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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Early Folk Art American Two Sided Framed Military Drawing with Map
Located in Savannah, GA
This unusual set of drawings in a double sided frame came out of an old New England Estate in a Beacon Hill, Boston home. From what we have gathered, they are hand-colored drawings o...
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American Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800
Located in Portland, OR
An important & rare antique American political printed silk broadside, an elegy on the death of President George Washington, dated 1800.
A poem on the Death of President George Was...
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Federal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Silk
Swiss alp calendar dated 1797
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp calendar
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Wood, Paper
Man of the Sandwich Islands, with His Helmet J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin Sc.
By John Webber
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An English 18 century engraving titled "Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet " signed .J. Webber del. J.K. Sherwin sc. The subject was sketched in the 1770s by J.K Sherwin S,...
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English British Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Barons Delaware Boston Joined Chest of Drawers, US American Colonial
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A joined enclosed American walnut, white oak, pine, beech, maple, krappa (crabwood), and letterwood Boston chest of drawers with lidded top
Ipswich/Bosto...
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American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
William & Mary Rare Pewter Trefid Spoon with Portraits, Circa 1690
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Very rare William and Mary pewter trefid spoon the handle molded in relief with portraits and dating from around 1690. The spoon has an elongated rounded ...
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English William and Mary Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Pewter
Pair of 17th Century Engravings of Swedish Kings Karl X & Karl XI
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of fine engravings of two Swedish monarchs by Samuel Blessendorf for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden, in antique birch frames, 1663 and 1696.
Engravings of Swedish King Karl X Gustav (b. 1622 - d. 1660) dated 1663 and his successor, King Karl XI (b. 1655 - d. 1697) from 1696 by Samuel Blessendorf, a Prussian enamel painter and engraver, born in Berlin in 1670. He designed and engraved these portraits for Puffendorf’s History of Sweden by Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694), Historiographer to King Karl X of Sweden.
Freiherr Samuel von Pufendorf (b 1632 – d 1694) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1684 when he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes...
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Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Paper
William Penn's Treaty, Pennsylvania, Engraving, London, 1775
By John Boydell
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
John Hall (1739-1797) William Penn's Treaty With The Indians After Benjamin West, Published by John Boydell, 1775 London, Engraving 17"-inches x 22 1...
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English American Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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Paper
Unique 18th Century English Carved Panel of Two Kings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique carved Folk Art panel, dated 1768, depicting a double portrait of mythological kings, whimsically portrayed in miniature stature with protruding beards and chests, from an 18t...
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English Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Political and Patriotic Memorabilia
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1868 Map of the Upper Part of the Island of Manhattan Above 86th Street
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Monumental "Valley Forge" American Flag with 48 Stars, c.1940-1950 (FREE SHIP)
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English Painted Wood Dummy Board Depicting a Royal Navy Lieutenant
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Antique Hand-Carved Meerschaum Smoking Pipe of Napoleon Bonaparte & Case
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"Rally Freemen!..." Civil War Recruitment Broadside
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Napoleonic Folk Art Calligraphy Drawing
Located in Greenwich, CT
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Ohio State Parade Flag with a Civil War Veterans Overprint
Located in York County, PA
OHIO STATE FLAG WITH CIVIL WAR VETERANS' OVERPRINT FROM THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC POST IN COLUMBUS, MADE IN MOURNING OF THE 1925 PASSING OF NATIONAL G.A.R. COMMANDER IN CHIEF DANIEL M. HALL, WHO ALSO SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE G.A.R., AS WELL AS THE LOCAL CHAPTER
Flag of the State of Ohio, printed on oilcloth-like cotton, affixed to its original wooden staff. Made for Civil War veteran's use, the flag bears a stamped overprint in the striped field that consists of an open wreath of laurel branches, inside which is the following text: “GAR [Grand Army of the Republic] Post, Dan Hall, Columbus, OH”.
Born on October 20th, 1842, Daniel M. Hall enlisted with the Union Army as a Private at the age of 18 on August 25th, 1861. On October 8th of that year he mustered into the Co. H of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry. Discharged for disability on June 28th, 1862, he reenlisted approximately 17 months later, on November 11th, 1863, and mustered into Co. F of the 12th Ohio Cavalry at Camp Cleveland. He was at some point promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and, on February 21st, 1864, to the rank of Corporal. He mustered out at Nashville on November 14th, 1865.
Hall mustered into the Hamlin Post of the Ohio G.A.R. on May 23rd, 1883. He would go on to serve not only as Commander of the Dept. of Ohio for the organization, but as National Commander of the entire Grand Army of the Republic.
The Grand Army of the Republic was the primary veterans association for Union Civil War soldiers. Founded in 1866, its members dressed up in Civil War uniforms, attended parades and reunions, and the organization was somewhat more fraternal in nature than today’s VFW or American Foreign Legion.
Flags overprinted for the purpose of advertising are a specialized form in American flag collecting. A flag with a basic G.A.R. overprint is the most common type. This might be accompanied by a post number and a date. More elaborate the overprints are more highly desired, such as this one, which is the only variation I know of that honors a particular person who was not the namesake of the chapter itself.
It is of interest to note that a sister variety of 48 star parade flag is known, printed on the same fabric, that bears the same overprint, accompanied by the words: “We Mourn Our Comrade." From the additional text on the 48 star variety, one can extrapolate that the flags were made to mourn the passing of this important leader of Civil War veterans on October 19th, 1925, just one day before his 83rd birthday.
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34-Star Civil War American Flag, Antique Great Star Pattern, circa 1861
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
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France, Revlolutionary Period, Polychrome Bronze Bas-Relief Representing Marat
Located in VILLEFONTAINE, FR
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Revolutionary period, after 1793
Rare polychrome bronze representation of the famous revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat. Represented in profile and wearing the Phrygian cap, the latter adorned with the cockade, the hairstyle in a ponytail tied with a ribbon.
Inscription on the right " UNABLE TO CORRUPT HIM THEY MURDERED HIM " above the Masonic symbol of the level pierced with a knife.
At the bottom of the bas-relief, the inscription "MARAT THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE "
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French Revolution, 1794, Two Documents, Revolutionary Surveillance Committee
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Dated March 9, 1794, Year II of the Republic
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French Revolution, circa 1793, Color Engraving of the Three Martyrs of Liberty
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French Revolution, Handwritten Circular from the Minister of Justice Cambacérès
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18th Century Folk Art John Wesley Bone Preacher Methodist Church
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A naively panted horse or cow vertebra showing the late Methodist preacher John Wesley whom founded the movement in the early 18th century.
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18th Century English Memento Mori, Masonic Horn Beaker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th century Masonic horn beaker, with typical Masonic imagery and symbolism
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Exceedingly Rare 18th Century American Tricorn Hat
Located in Wiscasset, ME
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Alexander Hamilton Signed Treasury Department Letter, 1794
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
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Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
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Located in York County, PA
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Located in Vlimmeren, BE
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