150-$300
479
Chinese Court Short Sword (“Jian”)
late 19th/early 20th century, with straight shallow diamond section blade mounted in brass fittings with bats and stylized longevity symbols, with finely fluted hardwood grip; with associated and contemporaneous (but not original) shagreen scabbard with brass mounts en suite. blade l. 15-3/4”, overall l. 21” (23-1/2” with scabbard)
$200-$400
480
Chinese Staff Officer’s Sabre
late 19th/early 20th century, the complex blade with temper line and samurai-style sharpening marks visible, the brass mounts with fine chiseling, the wood grip with wire wrap.
blade l. 28-1/2”, overall l. 34-3/8”
$100-$200
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Books on Chinese Militaria
including three titles in the Men-at-Arms series (Boxer Rebellion, Taiping Rebellion, and the Civil War), and two books on weapons. (5 books total)
$75-$125
Complete list of titles available on request.
482
Qing Dynasty “Yellow Dragon” Chinese Flag ca. 1889-1912, applique on cotton. Glazed and framed. 36” x 43”, framed 42-1/2” x 51”
$200-$400
The image of Azure Dragon on a yellow background with red flaming pearl was adopted in 1889 and became the first national flag of China.
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Chinese Imperial/Republican Cavalry Sabre early 20th century, the uncovered wood grip with wire wrap lacking; no scabbard. blade l. 34”, overall l. 38-1/4”
$100-$200
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Three Chinese National Kuomintang Daggers first half 20th century, all with unsharpened, double-edged nickel-plated steel blades, including: an NRA officer’s dress dagger, with brass hand guard, the synthetic two-color grip wrapped with thin wire with embossed brass pommel and sides stamped with the flags of the Republic of China and wheat stalks; with chrome scabbard with embossed brass top- and endmounts; blade l. 9-1/4”, overall l. 14” (15-3/4” with scabbard); a Military Academy presentation dagger, with brass cross guard, the wire-wrapped shagreen grip in embossed brass fittings with inscription; with steel scabbard with button lock and embossed brass top- and endmounts; blade l. 9-1/4”, overall l. 14-1/4” (14-3/4” with scabbard); and an Air Force officer’s dagger, with brass avian-engraved cross guard, the rose-colored synthetic grip wire-wrapped and with eagle-form mount; with steel scabbard with embossed brass top- and endmount; blade l. 6-1/4”, overall l. 10-1/4” (11-1/4” with scabbard).
$300-$500
485
Chinese Kuomintang Junior Officer’s Sword second quarter 20th century, the narrow blade bent, the hilt with cast brass guard and pommel, the shagreen-covered grip lacking the wire wrap, the upper grip covered in sheet brass embossed with the sun emblem of the KMT; no scabbard. blade l. 26”, overall l. 31-1/2”
$125-$250
486
WWI Embroidery of American and Chinese Cooperation embroidery on cotton fabric, ca. 1912-1928, with crossed flags of the United States and the Chinese Beiyang Government. Glazed and framed.
sight 16” x 12”, framed 18-1/2” x 14”
$200-$400
The unifying symbolization of the crossed flags, set among flowers and below a birdís outstretched wings, could allude to the United States in 1928 becoming the first nation to recognize the Beiyang regime as the legitimate Government of China.
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In Remembrance of My Trip to the Orient: New Orleans, Mobile, Tampa, Bal Boa, Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Manila; ‘S.S. Andrew Jackson’, 1940 embroidery on satin fabric, created by J. T. Mills. Glazed and framed.
sight 19” x 16”, framed 21” x 18”
$200-$400
It was not until the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, that the United States joined the Allies in World War II. Interestingly, this embroidery dated 1940 by J. P. Mills commemorates the time he spent in the Orient aboard the S.S. Andrew Jackson at a time when the United States had maintained a position of neutrality. After departing from New Orleans, the ship made numerous stops including Yokohama and Shanghai.
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WWII Cut-Down M1913 “Patton” Cavalry Saber Fighting Knife the blade hilt section retaining 1918 date and maker’s stamp of private contractor Landers, Frary & Clark (L.F. & C.) of New Britain, Connecticut, with crosshatched black composition grip; no scabbard.
blade l. 8-1/8”, overall l. 14-1/4”
$400-$700
At the beginning of WWII, there was a shortage of fighting knives, so the government contracted suppliers (most notably Landers, Frary & Clark, as here, and the San Antonio Iron Works) to re-purpose WWI-era M1913 sabers (discontinued in 1934), cutting the blades into three sections, re-fashioning each into a fighting knife. One, like the present lot, retained the original hilt (the hand guard detached), while the others were fitted with other scavanged hilts.
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Admiral Austin Kelvin Doyle (1898-1970), USN uniforms, gear, memorabilia and miscellanea, including: two blue wool “reefer” jackets with Vice Admiral sleeve rank, one with medal bars, an officerís cap with name and octagonal wood box with initials ìA.K.D.î, a khaki service jacket, a khaki summer aviator suit, size 36L, a pair of boots, size 10-1/2 C, a khaki garrison cap, a plebeís ìgobî cap, size 7, a Mackinaw, cotton with wool lining, size 44L, cold weather trousers, cotton with wool lining, size 38 x 32, a parka, size 44, a red shako cord, two red and green shoulder cords, an undershirt, longjohns, a pair of socks, a USN commissioning pennant, a name plate ìVADM A.K. Doyle / Cmdr. USTDC-MAAGî, a leather attache gilt-stamped ìA.K. Doyleî, a certificate of thanks from Chang Kai-Shek to Admiral Doyle, assorted patches, insignia and bars, and a large collection of photographs, booklets, programs and ephemera from Doyleís career.
