Tennessee Battle Print and Gideon Pillow Bankruptcy Document, 2 items total. 1st item: Scarce Lithograph of the Civil War Battle of Stones River in Tennessee, titled: "The Battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro, Position of Col. Starkweather and Col. Scribnerâs Brigades on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of January 1863". Sketched by A. E. Mathews […]
Lot 622: 2 Kurz and Allison Prints incl. Battle of Franklin
Two (2) Kurz & Allison Civil War Battle Chromolithographs, published 1891, depicting the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville. Each housed under glass in stained wood frame. Both items, image – 17 1/2" H x 24 3/4" W. Sight – 21 1/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Framed – 24 1/2" H x […]
Lot 619: 2 Ambrotypes, incl. Confederate Soldier
Two (2) Mid 19th century ambrotypes, including CSA soldier. 1st item: Civil War era sixth plate ambrotype depicting a Confederate States of America (CSA) soldier with a full beard dressed in an infantry uniform. Housed in half of a gutta percha case with gilt mat having an inverted shield-shaped opening. 3 1/4" H x 2 […]
Lot 620: Harrod Family KY Album, incl. J. Wilkes Booth CDV
Victorian photograph album, leatherbound, related to the Harrod and Bailey families of Mercer County, Kentucky. Contains forty-one (41) CDVs and tintypes, most notably one (1) CDV of actor and Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, depicted holding a cane with label en verso that reads “Black and Case, photographic Artists, Boston and Newport, R.I.”. Also included […]
Lot 617: Marcellus Messer Archive incl. Trunk
Archive and personal effects of Marcellus Ovando Messer (1842-1928), Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 19th Regiment, Company C, and later, the 19th Ohio Veteran Infantry Volunteers. Includes nine (9) badges and buttons, including one (1) Company K., 41, Ohio, Volunteer Infantry ladder badge with fragments of blue silk ribbon, one (1) Chickamauga & Chattanooga Military Park souvenir […]
Lot 618: 4 Mears Family Photographic Images, incl. Civil War CSA tintype
Four (4) photographic images of Confederate soldier George Augustus Mears (1838-1913), 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, and original owner of the George A. Mears historic house located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, including uniform tintype, and his son Samuel Parley Mears (1866-1939). 1st item: Fourth plate tintype depicting George Augustus Mears standing in his […]
Lot 615: Andrew Clemens Sand Art Bottle
Andrew Clemens (American, 1857-1894) patriotic sand art bottle, dated 1889. Glass bottle with round flat-top stopper and a tall cylindrical body filled with multicolored, layered sand in decorative stripe, swag and diamond patterns, one side with vignette of a spread-winged eagle a 36-star American flag, the alternate side with a detailed floral vignette including forget-me-nots, […]
Lot 616: Civil War Guidon, 19th Ohio, Cpl. Marcellus Messer
Civil War Union Cavalry Swallowtail Guidon Flag belonging to Corporal Marcellus Ovando Messer (1842-1938), 19th Regt., Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company C. The silk flag has a double wreath of 35 gilt-painted stars, indicating use between the admission of West Virginia as a state in 1863, and the admission of Nevada in 1865; canton and stripes […]
Lot 614: Attr. T.B. Welch, John Calhoun Portrait, 19th c.
Attributed to Thomas B. Welch (American, 1814-1874) oil on canvas three-quarter view portrait painting of John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), 7th Vice President of the United States and Senator from South Carolina, depicted as a gentleman with white hair, wearing a black coat and tie. Signed "T. B. Welch" in red paint lower left. Unframed; canvas […]
Lot 612: Abalone Handle Knife with Leather Sheath, with provenance
Abalone and German silver handled knife, possibly California, late 19th century, 14 3/4" L, with hand-stitched leather sheaf. Purchased by consignor from the family of John Randolph Barry (1836-1909) of Gallatin, TN family. A handwritten note found with the knife, written by John Barry's wife Caroline, states that the knife originally belonged to Mr. Barry's […]