Lot of 2 Tennessee Centennial Exposition Coins. 1ST ITEM: Silver coin with image of Frederick Douglass, made by the Autogravure Co. of Chicago; 2ND ITEM: Bronze-colored coin with image of Frederick Douglass, made by the Autogravure Co. of Chicago. Condition: Both coins in good condition, some slight loses to image of second coin.
Lot 459: 3 Tennessee Centennial Souvenir Badges & 1 Coin
Lot of 4 Tennessee Centennial souvenirs: 1ST ITEM: Souvenir badge with view of Commerce Building; 2ND ITEM: Souvenir coin of Tennessee Centennial from the US Mint Philadelphia. 3RD ITEM: Ladder badge of Tennessee Centennial Exposition, eagle pin; 4TH ITEM: Round souvenir ladder badge of Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Condition: 1ST ITEM: missing pin an is slightly […]
Lot 460: 2 TN Centennial Award Medals, Nashville Pottery
Lot of 2 Tennessee Centennial 1897 Exposition award medals: 1ST ITEM: Medal awarded to Nashville Pottery Company; 2ND ITEM: Exposition medal, not engraved with recipient. Condition: Both items very good condition, some oxidation.
Lot 457: 5 TN Centennial commemorative badges & charms
Lot of 5 Tennessee Centennial Exhibition commemorative charms and badges. 1ST ITEM: 5 pointed metal charm with picture of the Commerce Building; 2ND ITEM: Metal souvenir ladder badge for Agriculture and Commerce, featuring eagle with outstretched wings; 3RD ITEM: Metal heart-shaped souvenir ladder badge of the Women's Building; 4TH ITEM: Metal 5 pointed souvenir ladder […]
Lot 458: Lot of 2 TN Centennial Medals, Putnam & Jackson
Lot of 2 Tennessee Centennial souvenirs: 1ST ITEM: Medal for Tennessee centennial with medallion of Israel Putnam, red ribbon mounting printed Nashville. Tenn. Oct 9-16, 1897" in gilt. Israel Putnam pendent memorializes the Defense of Detroit during the French and Indian War. 2ND ITEM: Medal of Tennessee Centennial Exposition with view of the Commerce Building […]
Lot 456: Lot of 8 TN Centennial Souvenir Items
Lot of 8 souvenir items from the Tennessee Centennial Celebration of 1897 in Nashville, TN. 1ST ITEM: Porcelain trivet with transfer image of the Rialto, gilt edges, 6 7/8" dia; 2ND THRU 3RD ITEMS: Two (2) Mugs of red and clear glass etched "Mary Alice Snow 1897" and "Sallie, Nashville 1897", 4" H & 3 […]
Lot 454: Commemorative medal: Tennessee Centennial
Tennessee Centennial Exposition souvenir medal marked May 1-Oct. 8 1897 Nashville Tennessee to one side and depicting the Auditorium and Commerce Buildings; Children's and Negro Buildings; the Memphis and Parthenon Buildings on the other, attached to leather case. 3" dia. Condition: Very good condition.
Lot 455: Two Tennessee Agricultural Medals
1ST ITEM: Medal marked Bailey & Sons, Philadelphia for the Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Shelby County, Tennessee, reverse side with the inscription "Industry Produces Wealth". 2ND ITEM: White medal Award medal from the 1891 Jackson Fair, Jackson, Tennessee. Front features grouping of animals including horses, Reverse reads: Premium Medal 189 with shield reading "XVI […]
Lot 451: Victorian traveling writing box set w/ contents
Rare Victorian Scottish writing or stationery box with contents, green leather with gilt lettering on exterior. Monogrammed "J.H. St. E". Upper shelf for blotting paper and lower drawer with travelling inkwell, compartments containing pens and sealing wax, wafers, matches, nibs and postage stamps. 1-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 3-1/8". Made by W & S Milne, Edinburgh, […]
Lot 452: 2 Books: Art & Mystery + TN Silversmiths
Lot of 2 Tennessee Decorative Arts Books. 1ST ITEM: "Tennessee Silversmiths", by Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell, Jr., copyright 1988, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. 2ND ITEM: "The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers through 1850" by Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh, copyright 1988, Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Both […]









