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Oil Painting of River Scene with Fishing off Punt, Rowing Picture
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Oil on canvas fishing river scene painting.
A charming colourful oil on canvas painting of a chocolate box river scene, could easily be the Thames. In the foreground can be seen a r...
Category
British Sporting Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Antique Working English Cast Iron Cheese Press Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A rare antique and all original fully functioning cast iron English cheese press, by Thomas Corbett of Shrewsbury, circa 1880. This cheese press has just ...
Category
English Industrial Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
1880s Iron And Brass Balancing Scale
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s iron and brass balancing scale.
Category
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century Majolica Palissy Tobacco Jar Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880 unsigned.
Naturalistic movement of the end of 19th century.
The jar have the shape of a trunk with a bir...
Category
French Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Victorian Oak Billiard, Lifepool Scoreboard with Cabinet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Snooker, Billiards & Life pool scoreboard attributed to Thurston & Co.
A nice combined Victorian billiards and life pool scoreboard made of light oak. The billiard scorer sits upon a lockable ball cabinet that can house 32 balls, which then sits upon a cupboard. The cupboard comprises of two drawers, a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf, the cupboard raised on a plinth base. The scorer comprises of two blue rollers with gilt painted numbers, 0 to 20 / 20 to 40 / 40 to 60 / 60 to 80 / 80 to 100, with two ebony slides to mark your score, one spot and one plain. The Life Pool board consists of 12 slides with coloured discs, each colour representing the player's cue ball and the order of play. The colours of the discs being blue, brown, green, white, red, yellow, black, pink, spot orange, spot white, spot red and spot yellow. When each slide is pulled back 3 boxwood discs are revealed, one for each life of the player. There are also "stars" hiding, and these are used as extra lives. In the middle of the scoreboard there is a slate board for keeping scores etc.
The game of Life Pool can be played by a number of players, a maximum of 12 players with this scoreboard, who form the pool. Each player has their own coloured ball and loses a life each time the ball is potted by an opponent. When three lives...
Category
British Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Pair of Fishing Watercolours, Got Him & Lost Him by F.p. Hopkins 'Shortspoon'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pair of angling watercolors By Major Hopkins.
A wonderful pair of original fishing watercolours, a self portrait of one of the most important golf artists of the Victorian era. Signed and dated 1886. Major Hopkins is well know for his golf watercolours but he was a keen fisherman who included angling among his contributions to 'The Field' magazine and wrote and illustrated "Fishing Experiences of Half a Century". These images were published by McQueen in 1886, The angling pictures have been completed on a light blue paper and painted in monochrome. Got Him! shows two fishermen, one kneeling on the ground looking over the catch whilst the other is having a drink from a beaker, with a wicker creel...
Category
European Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
Pair of Early Nordic Cross Country Skis, Museum Piece
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pair of Early Scandinavian cross country skis.
A pair of early long slender Swedish ridge top cross country ski's with tapered tips and wedge tai...
Category
Swedish Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Maple
Antique China Tennis Tea Set by George Jones & Sons, 19th Century
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
This is a very rare China tennis tea set by George Jones & Sons. The set comprises of a tea pot, three cups with saucers, a sugar bowl and a milk jug. E...
Category
English Sporting Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Taxidermy Ornithological Showcase "Paradise" by Roland Ward
Located in Leuven , BE
English ornithological showcase containing 34 birds from India, Turkistan, Eastern China and south east Asia. Species preconvention 01/06/1947 can be commercialized in accordance wit...
Category
British Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Organic Material
Victorian Novelty Sterling Silver Pig and Trough Match Strike 1885 J. Braham
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1885 by Joseph Braham, this delightful, novelty, Victorian, antique sterling silver match strike, is modelled as a pig standing by his trough, mounted on a wo...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century J. H. Stewar Barometer and Thermometer Antique Weather Misure
Located in Milan, IT
English barometer with thermometer and double Vernier reading the variation of atmospheric pressure. Signed J.H. Steward 406 Strand London in the late 19th century.
arometer mounted...
Category
British Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
American Art Nouveau by Diane Chalmers Johnson
Located in valatie, NY
American Art Nouveau by Diane Chalmers Johnson. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1981. 2nd Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The American Art Nouveau movement, including: Louis Comfort ...
