Velvet Baldric or patriotic sash, constructed from silk velvet, red and white stripes with embroidered sequin stars on blue canton, gilt metallic piping with silk flag rosette and red, white and blue fringe. Approximately 43" x 5". American, late 19th to early 20th c. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Losses […]
Lot 73: President Johnson Impeachment Ticket
Senate gallery ticket to the impeachment hearing of President Andrew Johnson, dated April 13, 1868. Printed on yellow card stock and signed by Sergeant at Arms George Brown. Exhibited Cheekwood Museum of Art, "Nashville Collects", circa 1990. Contemporary mat and giltwood frame. 3" x 3 1/2" sight, 10" square framed. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling […]
Lot 74: Two Lincoln Assassination Newspapers
Lot of 2 Lincoln Assassination Newspapers. 1ST ITEM: New York Times, April 17, 1865. Complete original 8pp Civil War newspaper. Front page headlines begin with: "OUR GREAT LOSS… Details of the Fearful Crime… Closing Moments and Death of the President… Rumors of the Arrest of the Assassins.. Expressions of Deep Sorrow Throughout the Land… Inauguration […]
Lot 71: Early 19th century eagle decorated drum
Early 19th century drum with folk art free-hand painted patriotic eagle and shield decoration, primarily red and gold, on green ground. Label visible through peephole reads: "G bass and tenor drum made and sold by L Cushing London August 1819". Probably made for the American market or painted soon after arrival in America. Exhibited Cheekwood […]
Lot 72: War of 1812 Campaign Chest w/contents, Maj. Christ
War of 1812 campaign chest with most of original contents, belonging to Major Christopher Van Deventer (1788-1738). Black leather box with decorative bass tack decoration, iron braced edges, handles on the sides, and original latch, lock, and key. 14" H x 20 1/2" W x 11 5/8" D. The interior of box remains mostly intact […]
Lot 70: Andrew Jackson signed land grant, 1830
Land Grant, signed by Andrew Jackson as President. One vellum page, issued from the "City of Washington", Nov. 10, 1830, granting Isaac Commons of Wayne County, Indiana, eighty acres near Monroe, Michigan Territory. With blind- embossed paper seal in lower left corner. 16" x 9.5". Condition: Toning, folds, light soiling. President Jackson's signature is large […]
Lot 68: Folk Art Watercolor of General Andrew Jackson
Framed folk art watercolor of General Andrew Jackson on paper. Jackson is depicted in military uniform a above a brightly colored residential urban setting. In contemporary gilt frame. Sight:6 1/4" H x 5 1/2" W. Framed: 15 1/2" H x 13 5/8" W. Provenance: Collection of Grace Tankersley, Knoxville, TN purchased from Robert M. Hicklin […]
Lot 69: War of 1812, Jackson and Benton signed document
Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hart Benton signed document from War of 1812. The document is an order authorizing the deputy quartermaster to make payment on "the (name illegible) account, Nashville, May 3, 1813," signed "Andrew Jackson". The document also notes receipt of the requested amount on May 6, 1813, and is signed "Thomas H. Fletcher" […]
Lot 66: Carroll Cloar Lithograph, Sunday Group
Carroll Cloar (Tennessee, 1913-1994) lithograph titled “Sunday Group”, signed in pencil lower right. Contemporary black wood frame. Sight: 8 1/4″ x 12 3/8″. Framed – 17″ H x 21 3/8″ W. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn., ex-Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell. Condition: Corner crease upper right and lower left, light toning.
Lot 67: Davy Crockett lithographed portrait and signature
Rare Davy Crockett stone lithograph with facsimile signature. Lithography by Childs & Lehman of Philadelphia, from the painting by S. S. (Samuel Stillman) Osgood. Below the bust portrait is a lithographed facsimile statement and signature, "I am happy to acknowledge this to be the only correct likeness that has been taken of me. David Crockett." […]