$300-$500
Austin Kelvin Doyle was born on November 7, 1898 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, the son of Edward Puritan Doyle and his wife Jeanette Crichton Pirnie. He entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in September 1916 and served aboard the USS Connecticut in the summer of 1918 during World War I.
After graduating Annapolis in June 1919, he entered flight training as a naval aviator at Pensacola Naval Air Station, completing his training in December 1922. He served as an instructor there and the US Naval Academy, with a tour on the USS Langley in between.
Before WWII, was commanding officer of Fighting Squadron
Three on the vUSS Saratoga in June 1938 and then of the Saratoga Air Group in 1939. (He also coached the 1933 Navy baseball team).
During the war, he served as first commanding officer of the USS Nassau and commanding officer of the USS Hornet, He was promoted to rear admiral in August 1945 and given command of the Carrier Division. He was conferred the Legion of Merit in recognition of his duty as commanding officer of Nassau, two Navy Cross awards for bravery in combat as commanding officer of Hornet, and a second Legion of Merit in recognition of his duty on the Hornet.
After the war, Doyle served as chief of Naval Reserve Training, commander of Carrier Division 4, and, in 1952, commander of the Tenth Naval District and the Caribbean Sea Frontier. Promoted to vice admiral in May 1954, Doyle assumed command of Naval Air Training in June 1954, and in March 1957 he was reassigned to the Taiwan Defense Command. Doyle retired from active duty on August 1, 1958, and, in recognition of his service, was advanced to full admiral and awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. He retired to Pensacola ñ his adopted home since the beginning of his forty yearsí service ñ and died there on July 12, 1970 and is buried in Barrancas National Cemetery. Admiral Doyle Drive in New Iberia, Louisiana, is named for him.
490
WWII U.S. Navy Uniforms and Gear including:
a double-breasted blue wool jacket and a green single-breasted wool jacket, both with pilot wings and Lieutenant Junior Grade sleeve rank, a desk name plate “Lt. (JG) A.G. Segreto USNR”, a service cap with bullion badge (Lt. Cdr. S.A. Deming, USNR) and four covers, a dress belt, a mark V canvas gas mask bag, and eight canvas life vest bags.
$150-$300
491
U.S. Navy WWII Survival Gear
including:
a Camillus Mark 1 fighting knife with stacked leather grip and the original USN Mark 1 scabbard, blade l. 5”, overall l. 9-1/2” (10-3/4” with scabbard);
a Union Fork & Hoe Mark 1 Bayonet, dated 1943, in the original USN Mark 1 scabbard, blade l. 15-3/4”, overall l. 20-1/4” (20-1/2” with scabbard);
a Collins & Co. “Legitimus” machete, in a canvas USN Mark 2 scabbard, blade l. 22”, overall l. 27” (28” with scabbard); and an International Flare Signal Co. brass flare gun with steel barrel, marked PT 11130 and dated Dec. 42, l. 11-3/4”.
$500-$800
492
WWII U.S. Navy M-1 Helmet first pattern, no liner, the back stenciled “F.N.”. h. 7”, l. 11”, w. 9-1/4”
$125-$250
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WWII USMC Ka-Bar Fighting Utility Knife stamped on the ricasso “Ka-Bar / Olean, NY” opposing “USMC”, with steel guard and pommel and stacked leather grip; with the original leather sheath stamped “Ka-Bar” and “USMC” and with the U.S. Marine Corps emblem (the retaining strap lacking). blade l. 7”, overall l. 11-3/4” (12-1/2” with sheath)
$100-$200
494
Johnson Rifle Model 1941 Bayonet with trefoil blade; no scabbard. blade l. 7-3/4”, overall l. 11-3/4”
$75-$125
495
Three Machetes and Other Survival Gear including: an Ontario Knife Co. machete, marked “U.S.”, probably original factory edge, no scabbard, blade l. 17-3/4”, overall l. 24-3/8”; a Martin, Belgium machete, marked “US”, in a plastic scabbard also marked “US” and “B.M Co. / 1945”, blade l. 18”, overall l. 23” (23-1/2” with scabbard); a folding machete marked “Case XX”, in a rawhide sheath marked “Machete with Sheath / Type A-1 / No. 48C3639”; a leather machete sheath (only) for Collins & Co. “Legitinus”, with their stamped trademark, l. 18”; and a Colonial, Providence, Rhode Island folding survival knife with knife blade and saw, bakelite grip, closed l. 6”; fully open l. 15-1/2”.