Category
American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Equestrian Print, Samuel Edmund Waller, Twixt Love and Duty, Photogravur
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Equestrian print, S.E. Waller.
A fine photogravure after the original painting by Samuel Edmund Waller titled 'Twixt Love And Duty'. The 'romanti...
Category
French Sporting Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Novelty Sterling Silver Tabletop Burner with Cigar Cutter
By Susannah Brasted
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Victorian novelty sterling silver tabletop burner with cigar cutter on wooden base
Maker : Susannah Brasted
Made in London 1888
Fully hallm...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Carved Burr Walnut Banjo Barometer, circa 1880
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding carved burr walnut banjo Barometer having a lovely carved burr walnut case with a thermometer and a 12 inch round silver dial. Perfect workin...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Pair of American Brass Nautical Taffrail Log Spinners, Negus, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American brass nautical taffrail log spinners, Late 19th century. Stamped by brothers Thomas Shufeldt Negus, Jr. (1828-1894) & John Davidson Negus (1833-1890) manufacturers and merchants of chronometers and other fine marine instruments...
Category
American American Empire Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
"Peg-Leg Beggar" Mechanical Bank, American, circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Peg-leg Beggar" 19th century cast iron mechanical bank was probably inspired by the many disabled Civil War veterans begging for their subsistence. The bank was manufactured by the ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Ulysses S. Grant, Large Albumen Photograph on Card by Abraham Bogardus
Located in New York, NY
Grant, Ulysses S.
Large Albumen Photograph
Magnificent large albumen photograph of Ulysses S. grant by Abraham Bogardus.
An unusually large late (circa 1880) photograph of Grant, post-presidency, in formal dress, sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer’s credit and address (“A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway, NY”) on matte below the photo.
The photographer, Anthony Bogardus, was a photographic pioneer, described by the New York Times as “the best-known photographer in the United States” in his prime who took “the first photographs of Gen. Grant, Gen. Hancock, Samuel D. Morse, inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men.”
The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph, calling it “the last and best taken of General Grant...
Category
American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
19th Century Buffalo Wild Bill Cody Cabinet Collectors Card
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Hon. W.F. Cody cabinet card by Anderson 785 Broadway, New York.
Period: Late 19th century
Origin: New York
Size: 4 1/4" x 16"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco...
Category
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Seven Falls Colorado Springs Antique Photographic Postcard, circa 1880
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an antique photographic postcard of Seven Falls, Colorado, from 1880. Postcard production blossomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as railroads opened up much of the Western frontier to new and exciting travel opportunities.
Seven Falls is one of Colorado’s most captivating natural wonders. Located at the base of the Front Range, this magnificent series of waterfalls is situated in a 1,250-foot-wall box canyon between the towering Pillars of Hercules and boasts a 181-foot drop of falling water.
Seven Falls was originally part of land given to Nathan Colby in 1872 as part of the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homestead Act granted 160 acres of surveyed land to pioneers in the west, with claimants required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. Mr. Colby promptly sold the track of land to James Hull...
Category
American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Needlepoint Tallit Bag, Jerualem
Located in New York, NY
An Intricate Jerusalem Textile, made in Jerusalem, 1886.
Double-sided large pouch. Wool thread embroidered on cotton net. One side has a lion and stag holding flags reading “Jerusale...
Category
Israeli Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Textile
French Bronze Cannon Model
Located in New York, NY
French bronze World War I (19/20th Century) field cannon on rectangular white marble base
Category
French Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Pozzolan Large Heraldic Coat of Arms, Wall Decoration
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Antique heraldic coat of arms made of pozzolan. Pozzolan is an antique type of cement. The coat of arms is of large dimensions comes from a famil...
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cement
Irish Pony Saddle
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual Irish 19th century specialty pony saddle with center harness by Rafferty of Dublin, in richly patinated leather, brass and timber and with padded t...
Category
Irish Folk Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Figural French Rosewood Cigar Box, circa 1880
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Comical French rosewood figural cigar box. Lever opens against lid and front door to reveal open interior and matchbox. Match strike at front, cream pl...
