- CHINESE CARVED JADE FISH PENDENT ON
CHINESE CARVED JADE FISH PENDENT ON A SPEIDEL 14K GOLD CHAINThe carved Chinese jade fish is suspended from the chain by a small decorated gold attachment at its mouth. The gold chain is marked " SPIEDEL 14K ". Jade Fish - 2.75" (length) (7 cm) Chain - 20" (51
- ORBITA BERGAMO 24 SLOT WATCH WINDEROrbita
ORBITA BERGAMO 24 SLOT WATCH WINDEROrbita Bergamo 24 Slot Wooden Watch Winder. Designed to wind up to 24 automatic watches independently, clockwise or counterclockwise, on different schedules for each deck. The Bergamo combines Italian
- FELDMAN LIGHTING CO.TRIPLE PENDENT LOTUS
FELDMAN LIGHTING CO.TRIPLE PENDENT LOTUS CHANDELIER.Feldman Lighting Company Triple Pendent Light Lotus Chandelier. Brass with three Lotus blossom pendants suspended from a brass ceiling cap. Approximately 32" tall x 21" diameter.
- HIGH RANKING OFFICER SWORD VENEZUELA
HIGH RANKING OFFICER SWORD VENEZUELA 1811 CARACASHIGH RANKING OFFICER SWORD VENEZUELA 5 DE JULIO 1811 SIGNED DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENT, BLADE ETCHEDBLADE 32" INCHES OVERALL 37.5" INCHES
- MID-CENTURY TABLE LAMP, LOEVSKY & LOEVSKY
MID-CENTURY TABLE LAMP, LOEVSKY & LOEVSKY (CA. 1960)A large two-light table lamp, American circa 1960, the cast metal base stamped "L&L" for Loevsky & Loevsky (New Jersey). Gold-patinated white metal, original fabric shade. Two ball pull strings operate each light independently. The lamp measures 48" x 16" x 16".
Condition
The lights are tested and working. A little bit of staining to the shade.
- ELSA PERETTI FOR TIFFANY & CO. STERLING
ELSA PERETTI FOR TIFFANY & CO. STERLING JEWELRY, 5 Five Tiffany and Company Sterling Silver Jewelry Pieces, designed by Elsa Peretti, comprising: open heart pendent with sterling chain, open heart link bracelet, pair of open heart hoop earrings, and tear drop bangle, all pieces marked "Tiffany & Co 925 Peretti". Provenance: From a New York City collection. Necklace: 35.75" L; weight: 59.5 grams. Keywords: Accessories, Designer, Luxury, Fine jewelry
- 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
- 6PCS LOT OF WAR NEWSPAPERS, REVOLUTION
6PCS LOT OF WAR NEWSPAPERS, REVOLUTION AND 1812 6 different newspapers about the birth of our nation from the period just after the Stamp Act to the War of 1812, the list as follows. The Boston Chronicle, Nov 7 to the 14th;The Massachusetts Centinel, April 11th 1787; The Independent Gazetteer, Oct 15th 1787; The New Haven Gazette, December 13th, 1787 and May 1st 1788; and finally The Weekly Register, August 28th 1813. Condition, each publisher has different size paper stock of which these fall.
- BILL OF RIGHTS, THE INDEPENDANT GAZETTEER,
BILL OF RIGHTS, THE INDEPENDANT GAZETTEER, 1789 The Independent Gazetteer, or The Chronicle of Freedom. Volume 8 #1153. Published August 22, 1789. Contains content on the Bill of Rights. This issue of the Independent Gazetteer includes key debates in the House of Representatives on the developing set of amendments that were later ratified as the Bill of Rights. Debating the 6th amendment and dissertation on anti-slavery. ?Sixth amendment??A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms.? ?Mr. [Egbert] Benson [of New York] moved that the words ?but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms,? be struck out. He wished that this humane provision should be left to the wisdom and benevolence of government. It was improper to make it a fundamental in the Constitution. ?The motion was negative, and the amendment agreed to.? (p2/c4) [Proposed by Congress without last clause as fourth amendment; ratified as Second Amendment.] ?Eleventh amendment??The enumeration in this constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.? ?This was agreed to without amendment.? (p2/c4) [Proposed by Congress as eleventh amendment; ratified as Ninth Amendment.] ?Twelfth amendment??Art. 1, sec. 10, between the 1st and 2d part. Insert??No state shall infringe the equal rights of conscience, nor the freedom of speech, or of the press, nor of the right of trial by jury in criminal cases.? ?This amendment was accepted.? (p2/c4), thirteenth and fourteenth amendments as well both being accepted or passed.1 large page folded making 4pp. Rare newspaper example with insight as to the forming of the Bill of Rights.
- US CONSTITUTION, INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER,
US CONSTITUTION, INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER, 1789 The Independent Gazetteer; or, The Chronicle of Freedom. August 19, 1789. Volume VIII, Number 1150. Important content about accepting the 4th amendment and debate on the wording of the start of the Constitution, including, We the people. Many other pieces of news and advertisements. 4pp.
- US CONSTITUTION, INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER,
US CONSTITUTION, INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER, 1788 The Independent Gazetteer; or, The Chronicle of Freedom, September 15, 1788. Volume VII. Number 862. Contains important news of the United States Constitution including the proposed articles to the Constitution. Also contains other news and advertisements. 4pp.
- BILL OF RIGHTS, INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER,
BILL OF RIGHTS, INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER, 1788 The Independent Gazetteer, Or, the Chronicle of Freedom, dated July 16, 1788. Contains an early mention of the structure for the Bill of Rights at the New York convention. By John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (January 30, 1754 ? December 12, 1829), much other news of the day.