Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Spring Sale
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | 10:00 AM Eastern
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Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Spring Sale
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Featuring the Cliff & Lynne Young Collection of Confederate Arms and Part II of the Mel Flanagan Collection of European Arms. Plus the Raymond Geddes Collection of Civil War Arms, and much more.
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Sharps Model 1859 Carbine
Lot # 330 (Sale Order: 326 of 698)
.52 caliber, 22" barrel, S/N 35231. Barrel marked with company name and address forward of the sight, and marked New Model 1859 forward of the breech. Left side of receiver marked C. Sharps Pat. Sept. 12th 1848. The right side is marked above the hammer R.S. Lawrence Pat. April 12th 1859, and in the center of the lock C. Sharps Pat. Oct. 5th 1852. Walnut stock and forearm with brass furniture. With saddle bar and ring. There appears to be the remnants of an inspector's oval cartouche is just barely visible on the left of the stock, but it is unclear.
Condition: The barrel has a mostly even gray patina, with light flecks of blue. The frame, lock and hammer all have an even darker gray patina with light mottling. The stock has some nicks and dings but is in good overall condition. The forearm has a horizontal crack extending from the interior of the barrel band back towards the front of the lever. The bore is in good condition.
EST $ 3000 - 6000
Condition: The barrel has a mostly even gray patina, with light flecks of blue. The frame, lock and hammer all have an even darker gray patina with light mottling. The stock has some nicks and dings but is in good overall condition. The forearm has a horizontal crack extending from the interior of the barrel band back towards the front of the lever. The bore is in good condition.
EST $ 3000 - 6000
First Model Henry Rifle Inscribed D.W. Jones
Lot # 331 (Sale Order: 327 of 698)
.44 rimfire caliber, 24" octagonal barrel length with magazine tube, S/N 1763, top of barrel marked in two lines Henry Patent Oct. 16, 1860 over Manufact'D By The New Haven Arms Co. New Haven, CT.. D.W. Jones non-factory inscribed on the left side of the frame. Rear buck horn sight in the second notch on the frame. Blue barrel, magazine tube, hammer, trigger and lever with brass frame and butt plate. Oil stained walnut butt stock.
Research shows there are numerous men named "D.W.Jones" who served in either the Union or Confederate armies, yet considering the high cost to purchase a Henry rifle in the 1860s, this number is substantially narrowed to a few officers who could afford to purchase one or to an enlisted man who may have purchased one of these iconic weapons. The field of possibilities narrowed to four - two Confederate and two Federal. The Confederates are Colonel Dudley W. Jones, 9th Texas Cavalry (whose National Archives service records accompany the lot) and a D.W. Jones who served as Assistant Surgeon in both the 36th and 37th Mississippi Infantries. Both of these regiments served in the Western Theatre with assignments to the Armies of Mississippi and Tennessee.
The two federals matching these initials are: Captain Daniel W. Jones of Co. A, 27th Ohio Infantry and oddly, an enlisted man by the same name who served in Co. A, 2nd U.S.V.S.S. Although Berdan's Sharpshooters were not issued Henrys, one of their ranks may certainly have desired to own one. There are no additional details in the file to narrow these down, although the consignor believes this weapon was most likely owned by Col. Jones of the 9th Texas.
A native Texan, Jones was the grandson of an early settler and enlisted in 1861 in the Titus Grays of the 9th Texas Cavalry. He quickly rose through the ranks to Adjutant and later commanded the regiment for much of its service. Following the battle of Elkhorn Tavern in March 1862, the Ninth transferred to Ross' cavalry brigade, participating in more than thirty engagements. Following the war, Jones moved to Houston where he practiced law and published The Ku Klux Vidette, the city's first daily newspaper. Only a year later, he fell victim to yellow fever and died in the city.
Condition: The barrel and magazine tube retain a lot of the blue finish with wear to the edges and muzzle. The hammer, trigger and lever all retain a lot of the blue finish blending to an overall dark patina. Markings are sharp and crisp. The brass frame has a mustard patina as well as the butt plate. The stock shows nicks and dings with a repair on the right side of the butt stock. Has a good bore. Mechanically functions, however, could use a tune up.
EST $ 30000 - 50000
Research shows there are numerous men named "D.W.Jones" who served in either the Union or Confederate armies, yet considering the high cost to purchase a Henry rifle in the 1860s, this number is substantially narrowed to a few officers who could afford to purchase one or to an enlisted man who may have purchased one of these iconic weapons. The field of possibilities narrowed to four - two Confederate and two Federal. The Confederates are Colonel Dudley W. Jones, 9th Texas Cavalry (whose National Archives service records accompany the lot) and a D.W. Jones who served as Assistant Surgeon in both the 36th and 37th Mississippi Infantries. Both of these regiments served in the Western Theatre with assignments to the Armies of Mississippi and Tennessee.
The two federals matching these initials are: Captain Daniel W. Jones of Co. A, 27th Ohio Infantry and oddly, an enlisted man by the same name who served in Co. A, 2nd U.S.V.S.S. Although Berdan's Sharpshooters were not issued Henrys, one of their ranks may certainly have desired to own one. There are no additional details in the file to narrow these down, although the consignor believes this weapon was most likely owned by Col. Jones of the 9th Texas.
A native Texan, Jones was the grandson of an early settler and enlisted in 1861 in the Titus Grays of the 9th Texas Cavalry. He quickly rose through the ranks to Adjutant and later commanded the regiment for much of its service. Following the battle of Elkhorn Tavern in March 1862, the Ninth transferred to Ross' cavalry brigade, participating in more than thirty engagements. Following the war, Jones moved to Houston where he practiced law and published The Ku Klux Vidette, the city's first daily newspaper. Only a year later, he fell victim to yellow fever and died in the city.
Condition: The barrel and magazine tube retain a lot of the blue finish with wear to the edges and muzzle. The hammer, trigger and lever all retain a lot of the blue finish blending to an overall dark patina. Markings are sharp and crisp. The brass frame has a mustard patina as well as the butt plate. The stock shows nicks and dings with a repair on the right side of the butt stock. Has a good bore. Mechanically functions, however, could use a tune up.
EST $ 30000 - 50000
Volcanic Lever Action Carbine
Lot # 332 (Sale Order: 328 of 698)
.36 caliber, 16.5" barrel, S/N 2910. Barrel marked Patent New Haven Conn. With scroll-engraved brass frame and original rear sight mounted on the top of the frame. Walnut stock with brass buttplate. The top of the buttplate is also engraved. The left side of the butt has an ivory insert.