Category
French Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Carved Wood 3rd Station of the Cross, 'Jesus Falls’, Switzerland
Located in Buffalo, NY
19th century carved wood 3rd station of the cross, 'JESUS FALLS’ carved in Switzerland, recently acquired from Holy Angels Church located in Buffalo New Yo...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Victorian Brass Clock and Barometer Set with Thermometer
Located in Norwich, GB
Late Victorian brass clock and barometer set with centrally mounted thermometer with enamel register plate.
The case stands on a raised plin...
Category
French Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Wood Mannequin, circa 1880
Located in Milano, IT
Atelier mannequin
graven and carved stone pine wood
Italy, late 19th century
Measures: H 102 cm x 25 cm x 14 cm
H 40.15 in x 9.84 in x 5.51 in
Weight: circa kg 4
State of conse...
Category
Italian Other Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
19th Century Rawhide Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rawhide braided quirt with lead filled handle.
Period: Last quarter of the 19th century
Origin: Montana
Size: 14" plus 11" flapper.
Family Owned & Oper...
Category
American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide
Louis XVI Style Barometers and Thermometers by H. Dasson, France, Circa 1880
By Henry Dasson
Located in PARIS, FR
A companion pair of Louis XVI style barometer and thermometer finely decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and seeds on green velvet, each with a polychrome decorated enamel pla...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
American Mahogany and Brass Ship Binnacle, Riggs & Brothers, Phila. Circa 1880
By Riggs & Brothers
Located in Hollywood, SC
American mahogany ship binnacle with a brass-mounted dome helmet, internal dry compass by Ritchie of Boston, flanking removable burners with the original fonts and resting on an octa...
Category
American American Empire Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of American Brass Double Stacked Maritime Beacons Mounted on Bases. C. 1880
By Lovell Manufacturing Company
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American brass double stacked maritime beacons with carrying handles, makers stamps, original red and blue 360 degree Fresnel lenses, and mount...
Category
American American Craftsman Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Authentic Native American Beaded Sioux Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Stunning Sioux moccasins, beaded, primarily in blue and white, with flag motif and horse hair tuffs on tabs.
Period: circa 1880
Origin: Sioux, Plains...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
Native American Sioux Authentic Ceremonial Moccasins
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux Ceremonial moccasins, with fully beaded soles.
Period: circa 1880
Origin: Sioux, Plains
Size: 10 1/4" x 4".
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, excep...
Category
American Native American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
Smith & Wesson Revolver Set
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional and complete original set of Smith & Wesson revolver
model 44 Russian n.3.
All pieces are original and in superb condition.
Category
North American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Italian Walnut Scale Model of a Clipper
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This highly detailed and unusual scale model is partially planked on one side to reveal the interior structure. There are hinged panels in the sides which open to afford a glimpse of the interior. The whole is raised on two supports upon a shaped plinth base.
Italian, circa 1880.
Provenance
Provenance: By repute King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and gifted to Duke of the Abruzzi thence by descent until sold in 1973 to Arnaldo Ruschioni.
The present model represents a clipper, or fast sailing vessel, first introduced in the early 19th century. The clipper was outfitted with three high masts and a large number of sails, designed to carry small loads of profitable cargo quickly over long distances. The present clipper model was constructed in the third quarter of the 19th century and was formerly owned by collector and naval model...
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Antique Taxidermy Sea Eagles by Henry Ward, Father of Roland Ward
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pair of sea eagles by Henry Ward. Father of Roland Ward.
An exceptional pair of cased sea eagles by Henry Ward. The case contains a cleverly modelled pair...
Category
English Sporting Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
19th Century Carved Walnut Crucifix from Switzerland
Located in Dallas, TX
Nice Swiss antique hand-carved walnut crucifix.
Measures: 25.5 inches height.
Category
Swiss Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Giltwood Thermometer & Perpetual Calendar Attributed to F.Linke, France, c. 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style set comprising a thermometer and a perpetual calendar attributed to F. Linke. Each consisting of a metal plaque, painted with floral motifs on a beige backgro...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sheet Metal
English Silver-Mounted Swirled Glass Perfume Bottle
Located in New York, NY
English Silver Mounted Swirled Glass Perfume Bottle
The glass Stevens and Williams (unmarked). The Victorian silver -Birmingham 1889 Makers: S...
