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PENNSYLVANIA STATE COAT OF ARMS CERAMIC SHAVING MUG, POSSIBLY G.A.R.
A nice example of a decorated shaving mug from the 1800s to early 1900s. This one is decorated with gold bands around top and bottom and along the finger loop, and with a full color representation of… (1202-187). Learn More »
ILLINOIS 1855 BRASS PERPETUAL CALENDAR
A nice example of mid-nineteenth century state pride and national ingenuity. This small disk on one side has the days of the week around the edge and a central small disk that can be turned bringing a… (1202-213). Learn More »
$75.00
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CIVIL WAR US NAVY SAILOR’S EMBROIDERED PINCUSHION OF AMHERST SPOFFORD: SERVICE IN THE 3rd MAINE INFANTRY AND US NAVY
Born in Maine in 1821, Amherst Spofford (III) first went to sea at age thirteen and spent the greater part of his life as a sailor according to a 1916 obituary. During the Civil War he served in both… (2024-358). Learn More »
LINCOLN SILK MOURNING RIBBON
Multi colored silk, 10” x 2”, featuring bust portrait of martyred President. Square upper margin, v-shaped lower tip, w/ 1.375” red tassel. Small chipping of upper left margin, two tiny nicks.… (1179-1764). Learn More »
$250.00
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A SOUVENIR FROM STONEWALL JACKSON'S HOUSE
This attractive 11” x 14” unframed display features a 2 3/8” x 1 7/8” piece of coverlet that was owned by Colonel Elijah W. Penny who had service in three Indiana Union regiments and was… (M26440). Learn More »
CIRCA WWI C. F. RUMMP & SONS COLLAPSIBLE CUP AND LEATHER CASE
Attractive cup stands 2 ½” tall; the base is 2” in diameter. Has folding handles and bears the Rumpp & Sons mark of a keystone with an “R” at center. Accompanying brown leather case… (160-510). Learn More »
$65.00
SOLD
CIVIL WAR PERIOD COMBINATION FORK, KNIFE AND SPOON MESS SET
Mess gear was usually supplied to soldiers through the recruiting agencies and takes a number of forms, usually all cheap. A soldier or his loved ones might suppose he needed something better and… (1211-55). Learn More »
$150.00
SOLD
OLD LEATHER WALLET
Wallet is made of brown leather and is of the usual tri-fold style. Measures 7.5” x 4” when folded. A 1” leather strap wraps around to hold it closed. Edges are tooled. When opened, the middle… (2024-1254). Learn More »
$30.00
SOLD
COMMERCIAL CIVIL WAR SEWING KIT, SOLDIER’S “HOUSEWIFE”
Sewing kits, in soldier parlance “housewives,” were common going-away gifts from mothers, wives, sweethearts, and charitable sewing circles to departing soldiers who would have to fend for… (1202-128). Learn More »
CIVIL WAR SEWING KIT, SOLDIER’S “HOUSEWIFE”
Sewing kits, in soldier parlance “housewives,” were common going-away gifts from mothers, wives, sweethearts, and charitable sewing circles to departing soldiers who would have to fend for… (2024-355). Learn More »
$395.00
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THE PATRIOT’S HYMN BOOK
Compiled By Rev. A. Manship. Published by Philadelphia Conference Tract Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1862. 96 pp., green w/cloth spine. wraps, 3” x 4.5, w/flag & soldier campsite cover motif. … (450-222). Learn More »
NAPOLEON COMEMORATIVE PLATES
Offered are 7 bone China/creamware plates or soup bowls made by "Keramis BF Belgium". Elaborately decorated around the rims with iconic images of the emperor Napoleon I. In the center of each 9… (88-139). Learn More »
$95.00
Originally $125.00
NEARLY EMPTY CDV ALBUM IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION
This is a small size album (5” x 6”) that fits one photo per side within the thick pages. Twenty-five pages with gilt edges. Pressed leather covers with gold details. Spine is solid. Two brass… (1179-1210). Learn More »
$175.00
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MODEL 1858 “BULLSEYE” CANTEEN WITH VETERAN’S REUNION COVER
The model 1858 canteen was the most popular canteen of the Civil War period. Canteen measures approximately 7 ¾” in diameter and is the “bullseye” style with concentric rings. It was “done… (490-6823). Learn More »
SMALL ALBUM FOR GEM SIZE PHOTOS WITH SEVERAL CONFEDERATE GENERALS INCLUDED
This small photograph album measures 3.5” tall x 3” wide x 0.75” thick. Cloth bound with impressed design on covers and spine. A piece of the brass locking clasp is missing. Cover surfaces show… (450-223). Learn More »
UNISSUED McCLELLAN “WAR OF 1861” IDENTIFICATION DISK
This is an unissued brass identification disk. The front features a central bust of George B. McClellan and reads “MAJOR GENERAL GEO. B. McCLELLAN / WAR OF 1861”. This was never stamped with a… (344-2965). Learn More »
US NAVY SEAMAN’S DUFFEL BAG WITH EAGLE AND NAME
This seaman’s duffel bag, measuring about 23’ by 12 ½” when laid flat, was intended for personal clothing, etc., and has been personalized with a stenciled American eagle with outstretched… (1179-593). Learn More »
G.A.R. UNION VETERAN’S CANTEEN OF ROBERT ELLIOTT 23RD PENNSYLVANIA
The canteen had great significance for the G.A.R. in symbolizing service (as an essential piece of army gear,) comradery and, later, reconciliation, as the slogan “we drank from the same canteen”… (480-334). Learn More »
RARE LOCK AND KEY BY ELIJAH RICKARD, SHEPHERDSTOWN, VA
This hasp of this screw pad lock bears the “ER” stamp Elijah Rickard (1795-1879,) the adopted son of its inventor, whitesmith Michael Rickard. Both Elijah and his own son, James, carried on the… (490-6774). Learn More »
VERY SCARCE CIVIL WAR BROGANS
Officially referred to as army bootees, collectors most often know them as brogans, a term used at the time, though soldiers mostly called them just shoes. They were produced in a number of… (149-42). Learn More »
$2,250.00
Originally $2,500.00
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U.S. 1834 OFFICER’S SWORD OF MAJOR R.M. KIRBY U.S. ARMY WITH 6th PLATE AMBROTYPE BY REES OF SON JOSEPH L.S. KIRBY AS C.S. ARMY 2nd LIEUTENANT WITH THIS VERY SWORD, PART OF AN EXTENSIVE FAMILY ARCHIVE
This substantial archive descended in the family of Joseph Lee Smith Kirby (4 Nov. 1841- 28 July 1933,) who left West Point to join the Confederate Army in 1861 and was among the last to surrender in June 1865 at Galveston, TX. The extended family… (870-310). Learn More »
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