Condition: The barrel has a dark untouched plum patina with sharp edges. The frame is very good with original engravings and sharp edges. Serial numbers visible on the right side of the lever with a nice, untouched dark patina on the lever with sharp edges and clear markings. The stock has a very old refinish and varnish applied. There appears to be a very small oval repair to the left side of the stock, and another repair along the right side near the tang. Very few nicks and dings. The bore has sharp rifling and will clean out to better.
EST $ 10000 - 15000
Condition: The barrel has a dark untouched plum patina with sharp edges. The frame is very good with original engravings and sharp edges. Serial numbers visible on the right side of the lever with a nice, untouched dark patina on the lever with sharp edges and clear markings. The stock has a very old refinish and varnish applied. There appears to be a very small oval repair to the left side of the stock, and another repair along the right side near the tang. Very few nicks and dings. The bore has sharp rifling and will clean out to better.
EST $ 10000 - 15000
Second Model Hoggson Engraved Henry Rifle
Lot # 333 (Sale Order: 329 of 698)
.44 RF caliber, 24.25" octagonal barrel, S/N 10809. With 900-yard rear barrel sight and no dove tail in the frame. Blue barrel with silver-plated engraved brass frame and engraved buttplate. Walnut stock, sling swivels. Stock is numbered to the rifle. Engraved in scrolls with stippled back ground, and having a dog in a panel on the left side. Walnut stock.
Condition: Barrel retains most of the bright original blue finish. Some wear to the high lines. Some minor flaking on the flat of the barrel over the markings. Front sight has a mint crisp look. A little flaking on the right side near the frame. Frame has nice untouched look retaining some of the original silver plating, just lightly fading . Hammer and lever retain a nice grey to brown mottled look. Stock has some nicks and dings. Bore is excellent. Overall this is an excellent engraved Henry rifle.
EST $ 35000 - 60000
Condition: Barrel retains most of the bright original blue finish. Some wear to the high lines. Some minor flaking on the flat of the barrel over the markings. Front sight has a mint crisp look. A little flaking on the right side near the frame. Frame has nice untouched look retaining some of the original silver plating, just lightly fading . Hammer and lever retain a nice grey to brown mottled look. Stock has some nicks and dings. Bore is excellent. Overall this is an excellent engraved Henry rifle.
EST $ 35000 - 60000
Sharps Model 1863 Rifle
Lot # 334 (Sale Order: 330 of 698)
.52 caliber, 30" round barrel, S/N C, 34734. With three barrel bands. Marked on the top of the barrel Sharps Rifle Manufg Co Hartford Conn. Marked near the breech New Model 1863. All numbers match on the bottom of the barrel and the back of the tang. Blued barrel with walnut stock and forearm.
Condition: Barrel retains most of the original blue finish just a little wear around the muzzle. Barrel bands and nosecap retain some of the case colors just lightly turning to a brown, Frame and lock retain most of the case colors just lightly fading. Patchbox and buttplate retain most of the case colors. Stock and forearm are excellent plus with nice feathered open-grain wood. Two mint cartouches on the left side near the frame. Excellent bore.
EST $ 4000 - 6000
Condition: Barrel retains most of the original blue finish just a little wear around the muzzle. Barrel bands and nosecap retain some of the case colors just lightly turning to a brown, Frame and lock retain most of the case colors just lightly fading. Patchbox and buttplate retain most of the case colors. Stock and forearm are excellent plus with nice feathered open-grain wood. Two mint cartouches on the left side near the frame. Excellent bore.
EST $ 4000 - 6000
Sharps New Model 1859 Carbine
Lot # 335 (Sale Order: 331 of 698)
.52 caliber, 22" round barrel, S/N 66156. The barrel is marked New Model 1859 behind the rear sight. The right side of the frame is marked R.S. Lawrence Pat. April 12th 1859 and C. Sharps' Pat. October 5th 1852. The left side is marked C. Sharps' Pat. Sept. 12th 1848. Walnut stock and forearm, with saddle bar and ring. The outline of an inspector's cartouche is visible below the saddle bar.
Condition: The barrel has a dark bluish plum patina. The frame, hammer and lever have a mostly bright silver patina, with some areas of dark mottling. The stock and forearm are in very good condition. The bore and mechanics are excellent.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Condition: The barrel has a dark bluish plum patina. The frame, hammer and lever have a mostly bright silver patina, with some areas of dark mottling. The stock and forearm are in very good condition. The bore and mechanics are excellent.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
US Civil War Spencer Carbine
Lot # 336 (Sale Order: 332 of 698)
.52 caliber, 20" barrel, S/N 57210. With walnut stock and seven-shot repeater, loaded through buttplate. Marked on top of breech Spencer Repeating/Rifle Co. Boston, Mass./Pat'd March 6, 1860. With saddle ring on left.
Condition: Very good with a very good bore. Metal has turned a plum brown and stocks show dents and dings from wartime field service.
EST $ 1500 - 2000
Condition: Very good with a very good bore. Metal has turned a plum brown and stocks show dents and dings from wartime field service.
EST $ 1500 - 2000
Burnside Carbine 5th Model
Lot # 337 (Sale Order: 333 of 698)
.54 caliber, 20.1" round barrel marked Cast Steel with partially legible date, S/N 12700. Receiver marked BURNSIDE PATENT / MODEL OF 1864. Back-action lock weakly marked with a two-line address. Lock, hammer and lever retain much of the case colors. Functions smoothly. Single band forearm and buttstock have iron furniture.
Condition: Very good. Bore good with spots of light pitting and strong rifling. Barrel turning plum; receiver graying. Wood shows only light wear.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Condition: Very good. Bore good with spots of light pitting and strong rifling. Barrel turning plum; receiver graying. Wood shows only light wear.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Model 1861 Contract Whitneyville Rifled-Musket
Lot # 338 (Sale Order: 334 of 698)
.58 caliber, 40" round rifled barrel octagonal at the breech. Lockplate engraved with an eagle over "WHITNEYVILLE." Action in working order. Three-band walnut stock with iron furniture. Unit marked on the left near the buttplate "F / CO / 23." The initial "H" is lightly carved on the right wrist. Complete with ramrod; lacks rear sling swivel.
