- EARLY CHEROKEE STONE EFFIGY FIGURE -
EARLY CHEROKEE STONE EFFIGY FIGURE - ENGLISH MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEEarly Native American - Cherokee carved stone figure. Standing (one leg missing) with hands clasped. Rounded head, triangular nose, incised details on depicted clothing. 19th Century or earlier (Missi
- GEN LEONIDAS POLK HANDWRITTEN SIGNED
GEN LEONIDAS POLK HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER Leonidas Polk (1838-1864), signed letter in his hand. ALS, as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America. This was before becoming a General in the Confederate Army. Letter is to Reverend L, discussing religion. General Leonidas Lafayette Polk, second cousin to President James K. Polk, was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. A graduate of West Point, he resigned his military commission in 1827 and was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church in 1830. He served as Bishop of Louisiana from 1841 to 1864. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis convinced Polk to accept a commission in the army of the Confederate States. Polk agreed and was commissioned a major general commanding Department No. 2 in 1861. During the Atlanta Campaign, Polk was killed in action on June 14, 1864, while on a scouting mission in Kennesaw Georgia.
- US CIVIL WAR DESERTER LETTER, POLK'S
US CIVIL WAR DESERTER LETTER, POLK'S BATTERY, 1862 ALS, to Major General Polk, January 24, 1862, Hickman, Kentucky. Reads "I send in charge of Lieutenant Tyler a man who represents himself as Linius Dunn, a deserter from Captain Polk's Battery. I can get no handcuffs here and curse equally and unable to obey....... Charles Brown, Major, 47th Reg. Tennessee Vols. Written on a half sheet of lined paper.
- 8PCS CHEROKEE NATION PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS
8PCS CHEROKEE NATION PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS Cherokee Nation paper items 8 total starting with a the 29th congress 1st session,"letter from the Secretary of war", Information relative to outrages lately committed in the Cherokee Nation, January 26th, 1846, Doc. Number 92, 69 p.p., Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia requesting the senators and represenatitives from that state in congress to use their exertions to obtain the extinguishment of the title of the Cherokee Indians to land in the state of Georgia. 20th congress first session, document 80, printed by Duff Green, Washington 1828 next "memorial of a delegation from the Cherokee Indians, presented to congress January 18, 1831 8 p.p., Sabin 12466, imprints 6483 on to Henry Thompson Malone,"the early nineteenth century missionaries in the Cherokee country,Pages 127-139 reprinted out of the Tennessee historical quarterly, volume no 2, June 1951, Signed with an inscription by Mr. Malone, next is a Salem Gazette, May 15, 1838 discussing the Indians, "Their fate is sealed" with General Scott arriving in Augusta with to start the removal of the Cherokees on the 23th of the month, Cherokee Advocate Indian newspaper July 25, 1896 written in English and Cherokee,from the Tahlequah Cherokee Indian nation, Indian territory, 2 p.p. volume 20 #11, probably a reprint, The Cherokee Phoenix, New Etocha may 14th, 1828 2 p.p., vol 1 number 12 and most likely a reprint lastly the Washington post May 3rd, 1931 with a full front page on the Cherokee Indian alphabet and its maker Se-quoy-ah 1 p.p..
- HUBERT SHUPTRINE HUNTING PARTY WATERCOLOR
HUBERT SHUPTRINE HUNTING PARTY WATERCOLOR Hubert Shuptrine (American / Tennessee 1936-2006), untitled hunting scene, watercolor and gouache on paper, depicting a hunting party riding in a snowy landscape, signed to lower right, framed. Approximate dimensions: sight h. 20.75", w. 28.5"; frame h. 34", w. 41.625"; d. 1.75".
- CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA SHELL JACKET AND
CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA SHELL JACKET AND SHIRT United States,Confederate Louisiana light gray brown jean cloth jacket, local-made Louisiana buttons (one missing), with a coarse plain woven cotton lining with an inside pocket on the left side, and an issue striped cotton shirt with two breast pockets. Note: Originally donated to the Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich, England in 1905 by an Englishman named Charles A. Parkins who had served in the Confederate Army during the war. It remained in the Woolwich collection until the late 1980s when it was deaccessioned and sold by Sotheby?s Auction House in London and purchased by Don Troiani. One button missing. Both items in excellent condition, the shirt being one of the few known Confederate issue enlisted examples. The jacket and shirt are pictured in the "Military Collector & Historian," Spring 1963, ?Battlefields of the Civil War? 1991 by William C. Davis p.127, ?Don Troiani?s Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War? 2002, Troiani, Coates, McAfee, Jensen, p.153, also shown and described at https://www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com/confederate-uniforms-of-the-lower-south-part-i-tennessee-east-louisiana-mississippi-and-alabama.html.
- CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA FROCK COAT United
CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA FROCK COAT United States,Steel gray jean cloth body (turned a slight green cast), black worsted wool tape trimmings, large gilt Hyde & Goodrich New Orleans, Louisiana pelican buttons on the breast, cuff-size U.S. eagle dragoon buttons with no back marks on the cuffs and shoulder straps, lined in the upper body with white twilled shalloon or light serge, unlined skirts with brown polished cotton skirt pocket bags, a pair of white gloves, a daguerreotype of a New Orleans gentleman marked inside the case "F. LAW./NEW ORLEANS/LA", with a paper label on the spine of the case marked "new orleans apr. 21st 1858", and a hand-sewn black velvet silk-lined case. Note: One of the finest enlisted Confederate frock coats extant with impeccable provenance. Bought originally by the renowned pioneer Civil War collector Robert L. Miller in 1953. Comes with lengthy 1953 correspondence with Miller concerning his purchase of this rare coat. Believed to have been worn by Charles Stebbins of the 5th Louisiana who deserted and took the oath of allegiance, although further research is probably warranted. Published in ?Echoes of Glory Arms & Equipment of the Confederacy,? Time-Life Books, 1991, p. 130, ?Battlefields of the Civil War,? William C. Davis,1991, p. 127, ?Don Troiani?s Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War,? Troiani, Coates, McAfee, Jensen, 2002, p. 19, and https://www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com/confederate-uniforms-of-the-lower-south-part-i-tennessee-east-louisiana-mississippi-and-alabama.html.
- A PAIR OF FIGURAL WATERFOWL ANDIRONS
A PAIR OF FIGURAL WATERFOWL ANDIRONS SIGNED CAHILLThe cast and forged iron pair surmounted as stylized representations of geese or swans are stamped CAHILL in a stylized emblem back of each figure just above the dogs. The Cahill Iron Company operated in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1875 until 1921, providing context for the creation of this pair.Each measures 20.25 x 9 x 17.25 inches.Very good condition throughout, no damage, repair or heavy wear.Provenance: Private Collection Denver, Colorado.
- AN 1883 KANSAS QUILT WITH CHILD'S HAND
AN 1883 KANSAS QUILT WITH CHILD'S HAND & FAMILY HISTORYThe story of this fine folk art applique quilt revolves around the stitched outline of six-year-old Timothy Baker McNabb's little hand in the center of every block. The quilting is that of his mother, Malvina Terissa McNabb (1842-1920) of Linn County, Kansas. The quilt was made in 1883 but is lettered 'T.B. McNabb Made in 1877 - March 15 His Hand' in black on the muslin side of one block. Timothy was born in 1877 and died in 1933.The handiwork is a nicely executed version of the 'Floral Cockade' motif seen in American sampler, or album quilts of the 1840s and again around the Civil War. This version displays sixteen floating eight-sided Cockade designs in red, green and orange radiating stylized flower heads tipped in a soft pink sprigged calico. The center of each Cockade design is stitched with the likeness of Tim McNabb's hand. The blocks are framed in red, green and orange gridwork while the whole is backed in muslin and finished in a green binding.The archive of documentation that accompanies this quilt include census records, family history, obituaries and genealogy on the McNabb family of Tennessee and Kansas back to 1795.Measures 68 x 82 inches.Very good condition, noting scattered stains and toning, one area of tattering on the binding.Provenance: The Estate of the Legendary Collector J. Loyd Davis, Prairie Village, KS.
- A WOOD & HUGHES STERLING SILVER SERVING
A WOOD & HUGHES STERLING SILVER SERVING SPOON Circa 1870s, retail mark of Hope & Bro., Knoxville, Tennessee, featuring Japanese motifs and characters to handle, engraved foliate decoration to bowl, and a scalloped edge, monogrammed to verso of handle.
- Figured Cherry & Maple Southern Sheraton
Figured Cherry & Maple Southern Sheraton Hunt Board, the birdseye maple top with a scalloped backsplash, figured cherry lipped drawer fronts, each with a full width 4" patch on the lower face, diamond escutcheons, raised on turned legs, 50"h x 49-1/2"w x 15"d, perhaps Tennessee, mold and mildew marks, scratches to top with age, drawers move freely, scuff marks to feet
- PRINTED COTTON FARMERS ALMANACS HANDKERCHIEFScarce
PRINTED COTTON FARMERS ALMANACS HANDKERCHIEFScarce printed cotton Farmers Almanacs handkerchief, 1816 and 1817 , for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, 21" x 24 1/2". For identical examples, see Herbert Collins Threads of History , plate 52; Winterthur; Pook & Pook, October 1, 2021, lot 297.
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Condition:
Very good condition.