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25 pieces sterling silver hollowware for the table. Includes 1 Fisher sterling silver plate, 12" diameter, with gadrooned border and slightly domed center. Marked Sterling "Kent" 1542 to underside. Together with 3 pairs sterling salt and pepper shakers (1 is a pepper grinder) by Gorham, Wallace and Revere (6 pcs total); Frank Whiting sterling sugar […]

8 pieces of British silver flatware, including Hester Bateman and family. 1st item: Irish sterling stuffing spoon, fiddle handle with bird crest, marks for John Power, Dublin, 1805. 13 1/8" L. 2nd item: George III sterling marrow spoon with scoop end, marks for George Smith IV, London, 1772. 8 1/2" L. 3rd-4th items: Pair of […]

THE ART AND MYSTERY OF TENNESSEE FURNITURE AND ITS MAKERS THROUGH 1850, by Nathan Harsh and Derita Coleman Williams, published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, 1988. Personal handwritten inscription from the author Derita Coleman Williams on the title page. 11 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Very good […]

HISTORICAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWING EARLY SPANISH, FRENCH & ENGLISH DISCOVERIES AND EXPLORATIONS, ALSO FORTS, TOWNS & BATTLE FIELDS OF HISTORIC INTEREST, lithographed, edited, and published by Rufus Blanchard, Chicago, 1876. Published for the U.S. Centennial Celebrations, this printed map with hand coloring depicts historical events on a large image of the Eastern […]

Two (2) World War I related items. 1st item: Panoramic photograph captioned "Company C Training Detachment – University of Tennessee – July – Aug 1918 / Thompson Photo 2 Knoxville ". Sight – 20 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W. Framed – 21 1/2" H x 8 3/4" W. 2nd item: World War 1 propaganda […]

Two (2) Civil War prison sketches, one (1) letter, and one (1) book, 4 items total. 1st item: Graphite on paper sketch titled "Group of Rebel Prisoners" by W. Newman, a prisoner at Elmira Prison Camp; signed and dated September 10, 1864, lower right, inscribed to P. P Norman upper left. 2nd item: Graphite on […]

Civil War era ink on laid paper hand drawn map depicting West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi and Alabama. The strategical map focuses on towns, cities, and railroad stations and their positions along the railroads, rivers, and roads of the region. Towns, cities, and stations identified include Paris, Hainbolt, Lexington, Henderson, Bolivar, Grand Junction, McNairy, Saltillo, […]

Two (2) Colton Civil War maps, 3 items total. 1st item: J.H. Colton, Civil War era map of the United States showing Military Stations and Forts, prepared for The Rebellion Record, New York: G.P. Putnam, 1861. Civil War era map showing both Federal and Confederate states. Image – 14 5/8" x 15 3/4". Sheet – […]

Large Civil War archive, related to Captain C. B. Huggins (5th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry) of Murfreesboro, TN, and William C. Medders (24th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Company G, rank in Private, rank out First Lieutenant), plus some post war correspondence and publications, 83 items total. 1st-66th items: Sixty-six (66) Civil War letters, and commissary documents, and […]

Civil War and post war archive related to the Craige Family, North Carolina, 75 plus items. 1st group: 14 Civil War era documents and letters. 1 handwritten timeline of North Carolina in the Civil War, and 13 Civil War letters related to Francis Burton Craige (1811-1875), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, and a member of […]