$250-$400
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WWII True Temper Machete marked “U.S.” and “1945”; in a U.S. Boyt 43 leather scabbard attached to an off-white ammo belt.
blade l. 17-3/4”, overall l. 23-1/4” (27-1/2” with scabbard), belt l. 35” (adjustable)
$75-$125
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Named WWII U.S. M-1 Helmet first pattern, with M-1 second pattern plastic liner, named on the interior front edge “Barcelo W****D / 3817-****], with two period mortar firing tables tucked in the lining. h. 7”, l. 11”, w. 9-1/4”
$60-$90
Staff Sergeant William Donald Barcelo (1919-1986) of New Orleans enlisted in June 1942. He was wounded in battle in July 1944 and discharged June 1945. He was awarded the silver star and is buried in the family tomb in Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans.
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WWII Uniform assembled, including: a wool jacket with U.S. Army, 36th Infantry and European Headquarters, Advance Base shoulder patches and three overseas service sleeve bars, with pink trousers and wool service cap.
$100-$200
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499 WWII Officer’s Uniform assembled, including: a 1942 Army service cap (size 7-1/8), a M-41 field jacket, 1942 wool trousers (size 37), a M-1943 officer’s short overcoat, and private purchase socks.
$150-$300
500 U.S. Model 1902 Sword for All Officers
deluxe presentation, the single-edge Solingen blade with etched gilt decoration, the US seal on one side and “US” on the other, the highly decorative cast brass hilt with four-arm hand-guard, an eagle’s-head pommel with red glass eyes, and finger stall composition grip; the plated scabbard with highly decorated nickel-silver fittings and engraved “1st Lt. George H. Sutherlin.”. blade l. 30”, overall l. 35-1/2” (36” with scabbard)
$400-$700
501 U.S. Sword for All Officers
typical Army presentation sword upon commissioning, the etched blade with inscription “Wm T. Dodge / 2nd Lt. Jan 13 - 1941”, with bakelite finger-grooved grip and nickel silver four-branch hand guard, indistinct maker’s mark; scabbard with chain. blade l. 27-1/2”, overall l. 33” (34-1/2” with scabbard)
$150-$300
502
WWII Supreme Headquarters Motion Picture Services
Uniform assembled, including:
a green wool officer’s “Ike” jacket, with bullions Motion Picture Services and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force shoulder patches and overseas service stripes, a garrison cap with black and gold staff officer’s braid, two pairs of trousers (green and pink) and canvas belt.
$150-$300
503
U.S. 4th Army Uniform Group including:
an officer’s jacket and shirt (both with U.S. 4th Army shoulder patch), trousers and service cap.
$100-$200
504
WWII Flight Gear including: an AAF AN-H-15 canvas flight cap, C. Brandes Inc. headphones, a summer flying suit (size 40) and American Optical Skyway flight goggles.
$150-$300
505
WWII Flight Gear including:
A-6A winter flying shoes, an M-4A2 anti-flak helmet (one ear flap lacking), two “Mae West” life vests, a U.S. Aeronautics first aid kit, B-11 AAF leather aircraft mechanics trousers, B-8 Polaroid flying goggles, a garrison cap with AAF braid, a U.S. Enger-Kress flight shoulder holster, an A-11 leather flight helmet, and type F headphones, S.G. Brown & Co.
$150-$300
506
WWII USAAF China-Burma-India and Other Uniforms including: an officerís wool service coat and officerís shirt, both with USAAF and China-Burma-India shoulder patches, an M-1939 service coat with Chinese National Aviation Corps bullion breast patch, a garrison cap, three souvenir bullion embroideries on silk, one with the USAAF China-BurmaIndia insignia, one with the Taj Mahal, and one with Chinese dragons, and an officerís wool elastique service coat with USAAF and 20th Air Force shoulder patches; together with a copy of the USAAF China-Burma-India booklet “Yank’s Magic Carpet”
$200-$400
507
WWII USAAF Cold Weather Gear including: an AAF Type A9 Overcoat/Parka with removable liner and hood (194, LSL Garment Co., size 42), Type A9 flying trousers, and an alpaca-lined vest.
$200-$400
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508
WWII Summer Flight Suit and Gear
including:
a summer flight suit (AN6550-34 medium, named C.A. Dimmock), an AN-H-15 cotton flight helmet (size large), Polaroid model 10210 goggles and case, a Type G-1 airspeed computer, Sillcooks-Miller Co., a Type E-6B aerial dead reckoning computer with cover, and an ESM/1 emergency signaling mirror, General Electric Co.
$200-$400
509
WWII Army Air Force Cloth Maps eight-color lithograph on acetate rayon “balloon cloth”; including:
one of Asiatic Series 34 (Southeast China) backed with 35 (Northeast China), Sweeney Lithograph Co., March 1945, 31” x 33-1/4”;
two of Asiatic Series 32 (French Indo China) backed with 33 (Central China), Sweeney Lithograph Co., July 1944, 19” x 25-1/4”; and two of Untitled Series C-52 (Japan and South China Seas) backed with C-53 (East China Seas), Kaumograph Co., March 1945, 20-1/4” x 26-1/2”.
$200-$400
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Three Combat Relics
including: a downed pilot marker stamped “Aircraft Float Light M.K. IV / Lot No. 180 1/43 / Triumph Explosive Inc. / M.F.B.”, with wood body, pot metal cap and brass four-fin tail, battery and bulb lacking, l. 13-1/4”; a smoke marker, with metal body and three-fin tail, with six smoke holes, impact fuse lacking, l. 13-3/4”; and a fired smoke grenade fuze, paddle and cotter pin, marked “Fuzemiaos Lotek 1-61”.
