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PLASTER SCROLL WTH GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

PLASTER SCROLL WTH GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

This is a large piece of plaster made to look like an old scroll parchment. The top and bottom edges are rolled over as an open scroll would be. From the bottom edge to the top the piece meas. approx.… (M22592). Learn More »

CIRCA 1860’S CIVIL WAR ZOUAVE PRINT

CIRCA 1860’S CIVIL WAR ZOUAVE PRINT

Full color card featuring two bearded, Zouave soldiers of the Civil War era. Very slight soiling, minor corner wear, else VG. Measures 7” x 4 ½”.  Handsome desk display piece. (200-349). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR UNIFORM AND RANK CHART FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS ATLAS

CIVIL WAR UNIFORM AND RANK CHART FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS ATLAS

Across the top of the chart are the different uniforms worn by the Union with the Confederates shown across the bottom. These drawings were done using the uniform regulations as written. The soldier… (565-104). Learn More »

$395.00
Originally $575.00

18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN MILITARY CAMP PRINTS, CA. 1770-1780s

18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN MILITARY CAMP PRINTS, CA. 1770-1780s

Two  colored lithographs by Georg Balthazar Probst, a noted  late-18th century publisher/illustrator from Augsburg, Germany. These prints, numbered “116” & 117”, are from an unknown 18th… (453-26). Learn More »

EXQUISITE 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE OIL PAINTING ON IVORY – MARIE THERESE DE SAVOIE

EXQUISITE 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE OIL PAINTING ON IVORY – MARIE THERESE DE SAVOIE

Here is a very fine, original, miniature oval oil painting executed on ivory that shows Marie Therese De Savoie, Countess of Savoy (1819-1864). The painting measures 2 1/8” high x 1 7/8” wide and… (M21113). Learn More »

WONDERFUL FRAMED WORLD WAR ONE POSTER

WONDERFUL FRAMED WORLD WAR ONE POSTER

Poster proclaims “THE HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN IS THE POWER OF THE NATION” in white letters in a blue sky. Beneath the sky in a field of deep green grass 15 children, both boys and girls of various… (246-76). Learn More »

UNFRAMED PAIR OF COLORFUL CIVIL WAR ERA LITHOGRAPHS THAT DEPICT THE UNION SOLDIER IN BATTLE

UNFRAMED PAIR OF COLORFUL CIVIL WAR ERA LITHOGRAPHS THAT DEPICT THE UNION SOLDIER IN BATTLE

The scenes presented in this two-piece set of oversize, colorful lithographs depict a romanticized version of the Federal soldier early in the war. Both of these lithographs are in very good original… (L13454). Learn More »

18TH CENTURY FRENCH MILITARY GRENADE THROWING  INSTRUCTION LITHOGRAPH

18TH CENTURY FRENCH MILITARY GRENADE THROWING INSTRUCTION LITHOGRAPH

Circa 1760, black and white lithograph from unknown 18th French military publication, measuring 9.5 x 6.5”, double matted in black and beige, mounted in handsomely trimmed contemporary frame… (453-25). Learn More »

$225.00
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SMALL BUST OF ROBERT E. LEE

SMALL BUST OF ROBERT E. LEE

Bust appears to be made of brass and meas. approx. 2.75 inches tall. Base is inscribed “R.E. Lee.” Felt on bottom. Some green discoloration. (172-2627). Learn More »

LINCOLN PLAQUE BY VICTOR DAVID BRENNER

LINCOLN PLAQUE BY VICTOR DAVID BRENNER

Stamped brass plaque with profile relief of President Abraham Lincoln on the front. The silhouette of Mr. Lincoln is the same as on the current US penny.  Plaque meas. approx. 7.25 x 9.50.  Upper… (337-217). Learn More »

PAIR OF MINIATURE PAINTED IVORIES OF RICHARD AND CATHERINE BALL

PAIR OF MINIATURE PAINTED IVORIES OF RICHARD AND CATHERINE BALL

The 1-3/4 inch ovals are both painted on ivory and mounted in a small decorative metal frame. The picture of Mary has a ring attached so it can be worn around the neck. Both pieces have a small crack… (M21111). Learn More »

