Small display silk velvet flag with 48 state seal buttons forming the stars. Edged in silk tassel fringe. The date of each state's admission is handwritten en verso. Housed in a custom acrylic case with aged resin base (new). Exhibited Cheekwood Museum of Art, "Nashville Collects", circa 1990. Approximate size 20" x 12", cased 29" […]
Lot 79: Framed 35 star parade flag, Medallion configuratio
Framed 35 star parade flag, printed on linen or cotton, Medallion or wreath pattern configuration with central great star surrounded by 18 stars in a circle and four stars in each corner (total 16 corner stars). Floated on a black mat in a later ebonized and giltwood frame. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., […]
Lot 80: Sixteen Star American Flag, framed
16 star American national flag. Double ply bunting, hand sewn with a cotton or linen canvas hoist, 3 whipped eyelet grommets. 16 single-appliqued cotton muslin stars. Exhibited Cheekwood Museum of Art, “Nashville collects, circa 1990. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee was the 16th state admitted to the Union on June […]
Lot 77: Velvet Baldric Patriotic Sash
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 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 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." […]
Lot 65: Parian bust of General Robert E Lee
Parianware sculpture bust of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, mounted atop a waisted circular socle and impressed on back "General Lee/ by Morris/ J& TB 399." (Probably modeled by R.J. Morris for John & Thomas Bevington, working Hanley, England 1863 to 1876). 13"H. Includes wood platform, 1"H. Provenance: estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, […]
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