$50-$80
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U.S. M1 Garand Bayonet made by Utica Cutlery and marked U.C. / U.S. with the “flaming bomb” on the ricasso, never sharpened and with original finish on blade; with the original leather scabbard marked on the head piece with “U.S.” inside the “flaming bomb”.
blade l. 10”, overall l. 14-1/2” (16” with scabbard)
$75-$125
512
WWII Medical, Red Cross and Other Aid Gear including:
two first aid metal kits, first aid camouflaged dressing (still sealed), a USN snake bite kit, four medical tool kits, a sealed emergency prophylactic kit, a Red Cross green cotton ditty bag, a bag with strap, a knitted wool balaclava, a knitted wool scarf, a handkerchief, and a defense savings bond book.
$100-$200
513
WWII U.S. Civil Defense Helmet similar to the M-1917A1 but with deeper crown and variant liner attachment, which this example retains. h. 6”, l. 13”, w. 11-3/4”
$50-$80
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WWII Cold Weather Gear
including:
a M-1938 mackinaw, a M-1937 cold weather cap (size 7), a M-1936 canvas field bag (named “Chas. Manion” and dated 1942), a M-1940 Pearce blanket, and a sleeping bag and cover.
$150-$300
515
WWII Field Gear
including:
a parka with attached hood and removable lambskin lining, an M-1 helmet with M-1 plastic liner, a 1918 cartridge belt with 1944 British-made first aid kit and pouch, a 1917 canteen cover with 1918 canteen (ACA), a 1943 canteen cover with 1944 canteen (GP&F Co.), a duffle bag dated 1943, an M-1936 canvas field bag, stamped ìU.S. Jeff. Q.M.D. 1943î with 1942 strap, a 1940 gas mask and carrying bag, canvas leggings, a canteen and cup (1942 AGM Co., named “Manion”), and a 90th division patch and two sergeant patches.
$300-$500
516
Collection of WWII Gear
including:
a wool garrison cap with chemical warfare braid, a khaki garrison cap, a green cotton hood for M-1945 jacket, a plastic soap case, a button polishing kit, a large grooming kit, two Sears 1942 .45 holsters (one with invasion bag, one with lanyard), a spare barrel cover and an M1 carbine carrying case, two canned fuel tablets and a canned date pudding ration.
$250-$400
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Collection of WWII Military Publications including:
The Officerís Guide (9th ed., 1943), seventeen USN Aviation Training ìSenseî booklets, twenty-one War Dept. TM 30 Phrasebooks, eight War Dept. Pocket Guides, a USAAF Survival Booklet, War Dept. pamphlet 21-15 ìYou Donít Thinkî, and the War/Navy Dept. Pamphlet ìGoing Back to Civilian Lifeî.
$50-$80
518
WWII Field Gear including:
a M-43 field jacket with M-43 hood, a coat-style “special” flannel shirt with Staff Sergeant rank patch, a M-1910 haversack with tail, a pistol belt with canteen, cup and cover, a duffel bag and a blanket.
$100-$200
The “special” in the name of the standard GI shirt here refers to the addition of flaps on the inside of the plackets of the front and cuffs to prevent gas or chemicals from coming into contact with the skin.
519
Collection of WWII Field Gear including:
a M9A1 gas mask (still sealed), a folding shovel cover, a lineman belt, a gas mask bag, M-43 suspenders, two pairs of leggings, four pistol belts, two first aid kits (one with pouch), a tool pouch, two trouser belts, a handkerchief and socks, four pistol belts, a money belt, an axe with cover, a D-Day flotation belt, a laundry bag, a miscellany bag with address, M-43 type goggles and dog tag case, two canteen clips, six tent pegs, a trouser belt, two mess spoons and two mess knives, and two straps with clip (one in bag).
$300-$500
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Khaki Cotton Set
assembled, including:
a field jacket, trousers, a shirt with 1st Allied Airborne Army shoulder patch and “ruptured duck” breast patch, a garrison cap with USAA Glider enlisted badge and engineer’s corps braid, and khaki service cap cover.
$100-$200
The “ruptured duck” - formally known as the Honorable Service Badge - was worn by service personnel who left the military with an Honorable Discharge. With clothing in short supply, it allowed servicemen to continue to wear their uniforms up to thirty days after their discharge and was an indicator to MPs that they were in transit and not AWOL.
521
WWII Field Gear
including:
a M-1943 pile field jacket (34R), a M-41 field jacket, a M-43 field jacket hood, two pairs of wool serge trousers, a M-1938 mackinaw and a shaving kit, the latter named in ink “P.J. Miller, Jr., USAT ‘Northern Pacific’”.
$200-$400
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U.S. WWII Maritime Services Group including: items belonging to Lt. Samuel Kennedy Payne, pharmacist’s mate, a khaki field jacket with Lieutenant, Hospital Corps shoulder boards and a leather satchel with his maps, papers, notes, tax returns and other ephemera, together with a steam device bag with merchant marine insignia pin, a black wool garrison cap, four service cap covers, and a copy of the December 1943 National Geographic with an article “Heroes of Wartime Science and Mercy” with history and insignia of American wartime aid services (USMS, U.S. Public Health Service, American Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol, etc.).