Category
English Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Indian Lawn Tennis Racket
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A fine example of a flat top lawn tennis racket by Mahboob of Sialkot (Punjab). The racket has good, original double stringing, 11 trebling to the top and ...
Category
Indian Sporting Art Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Pair of Anglo-Indian Copper and Brass Port & Starboard Ship Lanterns, Circa 1880
By Sachin Engineer Corporation
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Anglo-Indian copper and brass port and starboard ship lanterns with the original Fresnel lenses, vented tops, stamped badges, carrying handles and rear sliding doors with han...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Tiny 19th Century Chinese Women's Leather Shoes
Located in New York, NY
An unusual and rare pair of tiny and narrow 19th century Chinese women's shoes. This pair shows attractive wear but is in great condition. Wonderful object and great conversation pie...
Category
Chinese Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
19th Century Masterpiece BIG Book "The Superstitions of Humanity"
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century. Impressive book
Works illustrated with gorgeous stickers and engravings depicting historical and mythological scenes momuments and copied art objects of the most auth...
Category
Spanish Baroque Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
American Polished Steel and Brass Single Anchor Lantern, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American painted polished steel and brass single ship anchor lantern with original Fresnel lense, hoisting ring, protective cage, and original oil burner. Late 19th century Signed W...
Category
American American Empire Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Grand Tour, Temple of Castor & Pollux in alabaster
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Temple of Castor & Pollux in alabaster. Grand Tour souvenir.
(Later) inscription on the base: Forum Romano.
We also have this object in bronze but slightly smaller.
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Ladies Walking Cane Stick with Sevres Porcelain Handle 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French walking cane with hand painted porcelain spherical handle in the Sevres manner, with a bamboo shaft, Circa 1880 in date.
The handle is beautifull...
Category
English Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Bamboo
Antique English Brass Coddington Magnifying Glass c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
An unusual late nineteenth century Coddington magnifying glass made from English brass having been professionally polished.
Excellent condition measuring 3" x 1" x 1".
Item ID: 443...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Boucher Phhotographiste 1st Ed. 1988
Located in London, GB
Published by Contrejur Paris French text hardback
A collection of photographs by French photographer Pierre Boucher (1908-2000). It includes surrealist works by multiple exposure, technical photographs such as solarization, moving photographs that capture nudes and physical movements, and constructivist photographs. A publication from Contrejour, a publisher founded by photographers Bernard Plossu and Claude Nori...
Category
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Hardwood Victorian Hand Carved Revolving Snooker POOL Cue Rack
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning hand made in England, circa 1880 oak and mahogany revolving snooker pool cue rack with original finish
A good looking well made an...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Oak
Antique Chinese Silver & Malacca Walking Stick Cane C1880 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Chinese gentleman's silver pommel and Malacca walking stick, circa 1880 in date.
This decorative walking cane features an exquisite Chinese silver pomme...
Category
Chinese Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Glorious Victus museum original from the 1890 columbian exposition
Located in Van Nuys, CA
From a private museum this very rare large example of the glorious victis on a rouge, marble museum, swivel base
This particular bronze was the one that was shown in 1890 Colombian ...
Category
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
1889 Sea Chart Map of Delaware Bay by George Eldridge, Chart No. 11
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original Eldridge's Chart No. 11, Delaware Bay and River, from The United States Coast and George Eldridge's Surveys, published in 1889. The sea chart shows the Delaw...
Category
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
13 Star American Parade Flag with Rare Design, Ca 1888 Ex Richard Pierce
Located in York County, PA
13 Star American parade flag in an extremely rare design, with “protection to home industries” slogan on a fanciful, scrolling streamer, made for the 1888 presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison; formerly in the collection of Richard pierce.
1888 Benjamin Harrison campaign flag, printed on cotton, with 13 large stars in a 3-2-3-2-3 pattern, upon which a whimsical, scrolling streamer is superimposed that features the slogan: “Protection to Home Industries.”
