- CHINESE CARVED GREEN JADE URN ON STAND,
CHINESE CARVED GREEN JADE URN ON STAND, 7"Chinese carved green jade lidded urn with captured rings on handles and captured links from handle to top, body carved with foliate designs on stand, top with intricate through carved handle, on throu
- Box 2pc WWII Japanese Leather Pouch
Box 2pc WWII Japanese Leather Pouch and Silk Flag - Captured at Guadalcanal per family
- 19TH CENTURY SEAFARING, 15 LETTERS BY
19TH CENTURY SEAFARING, 15 LETTERS BY J RUTHERFORD 15 readable documents related to Captain John Rutherford (1762-1814). A manuscript archive of John Rutherford, he was a captured Revolutionary war soldier and merchant seaman. During one of his many expeditions, in a correspondence dated May 11, 1800, the letter describes how he was robbed of his valuables after his ship, the brig 'Nathaniel,' was captured by a French privateer ship called the 'Little Liberty Commands.' Then a letter dated Oct 9, 1809 with the entry" I am once more a prisoner, I was captured by a small privateer...who took us to St Martins..." Following with another letter posted in a stampless cover from Norfolk, VA dated Sept 10th, 1811, having one entry describing his feeling about his brother who had escaped during the Great Newburyport Fire of May 31, 1811, when the bulk of the town burned down. With heartfelt advice using nautical comparisons. Another letter describes leaving Newburyport on August 15, 1809 in the schooner 'Two Sons,' as the master, and being captured by a privateer schooner. The master being Mathew Paien, and taken to St Martins with full discharge of goods being carried out and quantities listed. There are several deeds, a letter of condolence for the loss of his wife from a friend and some papers and correspondence of his wife Jane and a document dated Jan 14, 1784, historically the same day as the when the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, officially establishing the United States as an independent and sovereign nation, from Ipswich, which came with the collection but with unrelated names, describing the pay and conditions for a person to work on a boat, with a total archive of 15 different documents. An interesting collection
- EARLY GEORGIA HISTORY, THE LONDON GAZETTE,
EARLY GEORGIA HISTORY, THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1742 Georgia pre-revolutionary war history detailed account of its early struggles with colonialism. This document is a sworn disposition such printed in the periodical describing the intense circumstances surrounding the ongoing naval and ground fight for Georgia involving Fort Frederica and the British naval invasion planned as well as a deposition from a sailor who was captured and held onboard the ship the Pretty Nancy who gave a full account of the hardships of war. Descriptions of casualties, naval battles, types of cannons used on board ships and the different described ships and types of shot used. This document is housed under black matting covered in glass and surrounded in a detailed brown frame.
- THREE CHINESE HARDWOOD PEDESTALS OR
THREE CHINESE HARDWOOD PEDESTALS OR TABLES Three Chinese carved hardwood pedestals or tables, early 20th century, one having a circular inset top and two with petal form inset pink marble tops, all captured in conforming frames with beaded rim, above pierced and carved foliate double aprons, rising on figural legs with masks issuing trailing flowers, the largest joined by a coin form lower shelf and the medium size joined by a stretcher, all ending in scroll feet. Approximate Dimensions: largest h. 21", dia. 21".
- PAIR CHINESE DUCAI PHOENIX LOW BOWLS,
PAIR CHINESE DUCAI PHOENIX LOW BOWLS, MARKED Pair of Chinese Ducai phoenix low bowls, the interiors having a blue wave band at the rim, centering two confronting phoenixes amidst lotus scrollwork, the exteriors having lotus scrollwork, the undersides with blue underglaze six character Yongzheng style marks captured in two circles. Approximate Dimensions: h. 1.5", dia. 8".
- UNISSUED BRITISH-MADE CONFEDERATE SHOES
UNISSUED BRITISH-MADE CONFEDERATE SHOES England,C. 1861-65Leather English army bootees with a tall upper and leather pulls, double pegged heels, hobnails on the outer edge of the sole, marked on the sole in front if the heels "CS/A", and marked on the sole in a circle "P.C", with a roll book from the Corporal A.J. Grim Post Number 640 from Spring City, Pennsylvania, with a listing of their officers from 1905 to 1922. Note: G.A.R. Post 640 was disbanded in the early 1920s as many of the members had died. It is thought that these bootees were captured by a member of the post. There is a similar pair although with brass eyelets pictured in "Echoes of Glory: Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy," Time-Life Books, Virginia, 1991, p. 174.
