Antique Hoist

Condition: There is minor soiling along the hoist end, where the flag was once affixed to its original wooden staff, and there is minor golden brown oxidation and soiling throughout,...

There are modest to moderate stains through the first row of stars (when the flag is viewed horizontally, and dots of the same near the fly end of the 4th white stripe, and beneath t...

There are vertical tears in the three white stripes below the canton, near the hoist end. Period cotton fabric of similar coloration was placed behind these areas for masking purposes.

Also note the small segment of stripes from the flag that was adjacent to this one on the bolt, present along the hoist. All-in-all, a wonderful example of the Civil War period with...

There is a twill cotton binding along the hoist, with two brass grommets. Mounting: The flag was mounted and framed within our own textile conservation department, which is led by e...

Condition: There is minor mothing throughout, accompanied by minor fabric loss at the top and bottom of the hoist-end, where the flag was once affixed to its original wooden staff.

Of the homemade sort one might expect to find gifted to a Civil War unit within a rural community, it was constructed in such a way that a rope could be inserted along the hoist, so ...

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There are a number of pinprick-sized holes, especially along the hoist end, where the flag was once affixed to its original wooden staff.

Stylized decorations of floral type (=leaves) cover bowl's hoisted handles / additionally, smooth surface is accentuated by straight reticulated patterns.

Each of the bottles' silver mounting consists of hoisted handle as well as of hinged spout topped with ball having function of thumb's hold.

Condition: There are tiny holes in limited areas in the striped field, in and around the center region, as well as in the top, hoist-end corner of the canton. There is a scattering o...

Condition: There are tiny tack holes along the hoist end, where the flag appears to have been affixed to a wooden staff, and there are a couple of very tiny holes elsewhere.

It is an unusual one, however, in a scale I have not previously owned. At 4 inches on the hoist [the maximum point] x 8 feet on the fly, the dimensions do not coincide with specifie...

A pair of black felt ties are stitched along the hoist. Golden yellow was the customary color of the suffrage movement in America, a tradition began with the first actual campaign...

Cotton ties are hand-sewn along the hoist so that the flag could be affixed to a staff.

Made of plain weave cotton, there is a narrow binding along the hoist, red in color, with three sets of cotton ties.

There is a small tear in the binding, to the hoist end side of the center grommet. Many of my clients prefer early flags to show their age and history of use.

A ship becomes commissioned when the pennant is hoisted. Flown during both times of peace and war, the only time it is not flown is if a flag officer or civilian official is aboard a...

The decorations were made by chiselled / chasing work: Acanthus scrolls as well as flower's blossoms attached to leavy stems growing out from area below decorate the cooler's part b...

She had scarcely done so before the strop of the inner block of her peak halyards broke short off, which caused the peak of the sail to drop, and it was some time before it again cou...

Banners of this type were often hoisted on single vertical staffs that held the rope aloft in the center.

Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old S...

Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old S...

On 7 May 1788 he was made Knight of the Bath and, with the outbreak of war with France in 1793, hoisted his flag in Royal George, 100 guns. In April 1794, Hood was made admiral short...

There is a treadle-sewn, cotton binding along the hoist, with five, hand-sewn grommets. It is extremely unusual to encounter this combination of sewing methods.

It is of interest to note that an extremely similar style of parade flag exists, in identical scale and fabric, yet with two rows of 6 at the end, instead of in the middle, and with ...

Banners of this type were often hoisted on single vertical staffs that held the rope aloft in the center.

There is a narrow cotton binding along the hoist end, through which four slits were made, in order that the flag could be tied to a staff.

The stripes were pieced and joined with treadle stitching and there is a cotton binding along the hoist, bound in the same manner, with two hand-sewn, whip-stitched grommets.

On the right, a naval battle is underway: you can see some warships with hoisted sails that, close to the shore, are engaged in the fight.

The presentation of 13 stars along the hoist end, arranged in a semi-circular medallion with two off-set stars above and below, reflects the original 13 colonies.

Condition: There are notches in the fabric along the hoist end, where the flag was once affixed to its original wooden staff.

Technique Of Manufacture: Cameo Vase With Frieze Decoration In Etched/cut Relief Technique: Casing Glass & Etched As Well As Cut (built up with different colored layers) Daum Na...