MILITARY SILHOUETTE:  FRENCH CUIRASSIER AND ENGLISH 15TH HUSSAR BY WILLIAM JAMES HUBARD, 1825

MILITARY SILHOUETTE: FRENCH CUIRASSIER AND ENGLISH 15TH HUSSAR BY WILLIAM JAMES HUBARD, 1825

18" x 14". Cut paper mounted on board, watercolor, and gold paint. The exquisitely cut silhouette of a Napoleonic era cavalry duel is signed at the bottom "James Hubard invenit et fecit [invented and… (611-11). Learn More »

TWO LARGE FRAMED PIECES OF AMERICAN FRETWORK DONE IN A POST CIVIL WAR / GAR MOTIF

TWO LARGE FRAMED PIECES OF AMERICAN FRETWORK DONE IN A POST CIVIL WAR / GAR MOTIF

These are two framed wooden pieces of American fretwork handsomely done circa 1875-1880s era.   Fretwork, sometimes referred to as gingerbread scrollwork, is an interlaced decorative design that is… (345-10). Learn More »

HAND-PAINTED MASONIC APRON, CIRCA 1790-1810

HAND-PAINTED MASONIC APRON, CIRCA 1790-1810

One symbol of Freemasonry is an original deerskin / lambskin Masonic Apron used in the celebrations and ceremonies of that fraternity.  This square or oblong shaped apron represents ‘honorable… (123-6893). Learn More »

MASONIC APRON FROM HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 1826

MASONIC APRON FROM HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 1826

One symbol of Freemasonry is the Masonic Apron used in the celebrations and ceremonies of that fraternity. This large square or oblong shaped apron is made of silk or linen and represents ‘honorable… (123-6891). Learn More »

GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING LITHOGRAPH BY BERNARDT WALL

GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING LITHOGRAPH BY BERNARDT WALL

Black and white lithograph, measuring 12 x 18”,  double matted in red and white, and mounted in heavy white card with shrink wrapping. “Bernhardt Wall/ 1918/ Copyright” in lower right corner.… (557-04). Learn More »

$350.00
Originally $450.00

GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING LITHOGRAPH BY BERNHARDT WALL

GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING LITHOGRAPH BY BERNHARDT WALL

Ca. 1918. Black and white litho, measuring 18 x 12”, double matted in red and beige, mounted on heavy white card, with shrink wrapping. Signed in lower right corner by Bernhardt Wall, a prominent… (557-05). Learn More »

$350.00
Originally $450.00

SPAN AM UNCLE SAM / FITZHUGH LEE CARTOON

SPAN AM UNCLE SAM / FITZHUGH LEE CARTOON

"About Time to Get to Work." Black & white ink, signed by "Davenport", measuring 11.875 x 16". Features the figure of "Uncle Sam" sitting on a stool, pulling down a rifle from the wall as he reads… (20-2011). Learn More »

1864 CONFEDERATE TRANSPORTATION MANIFEST

1864 CONFEDERATE TRANSPORTATION MANIFEST

By itself this would be a fascinating piece of Confederate history - a shipment of Nitro on its way to Richmond on June 14, 1864. Nitro is one of the key ingredients in making explosives. However,… (565-68). Learn More »

1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN LITHOGRAPH BROADSIDE - "THE WAR CANDIDATE ON A PEACE PLATFORM."

1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN LITHOGRAPH BROADSIDE - "THE WAR CANDIDATE ON A PEACE PLATFORM."

For Sale by American News Company, (Agents for the Publishers). New York. Measures 8 x 9.25". Depicts Democratic candidate Geo. B. McClellan sitting backwards on a donkey, holding a scabbard-less… (337-190). Learn More »


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SHARPS "BOX LOCK" MODEL 1851 CARBINE

Robin and Lawrence in Windsor Vermont manufactured the Model 1851 Sharps Carbine between 1852 and 1855. Estimated production is 1,857 carbines. It is a 52-caliber percussion breechloader with a Maynard tape system. One distinguishing feature is that… (172-2029). Learn More »

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