There are numerous styles of both documented and undocumented, red, white, and blue bandanas and handkerchiefs, made for Harrison’s campaign in this year, as well as from the subsequent one, in 1892. Most bear variations of text to support the “Protection for American Industries” platform of the Republican Party. America was in the midst of the industrial age and there was a great deal of public interest, both in protecting growth and discouraging both imported goods and immigration. The constant stream of immigrants posed great challenges for a working families, competing for scarce jobs, in work environments that were already often far from ideal. In post-Civil War America, many of the working men were Civil War veterans.
Bandanas abound from Harrison’s Campaigns, but flags do not. This example, along with three others, were once part of an 1888 patriotic quilt that was disassembled by a dealer and sold piecemeal to collectors. I eventually acquired all four. Fifteen to twenty years ago, these were the only four known copies. A couple of others have since surfaced, but the total count known still stands closer to 5 than 10.
The use of 13 stars is seen in the flags of various candidates in the 19th century. Among these are Abraham Lincoln (1860 campaign), Henry Clay (1844 campaign), John Fremont (1856), and Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather, William Henry Harrison...
Category
American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
41-Star Printed Flag Waver, Celebrating Montana Statehood, 1889
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a very rare, 41-star flag waver celebrating Montana statehood. The flag is printed on linen and dates to 1889. The dark blue canton is printed with forty one stars in nine rows of alternating counts of five and four stars. Thirteen red and white stripes complete the flag’s design.
The history of Montana statehood is a long one. Numerous Native American tribes originally inhabited the Montana Territory. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the members of their expedition were the first explorers to document a journey through Montana and the lands of the Louisiana Purchase. Soon, forts were established to facilitate regular fur trading with Native American tribes. Missionaries and trailblazers followed.
The discovery of gold in the early 1860s sped the creation of the Montana Territory. As settlers and gold prospectors entered Montana in the 1860s and 1870s, conflicts with the Native Americans arose. Perhaps the most famous clash between Native Americans and the United States military occurred in Montana on June 25, 1876. On that day, Sioux and Cheyenne defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer‘s 7th United States Cavalry regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. A year later, Nez Percé Chief Joseph surrendered in the Bear Paw Mountains of Montana. Lured by copper in the 1880s, mining brought even more settlers to Montana. Rich grazing lands for cattle and sheep attracted other pioneers.
Each of the states in America, with the exception of the original thirteen, Texas, and California, was first organized as a territory before achieving admittance to the Union as a state. Originating with the Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, the territorial system provided the expanding U.S. with a method to govern frontier areas until they gained sufficient population and economic maturity to qualify for statehood. Not surprisingly, residents of frontier territories usually demanded quick admission to statehood so they could gain full control of their local governments. Montana was a territory for 25 years – from the creation of Montana Territory in 1864 until the territory was admitted to statehood in 1889.
On November 2, 1889, North and South Dakota were added to the Union as the 39th and 40th states, the first time in history that two states were admitted on the same day. Montana became the 41st state on November 8, predating Washington, the 42nd state, by only three days. Flag makers were not in the business of making out-of-date flags. As a result of these rapid changes in the number of states, only a small number of 41-star flags or commemorative items were ever produced, thereby making any 41-star flag exceedingly rare.
CONDITION:
Good condition. This flag is printed, with a hemmed headband and fly end in a running stitch...
Category
American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Quality Black Forest Carved Walnut Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality Black Forest carved walnut barometer having a quality carved walnut shaped case with a carved stag's head to the top, carved leaves and foliag...
Category
English Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Antique Silver & Malacca Walking Stick Cane, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique gentleman's silver pommel and bambo shaft walking stick, circa 1880 in date.
This decorative walking cane features an exquisite silver pommel decorate...
Category
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
41 Stars In a Lineal Pattern With Offset Stars, Montana Statehood American Flag
Located in York County, PA
41 STARS IN A LINEAL PATTERN WITH OFFSET STARS THAT CREATE A CROSSHATCH IN THE CORNERS AND CENTER, ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS AMONG SURVIVING FLAGS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, REFLECTS MONTANA STATEHOOD IN NOVEMBER, 1889, ACCURATE FOR JUST 3 DAYS:
Numerous flags appeared with unofficial star counts in early America, produced by flag-makers in anticipation of the addition of more states. The 41 star flag...
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American Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
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