$200-$400
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J. Walter and Walter G. Wilkinson (American, 1892-1988 and 1917-1971) “you buy ‘em, we’ll fly ‘em!, Defense Bonds Stamps, The More Bonds You Buy - The More Planes Will Fly”, 1942 chromolithograph signed in print mid left. Published by U.S. Government Printing Office. Matted, glazed and framed. sight 13-1/2” x 9-1/2”, framed 18” x 14”
$150-$300
This poster design was conceived by illustrators J. Walker Wilkinson and his son Walter G. Wilkinson, who signed their collaborative work “Wilkinsons.” This lot is accompanied by a copy of Derek Nelson’s The Posters That Won the War: The Production, Recruitment and War Bond Posters of WWII, which features this poster on the dust jacket and on page 145.
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WWII V-42 Stiletto with double hollow-ground blade equipped with a thumbimprint on the ricasso for a modified saber grip, with steel cross-guard and skull-cracking pommel and stacked leather grip; no scabbard, blade l. 7-1/8”, overall l. 12-1/4”
$2,500-$4,000
This rare knife was designed by members of the First Special Service Force: a joint American/Canadian commando unit immortalized in the 1966/68 novel and film The Devilís Brigade. Primarily credited to Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick and modeled after the English Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife, the knife was produced by the Case Cutlery Co. of Bradford, Pennsylvania, whose records indicate that only about 3,000 were produced of which 1,750 were shipped to the FSSF.
525
WWII U.S. M3 Trench Knife in the original leather and metal reinforced M6 scabbard. blade l. 6-1/2”, overall l. 11-1/2” (14-1/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
526
WWII Theater-Modified Fighting Knife the blade (probably) from a U.S. M3 Camillus, with thicker and wider finger-grooved wooden grip; in a U.S. MK2 sheath.
blade l. 6-3/4”, overall l. 11-3/4” (13-1/4” with sheath)
$150-$300
527
Theater-Made WWII Fairbairn-Sykes-Style Fighting Knife with theater-made blade, cast iron guard and turned wood handle, with a U.S. M8 scabbard.
blade l. 5-3/4”, overall l. 10-3/4” (12” with scabbard)
$100-$200
528
WWII Theater-Made Fighting Knife with clip-point blade and black, white and clear handle with aluminum fittings; in a leather scabbard.
blade l. 7-1/4”, overall l. 12” (12-1/2” with scabbard)
$150-$300
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WWII Theater-Made Fighting Knife with clip-point blade (tip broken), brown and black bakelite spacer grip (spacers loose), and aluminum guard and pommel; with a shoe-nailed leather scabbard. blade l. 6-5/8”, overall l. 11” (11-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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WWII Theater-Made Fighting Knife altered from an M3/M4 fighting knife, the top of the guard trimmed, stacked leather grip and D-ring in pommel; in a leather scabbard inscribed in ink “Tony Rogers”. blade l. 6-1/2”, overall l. 11-3/4” (12-1/8” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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WWII Theater-Made Fighting Knife with M3/M4 fighting knife blade, clear and black handle and S-curve aluminum guard; with theater-made leather scabbard. blade l. 6-1/2”, overall l. 11” (11-1/4” with scabbard)
$150-$300
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WWII Theater-Made Fighting Knife pointed and fulled single edge blade, with aluminum guard and pommel and plexiglass spacer over painted red tang grip; in the original leather and metal military-style scabbard.
blade l. 6”, overall l. 10-1/2” (11-1/2” with scabbard)
$100-$200
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CPO Alma Elinor Cabe Taylor (1919-2010), USNR (WAVES), USN
USNR Uniforms, Insignia and Ephemera including: a blue service dress uniform (2 pcs.), a white service dress uniform (2 pcs.), two blouses, four medals (American Campaign, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service and U.S. Navy Good Conduct [awarded thrice]) with three each one-medal and three-medal bars of the same, an Honorable Service “Ruptured Duck” pin, seven WAVES blue service jacket devices, four small and one large CPO cap insignia, 1CS and Service Stripes, and twenty-four various cloth badges for her ascending rank and specialties (3CS Logistics, 2CS Retail Services and CPO Yeoman), with photographs and newspaper clippings; together with other WWII women’s uniforms and accessories:
a Red Cross Uniform, blue-grey seersucker one-piece button-front short sleeve dress, with navy blue Production Corps epaulets, two blue-grey seersucker caps and one white cap;
a WAC M-1943 Officer’s Field Jacket Liner, green wool, size 38R;
a set of plastic WAAC Personnel jacket buttons, three front and six cuff; and a copy of the October, 1943 National Geographic with articles on Women’s Insignia and Women in Uniform.
$150-$300
Alma Elinor Cabe Taylor was born on May 19, 1919, in Franklin, North Carolina, the daughter of farmer Clarence Weaver Cabe and his wife Eva Mary Moses. She graduated Franklin High School in 1938 and worked as a stenographer at the Macon County North Carolina Welfare Office and later in Washington, DC.
On July 30, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Public Law 689 establishing the Womenís Reserve as a branch of the Naval Reserve: the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). The Bureau of Personnel issued a memorandum for the organization of the Women’s Reserve on September 16, 1942, and Cabe enlisted eight days later on September 24 for the duration of the War.