Condition: Very good. Bore with moderate scattered spots of oxidation, rifling strong. Metal in an even brown patina. Stock with light normal service wear.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Condition: Very good. Bore with moderate scattered spots of oxidation, rifling strong. Metal in an even brown patina. Stock with light normal service wear.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Springfield Alteration of Model 1860 Spencer Carbine
Lot # 339 (Sale Order: 335 of 698)
.50 caliber, 18.25" round barrel with three-groove rifling, S/N 25100. Receiver marked "MODEL 1865" and has a four-line Spencer / Burnside address. Retains much of the case coloring. Features the Stabler cut-off device. Walnut forearm and buttstock have iron furniture. A very limited number of these carbines were altered.
Condition: Good. Bore has strong rifling and very light spots of pitting. Finish shows normal age and service wear.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Condition: Good. Bore has strong rifling and very light spots of pitting. Finish shows normal age and service wear.
EST $ 1000 - 1500
Model 1833 Hall-North U.S. Breech Loading Percussion Carbine
Lot # 340 (Sale Order: 336 of 698)
.52 smoothbore caliber, 26.19" round barrel. Barrel stamped N.W.P. behind the rear sight. The breechblock is marked U.S. S. North MidlTn Conn. 1838. With combination 25.25" ramrod/bayonet mounted in the fore end of the stock. Trigger guard with two finger ridges and sling ring. Walnut stock with compartment on bottom of butt area.
Condition: The barrel and frame have a brownish plum finish, with more brown on the frame. The breechblock has some areas of pitting, especially on the markings (some are obscured, but the 38 in the date is legible). The rear of the frame is repaired where it meets the upper tang. There is also a repair on either side above the breech latch, and forward of the breech latch. Some age cracks appear on the forestock. The bore is dirty and shows some oxidization. The mechanics function properly.
EST $ 3000 - 5000
Condition: The barrel and frame have a brownish plum finish, with more brown on the frame. The breechblock has some areas of pitting, especially on the markings (some are obscured, but the 38 in the date is legible). The rear of the frame is repaired where it meets the upper tang. There is also a repair on either side above the breech latch, and forward of the breech latch. Some age cracks appear on the forestock. The bore is dirty and shows some oxidization. The mechanics function properly.
EST $ 3000 - 5000
U.S. Civil War Confederate Richmond Armory Carbine
Lot # 341 (Sale Order: 337 of 698)
.58 caliber, 25" barrel. The barrel is marked with a VP and eagle head. Lockplate marked C.S. Richmond, VA, and dated 1863 at the rear. Full stock fastened by two barrel bands, with iron ramrod, patchbox and buttplate and brass fore end cap. With iron blade front sight, and sling swivels on front barrel band and triggerguard.
Condition: The barrel, hammer and lockplate have a bright patina with mottling throughout. There is a small amount of pitting on the top of the lock, extending towards the top of the barrel. The stock has some handling marks, along with an age crack at the rear of the lock, and opposite of the lock on the top screw. The underside of the butt is missing its swivel swing, but the hole is still present. The ramrod appears to be a crude period production. The rear sight is missing, but reveals the "T"-shaped cut out.
EST $ 5000 - 7000
Condition: The barrel, hammer and lockplate have a bright patina with mottling throughout. There is a small amount of pitting on the top of the lock, extending towards the top of the barrel. The stock has some handling marks, along with an age crack at the rear of the lock, and opposite of the lock on the top screw. The underside of the butt is missing its swivel swing, but the hole is still present. The ramrod appears to be a crude period production. The rear sight is missing, but reveals the "T"-shaped cut out.
EST $ 5000 - 7000
Falisse & Trapmann Belgian Spencer Carbine
Lot # 342 (Sale Order: 338 of 698)
.50 caliber, 20" barrel, S/N 12. Serial number is marked on buttplate, lever and interior breech components. The barrel band is numbered 19. The barrel is marked with a crown over K proof, along with a Liege proof. A Falisse & Trapmann circle FT proof is marked on top of the frame behind the breech and on the underside of the stock behind the tang. Saddle bar and ring opposite of the lockplate. Walnut stock and forearm, with sling swivel.
Condition: The barrel has a nice dark blue patina, with light areas of spotting throughout. The frame has a dark finish, with the hammer, lock and breech having a mottled gray patina. The stock and forearm have some nicks and dings, but are in good overall condition. The bore is in good condition, and could use a cleaning.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
Condition: The barrel has a nice dark blue patina, with light areas of spotting throughout. The frame has a dark finish, with the hammer, lock and breech having a mottled gray patina. The stock and forearm have some nicks and dings, but are in good overall condition. The bore is in good condition, and could use a cleaning.
EST $ 1500 - 2500
Confederate Arkansas 17th Regt Wooden Canteen with Inscribed Flag
Lot # 343 (Sale Order: 339 of 698)
Wooden drum canteen, 7.25" diameter, 2.25" wide. Bound with sheet iron riveted bands with three shoulder sling loops, pour hole drilled at the top lacking stopper. The obverse face an hand carved unit designation “17ARK” and soldier's initials “WTV” (or possibly “WIV”) and a naive representation of a Confederate first national flag on a pole. The reverse shows four randomly placed geometric shapes, one of which can be interpreted as a simplified Masonic compass and square.
Provenance: Canteen was discovered at an estate sale in Maine a number of years ago and was likely the Civil War souvenir of a soldier from that state.
Condition: Good. One area of wood lose on the side of the pour hole. Water stains on the sides. Normal age and service wear.
EST $ 2000 - 2500
Provenance: Canteen was discovered at an estate sale in Maine a number of years ago and was likely the Civil War souvenir of a soldier from that state.
Condition: Good. One area of wood lose on the side of the pour hole. Water stains on the sides. Normal age and service wear.
EST $ 2000 - 2500
Lt. Col. Porter S. Cox Model 1840/60 Presentation Sword
Lot # 344 (Sale Order: 340 of 698)
34.5" slightly curved German made blade with fullers, obverse etched with military trophies, Greek keys and floral motifs with inscription "Onward to Victory" reverse with similar etching and a "U" and "S" separated by a spread-wing eagle. Eicasso with knight logo and maker marked "CLAUBERG / SOLINGEN." Retains the leather scabbard washer. Hilt has brass three-branch guard retaining good traces of the gilt finish and embossed with laurel and acanthus leaves. Phrygian helmet-style pommel with a bust of the goddess of Liberty. Ivory grip edged with an engraved line. Nickel-plated scabbard brass mountings embossed with floral patterns and twisted wire hanger rings. Engraved on the reverse between the hanger bands "Presented to / Lt. Col. Porter S. Cox, / the Officer who whipped Thrailkill, / and killed Bill Anderson the Bandit, / by his friends in St. Joseph, Mo. / Nov. 25th 1864."
