Artillery short sword and scabbard, possibly Confederate. Grip with scalloped feather design, spread winged eagle stamped on both sides of pommel, XII stamped on one side of the cross guard, steel gladiator style blade. Brass throat and drag on leather scabbard with throat stamped "671". Blade length – 18-5/8", tip to hilt. Overall length – […]
Lot 499: Percussion Half Stock Rifle, .30 Cal., Possibly Southern
Percussion half stock rifle, .30 caliber, possibly Southern. Illegibly marked. Tiger maple stocks, heavy octagonal barrel (1" across muzzle), metal frame, back action lock, brass mountings, front and rear sights, ramrod included. Barrel length – 31 3/4". Overall length – 47". Private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Rifle has drum type conversion to percussion. Barrel has […]
Lot 497: Union County, TN Leather Hunting Gear, 3 items
Union County, Tennessee leather hunting items, 3 items total, including ammunition bag, 8 3/4" H x 8 1/2" W, powder horn, incised on body "H. G. W.", 8" L , and bullet casing powder meaure labeled "38-56 W.C.F. W.R.A. Co." underside of brass cap, 6" L, all pieces attached to bag by leather strap, approx […]
Lot 498: Kentucky Long Rifle and Advertising Bucket
1st item: Kentucky percussion long rifle with maple full stock, .44 caliber (approximately), octagonal barrel, lockplate with foliate design, unmarked, brass fittings, double set triggers with brass trigger guard with spur, brass forend cap. End of barrel with dot pattern design around the perimeter of the bore. Maple stock enhanced with burnt lines to simulate […]
Lot 496: 2 Powder Horns, inc. 1 Signed, & 1 Powder Flask, 3 items
Two (2) powder horns, including one (1) signed, and one (1) powder flask, 3 items total. 1st item: Signed Wayne County, Tennessee powder horn, incised on the body "Thompson/Beech Creek/Wayne Co./Tenn.". Round wooden plug end secured by brads, leather strap attached to plug finial and nozzle. 8 1/4" outer circumference of longest curve. Note: Horn […]
Lot 495: East Tennessee Half Stock Percussion Rifle, .38 Cal.
East Tennessee half stock long rifle, .38 caliber, unmarked. Walnut stocks, metal frame with iron mounts, octagonal barrel, wooden ram rod. Standard sights. Barrel length – 43". Overall length – 59". Mid 19th century. Provenance: Private Knox County, TN collection. CONDITION: Stock and barrel with old patina. Lock is converted to percussion. 4" hairline on […]
Lot 494: Solomon Reed Full Stock Percussion Long Rifle, .40 Cal.
Full stock long rifle, .40 caliber. Barrel marked “Solomon Reed” in script lettering. Foliate engraving on lock plate. Walnut stocks, metal frame with iron mounts, octagonal barrel, cigar patch box, wooden ram rod. Standard sights. Barrel length – 45″. Overall length – 60″. Provenance: Private Knox County, TN collection. Note: Solomon Reed was born in […]
Lot 493: 5 Greene County documents, inc. Maj. J. Sevier Jr. signed
Five (5) Greene County documents, including Major John Sevier Jr. signed land document. 1st item: Major John Sevier Jr. (1766-1845) signed land indenture between James McPharn, Greene County, Tennessee, and Aaron Finch and George Starmer, Washington County, Tennessee "in con[s]ideration of the sum of one hundred dollars…as joint tenants and not tenants in common all […]
Lot 491: Murfree-Huggins Family Archive, inc. Dr. J. B. Murfree Portrait
Large Murfree-Huggins family archive, including Dr. James B. Murfree portrait, 100+ items total. 1st item: 19th century Southern three-quarter length oil on canvas portrait of Dr. James B. Murfree (1835-1912) of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, oval opening, housed in the original molded and carved wood and gesso gilt frame with heavily carved corners. Sight – 29" H […]
Lot 492: Craige Family, N.C, Watercolor Illustration Album & Notebook, 2 items
Craige family, North Carolina, related leatherbound album and notebook, 2 items total (note: see related lot, #508). 1st item: Album, approx. 100 pages, with gilt tooled decoration and name E.P. Erwin to cover (Elizabeth Pfifer Erwin of Burke County, NC, married Francis Burton Craige, Dec. 23, 1836), contains watercolor theorem style flower illustrations, pasted newspaper […]