She was transferred to Stillwater, Oklahoma on September 28th with the first fifty-one WAVES for training at Oklahoma A&M. After completion of the six-week training course Yeoman 3rd Class Cabe was transferred to the Staff HQ of the Eighth Naval District in New Orleans as a Personnel Supervisor. She was promoted to Yeoman 2nd Class on April 15, 1943, and one month later, married Foster Roy Taylor (1900-1986), a civilian barber for Navy personnel.
Just as Cabe-Taylor was among the first to join the WAVES, she was among the handful who remained with the service during their demobilization after the war. President Truman signed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on July 30, 1948, allowing women to serve in the regular Army or Navy. (Though this effectively ended the WACS and the WAVES, both acronyms remained in colloquial use for many years.) Although records on her postwar career are scant, a clipping included in the lot from her hometown newspaper, The Franklin Press and Highland Maconian dated October 5, 1950, has a photograph of her ñ now Chief Yeoman ñ sewing eight-year service stripes on her uniform. She retired with the rank of CPO on May 15, 1958. She was for many years after an auxiliary member of the Disabled American Veterans, Alma Cabe Taylor died in Metairie on March 3, 2010 and in interred there in the Garden of Memories cemetery. 532
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RAF and Other Gear
including:
a short blue jacket with Wing Commander bars, medal bar and RAF breast patch, M-1950 khaki drill shorts, a canvas bag stamped with a crowned ìFKFî and dated 1958, a cap, wool gloves with leather palms and a box of 1943 Western Cartridge Co. 9mm spent shell casings, the box marked Ball 9/M/M M1 ot W.C.Co 6043 (made for British machine guns).
$100-$200
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British WWII Steel Mark II Brodie Helmet 1938-1944, retaining the oilskin liner and canvas chin straps.
h. 4-1/2”, l. 12”, w. 11-1/4”
$75-$125
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WWII British Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Knife first pattern, second type, with unmarked double-edged stiletto blade and non-blackened, all-metal checkered handle; with the original leather scabbard with metal end mount, the belt strap detached but present. blade l. 6-3/4”, overall l. 11-3/4” (13” with scabbard)
$700-$1,000
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Fairbairn-Sykes P3 Commando Knife the crossguard stamped “England”, the pommel with raised number “4”; with the original steel-tipped leather scabbard, also stamped “England”. blade l. 6-3/4”, overall l. 11-3/4” (13-1/4” with scabbard)
$400-$700
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WWII English Milbro Kampa Trench Knife Sheffield, with pointed double-edged blade, aluminum guard and pommel and leather washer grip; with a leather scabbard.
blade l. 5-7/8”, overall l. 10-1/2” (10-7/8” with scabbard)
$75-$125
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Italian M-1938A Beretta SMG Folding Bayonet the underside of handle marked “1649” between “PS” and “AT “ in separate ovals.
blade l. 7”, overall closed l. 8-1/2”, open l. 11-1/2”
$100-$200
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WWII German Helmet and Gear including:
an M-42 helmet, size 64, with liner and chin strap, printed owner’s name “Ogfr. Gohring”; an Esbit Kocher stove with fuel; a K-98 cleaining kit AR44; a red metal canteen with bakelite cap, felt cover and metal cup;
a K-98 bayonet, 1939, Carl Eickhorn; and two K-98 rifle slings, one incomplete.
$500-$800
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German M-1935 Stahlhelm with Armored Plate ca. 1943, the heavy steel brow plate (“Stirnpanzer”) with replacement strap.
h. 6-1/2” (8-1/4” with plate), l. 12”, w. 9-1/4”
$300-$500
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WWII German Seat Parachute (“Sitzfallschirm”)
Type FL 30231, the printed tag blank, with chute and bag, deployed.
h. 7”, w. 20”, d. 17”
$500-$800
Parachutes were popular “bring back” souvenirs from the war; with silk in short supply, they were used by industrious women to sew their wedding gowns.
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Japanese Cargo Parachute dated July 1943.
h. 7-1/2”, w. 8-1/2”, d. 10”
$150-$300
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Three WWII Japanese Silk Flags one with commemorative inscription, with wood rod and canvas cover.
26-1/2” x 39” (inscribed), 24-1/2” x 30” and 26-1/2” x 33”
$150-$300
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Reference Works on Military Uniforms, Badges and Insignia
including and autographed copy of Russell J. Huff’s Wings of World War II presented to Ellis Joubert, with works on U.S. Army and Army Air Force insignia, WWI and WWI uniforms, pilot wings, collar disks, etc. (25 books/ magazines total)
$300-$500
Complete list of titles available on request. This lot was particularly helpful in cataloguing Joubert’s extensive collection of military uniforms and gear.
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Three Artillery Casing Trench Art Lamps including:
one chromed and with an aluminum “shell”, flat-chased with a Chinese dragon above waves, engraved “SinoJapanese War / Shanghai China / 1937-1940” opposing “Timmerman”, h. 18-1/2” (26” to socket), dia. 6-3/4”; and two with a central 37MM M16 Anti Tank casing with turned wood “shell”, surrounded by three deactivated .50 rounds, h. 17-3/4” (20-1/2” to socket), dia. 5-1/2”; each on a turned wood base.
$100-$200
The latter two pieces appear to have been being refurbished by Joubert and are lacking wiring and the wooden bases are not attached.