- CONFEDERATE LETTERS FROM MALCOLM MCCLEOD
CONFEDERATE LETTERS FROM MALCOLM MCCLEOD United States,Two letters from Malcolm McCleod, Co. E, 32nd Alabama Volunteer Infantry, one from Camp Mobile dated July 9, 1862, to his wife Ruth Pugh (Chapman) McCleod mentioning he had been sick, asking how things were on the farm; a letter to Ruth from Chattanooga Valley dated October 4, 1863, which says in part "Sunday has once more rolled around/and I am still living, and in reasonable health.- Thank/god for his extended kindness to me. Health is the only good/thing that I at present can boast of. We are still/in line of battle, in front of Chattanooga and in an open/old field; exposed to both sunshine and rain; having no/covering but our blankets. I am now seated on the ground/with my blanket stretched over me to ward of the rays of/the sun" he goes on to complain about not having tents and lack of rations as well as the loss of so many in battle. A third letter is written to Ruth, but on August 22, 1864, from her brother, not signed, but possibly written by Wesley Robinson, from "Line of Battle near Atlanta" bemoaning those who have been killed, including her brother Steve (also mentioned in Malcolm's letter) and that "there was several shell bursted in the/rifle pit where he was & he was never/seen afterwards." Note: Malcolm McCleod was born on April 3, 1824 in Clarke County, Alabama. He married Ruth McCleod on September 30, 1847. According to the family genealogy he wrote a letter on August 10, 1863, from camp with a poem about his own death, which came not long after writing his October 4, 1863 letter when he was wounded badly on November 25 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga. He was captured after being wounded and his left leg amputated. He died on December 20, 1863.
- AFTER CHARLES WIMAR TITLED "ABDUCTION
AFTER CHARLES WIMAR TITLED "ABDUCTION OF DANIELBoone’s daughter" folk art painting. Second half 19th-century. Unsigned. On July 14, 1776, Boone's daughter Jemima and two other teenage girls were captured outside Boonesborough by an Indian war party, who carried the girls north towards the Shawnee towns in the Ohio country. Boone and a group of men from Boonesborough followed in pursuit, finally catching up with them two days later. Boone and his men ambushed the Indians while they were stopped for a meal, rescuing the girls and driving off their captors. The incident became the most celebrated event of Boone's life. James Fenimore Cooper created a fictionalized version of the episode in his classic book The Last of the Mohicans (1826). In an antique gilt molded frame. Sight size 17 3/4" by 22". Overall size 21" by 25 1/2". Relined and re-stretched.
- A breech-loading military wall (rampart)
A breech-loading military wall (rampart) gun, P J Malherbe Liege, for the Russian imperial government, c1837, the 126cm cal. 20mm rifled barrel with brass sight, folding pivot pin, lidded chamber, lockplate stamped P J MALHERBE A LIEG* 1837, brass fittings and walnut stock Provenance: By descent in the Harcourt-Vernon family of Grove Hall, Retford, Nottinghamshire (demolished 1952) until acquired privately by the present vendor in 1953. A similar example by Malherbe also dated 1837 and captured during the Crimean War at the siege of the Bomarsund Fortress at its surrender in 1854, is in the collection of the Royal Armories (Object No XII. 4623) More Information Steel slightly pitted, apparently lacking back sight
- HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN,
HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN, 1880-1980) THE STAR Bronze with brown patina, on marble base. Inscribed 'HARRIET W. FRISHMUTH 1918' (on the base) - stamped and numbered 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS Q505' with foundry device (along the base). Literature: The Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Famous Small Bronzes, New York, 1928, pp. 34-35, another example illustrated. C.N. Aronson, Sculptured Hyacinths, New York, 1973, pp. 101-05, 206, another example illustrated. J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, pp. 35, 38-39, 42, other examples illustrated. J. Conner, L.R. Lehmbeck, T. Tolles, F.L. Hohmann III, Captured Motion, The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth: A Catalogue of Works, New York, 2006, pp. 20, 30-31, 66-67, 79n80, 99, 106, 107n10, 143-45, 148, 220, 237, 277, no. 1918:3, illustrated.
- GRAND TOUR BRONZE SATYRS ON STANDS,
GRAND TOUR BRONZE SATYRS ON STANDS, PAIR Pair of Grand Tour bronze satyrs / fauns, 19th century, long revered as lovers of wine, music, dancing, and frolicking, each modeled crouched in a splayed pose captured in a moment of play, one with "BY ET 146" stamped to interior, raised on later bases. 10" H x 10" W x 3.25" D. Provenance: Removed from a 983 Park Avenue estate