Porter S. Cox, better known as Samuel P. Cox (1828-1913) was a Missouri farmer and businessman. During the Mexican War he served in a unit that did not fight in Mexico, but acted as scouts for two years in actions against Native American forces and helped build Ft. Kearny in Nebraska. Between the wars, Cox worked as a freight hauler in the West, acting in that capacity under contract for the army during the Utah War of 1858-59. At the beginning of the Civil War he helped to organize the 1st Regt. Missouri militia with the rank of Major, resigning in 1863 due to ill health. In 1864, he was again commissioned as a Lt. Colonel in the 33rd Regt. Missouri militia. Cox commanded the Union forces at a skirmish near Albany, MO, on Oct. 26, 1864 in which the famous Confederate guerrilla leader William "Bloody Bill" Anderson was killed.
William T. Anderson originally served under the notorious Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill were he gained a reputation for both skill and brutality. By 1863 he was in command of his own guerrilla band in Missouri. As part of Gen. Sterling Price's 1864 attempt to retake Missouri for the Confederacy, Anderson's men massacred 124 unarmed Union soldiers in cold blood at Centralia. The Confederates scalped many of the Union men and several scalps were reportedly tied to Anderson's saddle when he died, justifying his nick-name "Bloody Bill."
Among Anderson's officers at Centralia was Captain John Thrailkill, 1st Missouri Cavalry, a recently escaped POW from Alton Prison, who led a small guerrilla band riding with Anderson when Cox's command caught up with them at Albany, MO. Laying an ambush similar to Anderson's own tactics, the federals shot Anderson in the head, killing him instantly. Although Cox had not actually pulled the trigger, he was proclaimed a hero, with Anderson's reign of terror in Missouri coming to an end. After the war, Cox returned to private business.
Thrailkill also survived the war and in 1865 fled to Mexico with other Confederates, where he became a wealthy man pursuing mining, cattle and railroad interests. His death came in 1895 in Mexico City.
Condition: Very good. There are a few scattered dark gray age spots on the blade, heaviest on the reverse side near the point with some very light pitting. Light verdigris in the deeper crevasses on the pommel and the scabbard mounts. One very sallow dent on the scabbard near the presentation.
EST $ 20000 - 30000
Porter S. Cox, better known as Samuel P. Cox (1828-1913) was a Missouri farmer and businessman. During the Mexican War he served in a unit that did not fight in Mexico, but acted as scouts for two years in actions against Native American forces and helped build Ft. Kearny in Nebraska. Between the wars, Cox worked as a freight hauler in the West, acting in that capacity under contract for the army during the Utah War of 1858-59. At the beginning of the Civil War he helped to organize the 1st Regt. Missouri militia with the rank of Major, resigning in 1863 due to ill health. In 1864, he was again commissioned as a Lt. Colonel in the 33rd Regt. Missouri militia. Cox commanded the Union forces at a skirmish near Albany, MO, on Oct. 26, 1864 in which the famous Confederate guerrilla leader William "Bloody Bill" Anderson was killed.
William T. Anderson originally served under the notorious Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill were he gained a reputation for both skill and brutality. By 1863 he was in command of his own guerrilla band in Missouri. As part of Gen. Sterling Price's 1864 attempt to retake Missouri for the Confederacy, Anderson's men massacred 124 unarmed Union soldiers in cold blood at Centralia. The Confederates scalped many of the Union men and several scalps were reportedly tied to Anderson's saddle when he died, justifying his nick-name "Bloody Bill."
Among Anderson's officers at Centralia was Captain John Thrailkill, 1st Missouri Cavalry, a recently escaped POW from Alton Prison, who led a small guerrilla band riding with Anderson when Cox's command caught up with them at Albany, MO. Laying an ambush similar to Anderson's own tactics, the federals shot Anderson in the head, killing him instantly. Although Cox had not actually pulled the trigger, he was proclaimed a hero, with Anderson's reign of terror in Missouri coming to an end. After the war, Cox returned to private business.
Thrailkill also survived the war and in 1865 fled to Mexico with other Confederates, where he became a wealthy man pursuing mining, cattle and railroad interests. His death came in 1895 in Mexico City.
Condition: Very good. There are a few scattered dark gray age spots on the blade, heaviest on the reverse side near the point with some very light pitting. Light verdigris in the deeper crevasses on the pommel and the scabbard mounts. One very sallow dent on the scabbard near the presentation.
EST $ 20000 - 30000
Pike from the USS Constitution, and a Civil War Pike Lot of Two
Lot # 345 (Sale Order: 341 of 698)
Lot includes 2 Naval pikes, both with old Bannerman tags. The first one reads: Pike from Constitution. The other reads, Civil War pike. The first one has a 15" iron spike with 6" languets on long wooden haft, overall 88". The second has a 10" iron spike with 7" languets and a long wooden haft, overall 95" with round ball haft.
Condition: Very good. Constitution pike has remains of white paint.
EST $ 1500 - 3000
Condition: Very good. Constitution pike has remains of white paint.
EST $ 1500 - 3000
Confederate Model 1833 Artillery Short Sword
Lot # 346 (Sale Order: 342 of 698)
19" crude blade, unmarked. With a ribbed brass handle and a brass crossguard with C and S on each end. Wooden leather-covered scabbard with brass tip and brass throat.
Condition: Very good. Blade is stained and crude. Brass guard and handle are untouched . Scabbard is dirty and untouched. A great example of this hard-to-find rare sword.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
Condition: Very good. Blade is stained and crude. Brass guard and handle are untouched . Scabbard is dirty and untouched. A great example of this hard-to-find rare sword.
EST $ 2000 - 3000
Presentation Sword, Pistol and Archive belonging to Civil War Capt. M. L. M. Peixotto, OH & NY
Lot # 347 (Sale Order: 343 of 698)
Formerly the property of Captain Moses L. M. Peixotto, the Model 1850 foot officer's has a 30.25" German import blade etched with military and floral motifs, ricasso retailer marked "W. H. / HORSTMANN / & SONS / PHILADELPHIA" and king's head maker's logo. Hilt has brass guard pierced with floral elements and pommel embossed with oak leaves and shield. German silver grip engraved with a federal eagle and shield, and floral patterns. The scabbard is covered in shagreen with brass mountings embossed with trophies of arms, the reverse of the throat has an engraved presentation: "PRESENTED / TO / Captain M.L.M Peixotto / by a few of his friends, / New York, Aug. 1862."