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Two Unusual Swagger Sticks
one with the ends made from a U.S. Cartridge Co. .30 M1906 cartridge, the shaft of stained and polished birchwood, l. 22-1/4”;
one a leather-bound American Schraeder tire gauge, with strap and tooled end cover, inscribed “Major J. C. Prosser”, l. 17-3/4” l. 22-1/4”
$100-$200
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Dutch Silver Presentation Dish 1932, by B.W. van Eldik & A.F. van der Scheer, Zutphen, oval with upswept ends, pierced and engraved with eagles among floral scrolls, with shaped and applied floral scroll rim, inscribed “Generaal Majoor / H. ter Poorten / In Dankbare Herinnering / Aangeboden Door de Deelnemende / Ridders aan het 125-Jarig Jubileum / M. W. O. / Bandoeng 30 April 1940” (“Major General / H. ter Poorten / In Grateful Thanks / Offered By the Participating / Knights on the 125th Anniversary / Military Order of William / Bandung, 30 April 1940”). h. 3”, l. 10”, w. 5-3/4”; 8.48 t. oz.
$200-$400
Maj. Gen. Hein ter Poorten (1887-1968) was commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in World War II and Allied land forces commander in the American-British-DutchAustralian Command on Java during early 1942. He began his career as an artillery officer in 1911, but was also instrumental in the development of Dutch military aviation. He was serving as the Chief of Staff of the KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) at the time of the presentation of this dish in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, and was promoted to Commander in Chief the following year. He was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese after their conquest of Indonesia in 1942. After the war, despite the Dutch military’s refusal of his resignation and an eventual honorable discharge, ter Poorten believed that the full responsibility for the Indo-Japanese drama was placed on his shoulders.
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Japanese Bronze Vase Meiji period (1868-1912), with lobed base and trumpet-form neck, decorated with applied flowers, the base with an impressed seal mark. h. 17-3/4”, dia. 9-1/2”
$600-$900
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Japanese Lacquered Bronze Cha Tansu Meiji period (1868-1912), the tabletop tea chest decorated with incised and raised plum branches, chrysanthemums, birds and figures in front of tea houses, with cupboards at the top (bottom rail broken with sliding doors loose), shelves and cupboards in the center and drawers above the bracket-footed base. h. 13-3/4”, w. 13-1/4”, d. 4-1/2”
$500-$800
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Japanese Mixed Metal Page Cutter ca. 1900, the brass blade engraved and parcel-silvered with birds and bamboo, the handle with mixed metal chrysanthemums.
l. 12”
$75-$125
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Japanese Hand-Crank Vibrator Showa period, turned, lacquered and stained zelkova wood, with brass maker’s plate. l. 11-1/2”, dia. 2-3/4”
$150-$300
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Japanese Patinated Metal Garden Lantern second quarter 20th century, of pagoda form, with a dragonmolded handle on the top, the sides pierced with ho-ho birds alternating with pierced screens, electrified. h. 15-1/2”, dia. 11”
$200-$400
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Cased Set of Japanese Gardening/Ikebana Tools 20th century, including: pruning shears, l. 6-1/2”; a folding saw, l. 6-3/4” (open 12”); an atomizer, l. 6-1/4”; a chisel knife with scabbard, l. 6-3/4” (7-1/4” closed); and a pruning knife with scabbard, l. 7-1/2” (8-1/4” closed); presented in a folding red-and-gilt damask-covered case. case 8-1/2” x 4-1/2” x 2”
$50-$80
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Showa Period Kutana with iron chrysanthemum mons tsuba, shagreen hilt, leather fuchi and wave-motif kashira, the tsuka ito wrap detached and fragmented but present, the menuki likewise detached but present; the black lacquer scabbard in “cracked ice” pattern, the kojiri lacking.
blade l. 2-1/2”, overall l. 39” (40” with scabbard)
$250-$400
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Showa Period Wakisashi
Kiriha-Zukuri blade, the openwork tsuba decorated with dragons and clouds, the fuchi with gilt dragon, with shagreen grip; with black enamel scabbard, the kozuka, kogai, koshira and kogiri all lacking.
blade l. 16-1/4”, overall l. 23” (24” with scabbard)
$150-$300
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Showa Period Katana Shirasaya the tang with date (4th Year of Showa = 1929) and name (Yoshikawa Koji) in Japanese, in honoki wood case (the handle lacking).
blade l. 37”, overall l. (with case) 38”
$200-$400
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Japanese Kusari Fundo Meiji period, with stirrup link chain and baluster-form weights. l. 44”
$200-$400
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Two German Optical Field Instruments including:
a German Hertel & Reuss Optik, Kassel “Tele-Vari” black textured telescope, 25 - 60 x 60, with a leather case, l. 14-3/4” (extending to 27-3/4”); case l. 15-1/4”; and German Carl Zeiss Jena Silvarem 6 x 30 black textured binoculars, with strap and eyepiece covers, l. 4-1/2”, w. 6-1/2”, in a WWI-era M17 leather case, the clasp lacking, but the “lift the dot” snap present, 6” x 7-1/4”.