A cased .31 caliber Allen & Wheelock percussion pepper box revolver, 3.25" six-shot fluted barrel cluster with maker's and patent marks, engraved recoil shield, metal retains most of the blued finish and has walnut grips. Pistol held in a walnut velvet lined box and includes a ramrod / cleaning rod, fluted copper powder flask and bullet mold.
Other wartime items include a gold and silver bullion "U.S." and wreath cap insignia on black velvet, the subject's brass clothing stencil with unit designation, 18 coat and 5 Steel & Johnson pattern gilt staff eagle buttons with "EXTRA * QUALITY *" backmarks and a metal trunk plate engraved with Peixotto's name and rank.
Post-war and veteran's items include a GAR ebony cane,36" in length, with a nickel plated handle embossed with GAR emblems, two Grant presidential campaign ribbons on original cards, inaugural ball ribbon and ribbons for the 1876 reunions of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Tennessee, and a named and dated "1885" 7th NY NG long service medal. Complete with an archive of 12 original documents related to Peixotto's life and service including enlistment and promotion certificates, letters and a Masonic membership certificate all dating between 1853 and 1866. Of special importance is the letter that accompanied presentation sword. Lot also includes photocopies of related research.
Originally from New York City, Moses L.M. Peixotto (1830 - 1890) was a member of a noted family of sephardic Jews that traced their history in America back to 1630. Before the Civil War he served in the 7th NY militia as an enlisted man. In 1862 he was commissioned a Captain of Company G, 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1863 he left the regiment due to illness. He lived briefly in Cleveland before returning to New York to resume his pre-war career as a pharmacist.
Condition: Very good. Sword blade in mostly bright finish, even age patina on the brass fittings with traces of glit finish. Pepperbox shows light service wear, bores need cleaning. Cane with normal wear. 7th NY medal ribbon fraying. Documents have some creasing and minor tears.
EST $ 4000 - 6000
A cased .31 caliber Allen & Wheelock percussion pepper box revolver, 3.25" six-shot fluted barrel cluster with maker's and patent marks, engraved recoil shield, metal retains most of the blued finish and has walnut grips. Pistol held in a walnut velvet lined box and includes a ramrod / cleaning rod, fluted copper powder flask and bullet mold.
Other wartime items include a gold and silver bullion "U.S." and wreath cap insignia on black velvet, the subject's brass clothing stencil with unit designation, 18 coat and 5 Steel & Johnson pattern gilt staff eagle buttons with "EXTRA * QUALITY *" backmarks and a metal trunk plate engraved with Peixotto's name and rank.
Post-war and veteran's items include a GAR ebony cane,36" in length, with a nickel plated handle embossed with GAR emblems, two Grant presidential campaign ribbons on original cards, inaugural ball ribbon and ribbons for the 1876 reunions of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Tennessee, and a named and dated "1885" 7th NY NG long service medal. Complete with an archive of 12 original documents related to Peixotto's life and service including enlistment and promotion certificates, letters and a Masonic membership certificate all dating between 1853 and 1866. Of special importance is the letter that accompanied presentation sword. Lot also includes photocopies of related research.
Originally from New York City, Moses L.M. Peixotto (1830 - 1890) was a member of a noted family of sephardic Jews that traced their history in America back to 1630. Before the Civil War he served in the 7th NY militia as an enlisted man. In 1862 he was commissioned a Captain of Company G, 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In 1863 he left the regiment due to illness. He lived briefly in Cleveland before returning to New York to resume his pre-war career as a pharmacist.
Condition: Very good. Sword blade in mostly bright finish, even age patina on the brass fittings with traces of glit finish. Pepperbox shows light service wear, bores need cleaning. Cane with normal wear. 7th NY medal ribbon fraying. Documents have some creasing and minor tears.
EST $ 4000 - 6000
Confederate Iron D-Guard Bowie Knife by Thomas Griswold
Lot # 348 (Sale Order: 344 of 698)
8.5" iron spear point blade without fuller, pronounced wide ricasso is marked "Thomas. Griswold / New Orleans." Hilt has single iron knuckle bow with long quillion. Thick, forged iron "D" guard is peened to tang at the pommel. One-piece, rounded, wide grained wood grips, with wide pewter ferrule. Overall 14 inches.
Full page illustration of this knife can be seen in Norm Flayderman's book, The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend (2004:p142) According to Mr. Flayderman's account of this knife, "It is reasonably assumed that the blade was made specifically as a knife and not merely a cut-down sword blade. It is wider and lacks the unstopped fullers, typical of Griswold and Co. blades."
Provenance: Ex Norm Flayderman
Condition: Good. Blade is dark with moderate pitting heaviest near the point and coarse grind marks on both side of the blade, oak grip with age cracks and dents and ding from field service.
EST $ 15000 - 25000
Full page illustration of this knife can be seen in Norm Flayderman's book, The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend (2004:p142) According to Mr. Flayderman's account of this knife, "It is reasonably assumed that the blade was made specifically as a knife and not merely a cut-down sword blade. It is wider and lacks the unstopped fullers, typical of Griswold and Co. blades."
Provenance: Ex Norm Flayderman
Condition: Good. Blade is dark with moderate pitting heaviest near the point and coarse grind marks on both side of the blade, oak grip with age cracks and dents and ding from field service.
EST $ 15000 - 25000
Will & Fink San Francisco, Cal Bowie Knife
Lot # 349 (Sale Order: 345 of 698)
9.5" blade, with stag handle maker marked on blade "Will & Fink SF, CAL." Deluxe checkered special order snakeskin scabbard with a large decorative tarnished silver round button with Masonic symbol of an 'All Seeing Eye' poorly scratched into the center.
Condition: Very good. Handle shows much carrying wear. Blade shows dings and some sharpening wear.
EST $ 3000 - 5000
Condition: Very good. Handle shows much carrying wear. Blade shows dings and some sharpening wear.
EST $ 3000 - 5000
Confederate Presentation Civil War Swords and Diary of Capt. Daniel R. Hundley, 31st AL Infy., CSA
Lot # 350 (Sale Order: 346 of 698)
32" blade with etched panels of military motifs; one of the panels had the US taken out and marked with Confederate States and dated 1861. Shagreen and gilt brass wire wrapped handle. Engraved on the backside of pommel is a presentation inscription "Presented to Captain D.R. Hundley CSA by his mother August 1, 1861." On the brass knuckle bow the US was also cut out and replaced with CS. German proof on the ricasso. Metal scabbard with brass bands and carrying rings. On the throat of the scabbard is a banner marked Horstman and Sons maker Philadelphia.
Plus a 1902-style Army Officer's sword, 30" blade with etched panels of military motifs. The name is etched in a panel: Bryan R. Hundley. Black handle, nickel-plated guard with nickel plated scabbard. The 1902 sword is in excellent condition. This sword is Vietnam War era.
Daniel Robinson Hundley (1832-1899) was born to John Henderson Hundley and Malinda Robinson, plantation and slave owners in Madison County, Alabama. Daniel received his law degree from Harvard in 1853. He married a first cousin, Mary Ann ("Nannie") Hundley (1834-1913) about 1857. Three children came rapidly, two sons and a daughter, by 1859. The family moved to Chicago where Daniel maintained a small farm and tried to find work as a writer. In 1860 he published Social Relations in our Southern States (New York: Henry Price), an analysis of the antebellum social and political climate in slave states, often cited as a major reference.
The family struggled financially, so when hostilities erupted, in April 1861, he returned to Alabama and was commissioned as Colonel in the 31st Alabama Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Port Gibson (May 1863), and taken prisoner at Big Shanty, GA (June 15, 1864). Taken to the officer's prison at Johnson's Island, he attempted an escape in Jan. 1865, but was quickly recaptured. The diary he kept while incarcerated was taken from him at his recapture.
Hundley was released from Johnson's Island in July 1865, and returned to his home, Thorn Hill near Mooresville, to begin a law practice. Nearly a decade later, in 1874, he received a letter from a man in New York who had located the diary and subsequently returned it to him. Hundley filled in a few blanks from the last months of his incarceration, and published the diary as "Prison Echoes of the Great Rebellion" that same year. He spent the remainder of his days quietly, practicing law and raising a family which grew rapidly. All together, Daniel and Mary Ann had 11 children.
Consignor relates that he purchased this sword from Bryan Hundley (a direct descendant of the original Bryan Hundley), who we have not been able to locate. A diary accompanies this lot. Although not one of Hundley's, it was written by a resident of Mooresville, Alabama. The writer, however was a woman, and a bit older. . It begins on 19 Oct. 1856. Unfortunately, the only identification is on the rear fep, with have "Mooresville, Alabama, Limestone County" written on it. This was Hundley's hometown, so he surely knew these neighbors. They might have been relatives.
This diary gives a view of the hardships of a war zone. Foraging soldiers taking their corn, forage, meat from the smokehouses. And in Northern Alabama, there were waves of both Confederate and Union forces, needing food for themselves and their animals. She describes hearing cannonading from Decatur and Athens. She mentions each unit as it comes and goes, and even where it camps. Jan. 25th: 80th Ohio & 7th Iowa; 28th: 93rd Illinois & 10th Iowa. On May 21st, the 9th Ohio came in, and set up camp on the hill near the graveyard. (This was the unit headed by her old friend from Zanesville, where she lived 26 years before.) She notes: "We get intelligence of affairs from the Federal party only and we know not which portion of the rumors can be credited." (A problem for soldiers, also. Rumors flowed freely.) At one point the 16th AC was ordered to Chattanooga, and she notes that it took them 6 hours to get through town. Shortly after, she observes: "…our town has been literally alive with soldiers."
She goes on to describe trainloads of "contrabands," taken to repair roads and bridges burned by the armies, and troops borrowing buggies for discreet transportation of female spies, and much more. Please go to cowans.com for a bit more content. We are sure there is much to be learned from this account, possibly even the identity of the writer.
Condition: Brass has been polished and began to age nicely. Handle is in good condition complete intact with some scuffs. Blade is a dark grey to brown. Panels are visible. Scabbard has four dents, two on each side. Brass is good.
EST $5,000 - $10,000
Plus a 1902-style Army Officer's sword, 30" blade with etched panels of military motifs. The name is etched in a panel: Bryan R. Hundley. Black handle, nickel-plated guard with nickel plated scabbard. The 1902 sword is in excellent condition. This sword is Vietnam War era.
Daniel Robinson Hundley (1832-1899) was born to John Henderson Hundley and Malinda Robinson, plantation and slave owners in Madison County, Alabama. Daniel received his law degree from Harvard in 1853. He married a first cousin, Mary Ann ("Nannie") Hundley (1834-1913) about 1857. Three children came rapidly, two sons and a daughter, by 1859. The family moved to Chicago where Daniel maintained a small farm and tried to find work as a writer. In 1860 he published Social Relations in our Southern States (New York: Henry Price), an analysis of the antebellum social and political climate in slave states, often cited as a major reference.
The family struggled financially, so when hostilities erupted, in April 1861, he returned to Alabama and was commissioned as Colonel in the 31st Alabama Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Port Gibson (May 1863), and taken prisoner at Big Shanty, GA (June 15, 1864). Taken to the officer's prison at Johnson's Island, he attempted an escape in Jan. 1865, but was quickly recaptured. The diary he kept while incarcerated was taken from him at his recapture.
Hundley was released from Johnson's Island in July 1865, and returned to his home, Thorn Hill near Mooresville, to begin a law practice. Nearly a decade later, in 1874, he received a letter from a man in New York who had located the diary and subsequently returned it to him. Hundley filled in a few blanks from the last months of his incarceration, and published the diary as "Prison Echoes of the Great Rebellion" that same year. He spent the remainder of his days quietly, practicing law and raising a family which grew rapidly. All together, Daniel and Mary Ann had 11 children.
Consignor relates that he purchased this sword from Bryan Hundley (a direct descendant of the original Bryan Hundley), who we have not been able to locate. A diary accompanies this lot. Although not one of Hundley's, it was written by a resident of Mooresville, Alabama. The writer, however was a woman, and a bit older. . It begins on 19 Oct. 1856. Unfortunately, the only identification is on the rear fep, with have "Mooresville, Alabama, Limestone County" written on it. This was Hundley's hometown, so he surely knew these neighbors. They might have been relatives.