$100-$200
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Collins & Co. Legitimus No. 18 Bowie Knife maker’s mark and logo on the ricasso, brass cross guard and round, grooved leather handle; with the original logostamped and tooled leather scabbard, the backstrap and metal tip lacking. blade l. 12”, overall l. 16-1/2”
$400-$700
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Collins & Co. Legitimus No. 18 Machete maker’s mark and logo on the ricasso, brass cross guard and green horn handle; with the original logo-stamped and tooled leather scabbard, the retaining strap lacking. blade l. 9-1/4”, overall l. 14” (14-3/4” with scabbard)
$400-$700
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Collins & Co. Machete
early 20th century, Hartford, Connecticut, with horn grip; no scabbard.
blade l. 26”, overall l. 31”
$50-$80
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Collection of Postwar Field Gear
including:
a 1911 Sears holster, a 1952 Acme Sportswear Co. insect net, and insect net headcovering, two duffle bags, an M-45 1967 sleeping bag case, a plastic-lined ditty bag, two vinyl parts bags, a 1962 waterproof clothing bag, and a type 1 helmet liner.
$100-$200
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Post-WWII Cold Weather and Other Gear
including:
M1951 mitten-shells, separated trigger finger (size M), an OG-107 cotton utility cap dated 1953 (size 7), an M-45 cargo field pack dated 1951, a 1911 black leather holster, Bolen Leather Prod., a type N-3 USAF air crew jacket with attached hood, and a USN wool-lined vinyl cold weather face mask.
$200-$400
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Large Lot of USMC and Other Gear
including:
a duffle bag, a laundry bag, a cold weather cap (1951, size 7-1/4), an overseas cap, mosquito netting, a small ditty bag, a long ditty bag, underwear, undershirt, two leggings, a cartridge belt (Boyt 43) with first aid kit and pouch, a canvas and leather holser, a canteen cover and cup, two suspenders, a .45 mag pouch, a blanket, an M1912 Pistol belt with sabre ring, a grenade pouch, a USMC pack system (1941), an M-41 herringbone twill hat (“Daisy Mae”), a USMC five-pocket Thompson mag pouch with five 20 round magazines, a 30 round magazine, E. Seymour Co. with dust cover, and an M-37 lined cold weather cap with Marine Corps emblem (possibly Iceland issue).
$800-$1,200
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Footlocker with Post-WWII Marine Field Clothing
including:
seven herringbone twill jackets with pocket flaps, three herringbone twill jackets without pocket flaps, a cotton broadcloth jacket, a short sleeve cotton broadcloth jacket, a short sleeve herringbone twill jacket, M-1950 overwhite field trousers, an M-1950 overwhite field parka, two pairs of cotton broadcloth trousers, two pairs of herringbone twill trousers, a one-piece herringbone twill suit, three cotton field caps, four green t-shirts, two white t-shirts, two-piece white long underwear, one gray long underwear, a handkerchief, boxers, ten cotton squares, and four cotton pouches with FMF (Fleet Marine Force) First Marine Brigade insignia.
$100-$200
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Collection of Marine Uniforms including: an M-1950 trenchcoat and liner, named ìRC Gersterî Staff Sergeant (pre-1959) with two service stripes, a green wool overcoat, 42R, Master Sergeant with five service stripes, a green wool service coat, 44R, no rank, a green wool service coat, no size label, Staff Sergeant (post-1959) with three service stripes, a green wool service coat, 36R, Staff Sergeant (post-1959) with three service stripes, green wool serge trousers, size 32 x 31, green wool serge trousers, size 32 x 36, green wool serge trousers, size 33 x 34 (2), green wool serge trousers, no size, named ìR. Flemingî, dress blue trousers, 32 x 33, named ìJ. Hoffmanî, a duffel bag, named ìHoffman Jr.î with unit mark, four green wool serge service cap covers, size 7-3/8 (1), 6-7/8 (3), four green wool serge garrison caps, size 6-7/8 (2), 7 (1), one with no size, and a neckerchief.
$125-$250
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Large Collection of Military and Other Buttons on three cards, each with legend, including U.S. WWI and WWII buttons, Fire and Police buttons, UK military buttons, with 19th-century military and civilian examples.
$75-$125
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Swiss M-71 Helmet stamped BT83 for Bronzewarenfabrik, Turgi, 1983, size 55-56, complete with leather crown and chin strap. h. 6-3/4”, l. 10-1/8”, d. 10-1/4”
$50-$80
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Four Pith Helmets
one U.S. Navy contract #N140-62236s-19048, h. 6-1/4”, l. 14”, w. 11-1/4”; one U.S. Army, Hawley Products, dated 1942, h. 6-1/4”, l. 13-1/4”, w. 11-1/2”;
one U.S. Army, International Hat Co., dated 1948, h. 5-3/4”, l. 13-3/4”, w. 11-1/4”; and one unmarked, h. 6”, l. 13-3/4”, w. 11-1/2”.
$100-$200
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Indonesian Kopassus Commando Knife
probably modified from a British surplus Fairbairn-Sykes second pattern, the etched maker’s information filed away and hand-engraved over with the Kopassus insignia over “TNI-AD” opposite “82/83 / 01-099”, with all-metal hilt with checkered-banded grip; in the original leather scabbard with metal end mount.
blade l. 6-1/2”, overall l. 11-1/4” (13” with scabbard)
$300-$500
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