This diary gives a view of the hardships of a war zone. Foraging soldiers taking their corn, forage, meat from the smokehouses. And in Northern Alabama, there were waves of both Confederate and Union forces, needing food for themselves and their animals. She describes hearing cannonading from Decatur and Athens. She mentions each unit as it comes and goes, and even where it camps. Jan. 25th: 80th Ohio & 7th Iowa; 28th: 93rd Illinois & 10th Iowa. On May 21st, the 9th Ohio came in, and set up camp on the hill near the graveyard. (This was the unit headed by her old friend from Zanesville, where she lived 26 years before.) She notes: "We get intelligence of affairs from the Federal party only and we know not which portion of the rumors can be credited." (A problem for soldiers, also. Rumors flowed freely.) At one point the 16th AC was ordered to Chattanooga, and she notes that it took them 6 hours to get through town. Shortly after, she observes: "…our town has been literally alive with soldiers."
She goes on to describe trainloads of "contrabands," taken to repair roads and bridges burned by the armies, and troops borrowing buggies for discreet transportation of female spies, and much more. Please go to cowans.com for a bit more content. We are sure there is much to be learned from this account, possibly even the identity of the writer.
Condition: Brass has been polished and began to age nicely. Handle is in good condition complete intact with some scuffs. Blade is a dark grey to brown. Panels are visible. Scabbard has four dents, two on each side. Brass is good.
EST $5,000 - $10,000
Zouave Uniform, Firearms and Archive Identified to Charles Reisser 9th NY Hawkins Zouaves
Lot # 351 (Sale Order: 347 of 698)
Incredibly large group obtained from a descendant, consisting of the Civil War uniform, personal effects, documents and two firearms originally the property of Acting Orderly Sergeant Charles Reisser, Co. G, 9th NY, known as "Hawkins Zouaves."
The uniform consists of a dark blue wool Algerian pattern jacket trimmed in red worsted wool braid and cord piping with matching braid and red wool "tombeau" applied on the front in typical Zouave fashion. Cuffs have red wool sergeant's rank chevrons and are closed with hooks and eyes. Fully lined in white linen with one interior pocket. Hand-inscribed on the left sleeve lining Chas Reisser / Co. G in ink now oxidized to brown. The dark blue wool Zouave pattern vest has inset welted pockets, tabs for buttons and is trimmed in red braid. Lining and back of linen with penciled initials "Ch R." The jacket is constructed with both hand- and machine-stitching while the vest is completely hand-sewn. The red wool felt fez has a natural linen tape binding on the bottom edge, blue wool tassel and metal unit number "9" on the obverse. A red wool and cotton mixed fabric waist sash completes the uniform. His trousers were cut off when he was found on the battlefield, where he had laid wounded for two days.
Personal items include a silver identity disk made from an half dollar coin, engraved Sgt. Charles Reisser / Co. G, 9th Regt. NY Vol. / Hawkins Zouaves / Enl. 4 May 1861, pierced and suspended on a short leather thong, a clay pipe, a wooden crutch used after his leg was amputated at Antietam, a GAR membership medal and a 1907 Vinton, IA medal and celluloid reunion medal.
A cased sixth plate daguerreotype image shows Reisser in a Zouave uniform with a Bowie knife on his belt. Reisser's jacket and kepi appear to be the Hawkins' officer pattern, sans rank insignia. This is likely the first pattern Hawkins Zouave uniform, as distinguished from the second pattern jacket which is part of this group. Documents relating to the life and military career of Reisser include his 1859 naturalization paper, his 1860 marriage certificate, an 1861 document promoting him to sergeant signed by Col. Hawkins, and his 1863 discharge paper. And more....
Firearms consist of a percussion full-stock target rifle and a single-shot European military percussion pistol. The rifle is .46 caliber with a 27.75" octagonal barrel maker marked W. HAHN NEW YORK, patent breech and snail-shaped nipple bolster, engraved back action lock marked "WARRANTED." Walnut stock has checkered wrist and cheek rest, nickel furniture now age-toned to a brassy hue by smoke, iron sling swivels and ramrod with brass tips. The iron work with even dark patina.
The pistol is .69 caliber, 11" round pinned barrel, lock and barrel converted from flint, unmarked and with an age gray finish. Walnut stock with brass furniture. Wrist escutcheon plate engraved with crown motif and word "Hussar;" retains wood ramrod. Family tradition relates that these two firearms were used by Reisser during the Civil War, but it is more likely that they were guns that he owned during his long lifetime.
Charles Reisser (1835-1928) was a native of Germany. He emigrated to New York in 1853, and became a US citizen in 1859. In 1860 he married Clementine A. Franke. He lived as a farmer in New Jersey at the time of his enlistment in 1861. He served in all the regiment's actions until he was wounded in the leg by a musket ball at Antietam. He was discharged shortly after this. His recovery took two years. After the war, the family moved to Iowa. There they had three children who survived infancy. Unfortunately, Clementine died in 1878 when her youngest son was only two years of age. In the 1900 census, Reisser's 91-year-old mother is shown living with the family in Iowa. She died later that year. Reisser lived until 1928, just short of his 93rd birthday - a long-lived family.
This is a well-documented group from a combat veteran of a famous Federal regiment, whose wound occurred as A.P. Hill's column arrived to save the Army of Northern Virginia's vulnerable right flank. The group presents an unusual opportunity to acquire a rare uniform worn at a pivotal moment in American history - during America's bloodiest day - on the fields above Antietam Creek.
Condition: Overall good condition; uniform pieces show light wear and moderate age toning with some brown foxing on the linen linings. Fez binding frayed but mostly complete. The sash has heavy moth tracking and one large hole in the center. The image case has a broken hinge and the top edge is missing. Documents have been folded and have some minor tears that do not detract. The rifle in overall good condition, has a fair bore in need of cleaning; lock does not stay at half cock and the nipple is slightly flattened. Pistol is fair, lock frozen, nipple completely flattened.
EST $65,000 - $95,000
The uniform consists of a dark blue wool Algerian pattern jacket trimmed in red worsted wool braid and cord piping with matching braid and red wool "tombeau" applied on the front in typical Zouave fashion. Cuffs have red wool sergeant's rank chevrons and are closed with hooks and eyes. Fully lined in white linen with one interior pocket. Hand-inscribed on the left sleeve lining Chas Reisser / Co. G in ink now oxidized to brown. The dark blue wool Zouave pattern vest has inset welted pockets, tabs for buttons and is trimmed in red braid. Lining and back of linen with penciled initials "Ch R." The jacket is constructed with both hand- and machine-stitching while the vest is completely hand-sewn. The red wool felt fez has a natural linen tape binding on the bottom edge, blue wool tassel and metal unit number "9" on the obverse. A red wool and cotton mixed fabric waist sash completes the uniform. His trousers were cut off when he was found on the battlefield, where he had laid wounded for two days.
Personal items include a silver identity disk made from an half dollar coin, engraved Sgt. Charles Reisser / Co. G, 9th Regt. NY Vol. / Hawkins Zouaves / Enl. 4 May 1861, pierced and suspended on a short leather thong, a clay pipe, a wooden crutch used after his leg was amputated at Antietam, a GAR membership medal and a 1907 Vinton, IA medal and celluloid reunion medal.
A cased sixth plate daguerreotype image shows Reisser in a Zouave uniform with a Bowie knife on his belt. Reisser's jacket and kepi appear to be the Hawkins' officer pattern, sans rank insignia. This is likely the first pattern Hawkins Zouave uniform, as distinguished from the second pattern jacket which is part of this group. Documents relating to the life and military career of Reisser include his 1859 naturalization paper, his 1860 marriage certificate, an 1861 document promoting him to sergeant signed by Col. Hawkins, and his 1863 discharge paper. And more....
Firearms consist of a percussion full-stock target rifle and a single-shot European military percussion pistol. The rifle is .46 caliber with a 27.75" octagonal barrel maker marked W. HAHN NEW YORK, patent breech and snail-shaped nipple bolster, engraved back action lock marked "WARRANTED." Walnut stock has checkered wrist and cheek rest, nickel furniture now age-toned to a brassy hue by smoke, iron sling swivels and ramrod with brass tips. The iron work with even dark patina.
The pistol is .69 caliber, 11" round pinned barrel, lock and barrel converted from flint, unmarked and with an age gray finish. Walnut stock with brass furniture. Wrist escutcheon plate engraved with crown motif and word "Hussar;" retains wood ramrod. Family tradition relates that these two firearms were used by Reisser during the Civil War, but it is more likely that they were guns that he owned during his long lifetime.
Charles Reisser (1835-1928) was a native of Germany. He emigrated to New York in 1853, and became a US citizen in 1859. In 1860 he married Clementine A. Franke. He lived as a farmer in New Jersey at the time of his enlistment in 1861. He served in all the regiment's actions until he was wounded in the leg by a musket ball at Antietam. He was discharged shortly after this. His recovery took two years. After the war, the family moved to Iowa. There they had three children who survived infancy. Unfortunately, Clementine died in 1878 when her youngest son was only two years of age. In the 1900 census, Reisser's 91-year-old mother is shown living with the family in Iowa. She died later that year. Reisser lived until 1928, just short of his 93rd birthday - a long-lived family.
This is a well-documented group from a combat veteran of a famous Federal regiment, whose wound occurred as A.P. Hill's column arrived to save the Army of Northern Virginia's vulnerable right flank. The group presents an unusual opportunity to acquire a rare uniform worn at a pivotal moment in American history - during America's bloodiest day - on the fields above Antietam Creek.
Condition: Overall good condition; uniform pieces show light wear and moderate age toning with some brown foxing on the linen linings. Fez binding frayed but mostly complete. The sash has heavy moth tracking and one large hole in the center. The image case has a broken hinge and the top edge is missing. Documents have been folded and have some minor tears that do not detract. The rifle in overall good condition, has a fair bore in need of cleaning; lock does not stay at half cock and the nipple is slightly flattened. Pistol is fair, lock frozen, nipple completely flattened.
EST $65,000 - $95,000
Pattern 1858 2nd Cavalry Officer's Hat Fully Trimmed
Lot # 352 (Sale Order: 348 of 698)
Black wool felt hat with 3.5" brim bound in grosgrain with a grosgrain ribbon hatband, ribbon rosette with cuff-sized cavalry eagle button with "C" on the shield and ostrich feather plume. Obverse has gold bullion crossed sabers insignia with silver bullion unit number "2" on black velvet. Left side of the brim turned up against the crown and held with a gold bullion eagle insignia on a velvet oval. Complete with gold bullion and black silk mixed hat cord. Interior has a leather sweatband. This is the same hat pictured in Langellier & Loane U.S. Army Headgear: 1812-1872, pg. 54.
Condition: Very good. Moderate finish wear on the felt and edge fraying on the brim binding.
EST $ 7500 - 12000
Condition: Very good. Moderate finish wear on the felt and edge fraying on the brim binding.
EST $ 7500 - 12000
Confederate Richmond Arsenal Copy of a Model 1859 McClellan Saddle
Lot # 353 (Sale Order: 349 of 698)
1863 - 1864 production. Wooden tree covered in rawhide with mixed iron and brass hardware, "CS" embossed pommel shield with top right corner missing. Confederate style "driven-in" iron footman's stands and quarter rings, dark brown leather fenders and straps. Missing rear saddle ring on the right side as well as brass replacement escutcheon on the left side cantle. Stitching is unraveling along the edges of both sides of the cantle as well as the tree bars. Right rear of the seat has a significant 4" tear in the rawhide and with a crack in the wood tree underneath. Iron plate on front of pommel is broken with only a fragment remaining. Stirrups and straps appear to be period Federal Army replacements with the fronts of the leather stirrup covers cut away.
Condition: Fair to good. Age toning and heavy service wear. Both period and contemporary repairs.
EST $ 5000 - 6000
Condition: Fair to good. Age toning and heavy service wear. Both period and contemporary repairs.
EST $ 5000 - 6000
Jenifer Pattern Officer's Saddle with Curved Valise
Lot # 354 (Sale Order: 350 of 698)
Black or very dark brown leather covered wooden tree with open seat, brass hardware, pommel and cantle shield-shaped escutcheon plates; other plates with scalloped edges. Complete with leather heart-shaped quarter straps ring keepers and wooden stirrups with leather covers. Includes a rare Jenifer pattern curved valise, leather with nickel buckles and unit numbers "6" on the ends; the exterior flap that covers the opening is now lacking; with original securing straps. A private purchase officer's saddle, the Jenifer saddle was particularly favored by Confederates.
Condition: Fair to good. Leather aged and crazed, areas of loose stitching, sections of leather lose on the edges of the cantle.
EST $ 7000 - 10000
Condition: Fair to good. Leather aged and crazed, areas of loose stitching, sections of leather lose on the edges of the cantle.
EST $ 7000 - 10000
