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40720 - INDIAN TRADE "HAWK BELL" WEA SITE, WABASH RIVER INDIANA, Fort Quiatenon, Indiana, 1" brass with striker ball present inside, great form, dark green patina. These are usually found crushed due to the light weight brass shell to the bell. c. 1780, Quiatenon was an important trading site by both the French and English in the 18th Century and was located across the Wabash River from a large Wea site. This village was basically destroyed by Washington in 1791 the Wabash tribes had used it as a jumping off point for raids against settlers in Kentucky. Old collector's tag, item #161 attached [Gary Lutherland Collection].........................................$80.00

40721 - CIRC. 1660 CLAY PIPE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG, VA, small angled 1" bowl intact with a 3.75" stem remaining which is unusual. The style/shape of the bowl dates its style to 1660. Marking at bottom denotes "near Williamsburg, VA". Really nice, trifle chips to bowl edge not affecting the character of the pipe. Pipes from this period from the early Virginia sites are rare and the first we have had in a while. Very good.........................................................$89.00

40722 - EARLY FLORIDA POLYCHROME TILE FROM ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 5" X 9.5" X 3/4" ceramic tile with polychrome finish. Active scene of a deer prancing in a field among flowers and tree. Period late 17th - Early 18th Century. Vibrant colors with a bright yellow border. Excavated years ago in the St. Augustine, Florida area and has been in a private collection ever since. An excellent example of the Spanish-Moorish style of that period. Condition is excellent. A wonderful piece of early Florida history from the oldest city in America....................................................$1,250.00

40723 - ORIGINAL WOODEN HARDWOOD PEGS TAKEN FROM A COLONIAL BUILDING NEAR BOSTON, 1" X 8" hardwood pegs dating to the 18th Century used to construct a Colonial Period building near Boston. Pegs are pointed at one end. Have a few available...................................................$20.00/each

40724 - SUPERB WESTERWALD STONEWARE POTTERY BALUSTER JUG, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY, 5" X 11.75", cobalt blue/gray, salt glazed. A massive piece of Westerwald pottery with beautiful decorative medallions. One being an woman kneeling holding a medallion in elaborate relief, knight on horse back another a family crest, applied lion head studs and rosettes, birds with incised hearts. In 17th Century Virginia, the most common form is the jug, with most of the surface covered by relief molding, stamps, and sometimes carving. Occasionally found are jugs with narrow mouths, stamped decoration, and one to three relief-molded medallions on an otherwise undecorated body. The cobalt blue decoration characteristic of Westerwald, and adopted onto American stoneware, actually originated in modern Belgium, at Raeren. While this fine example has no specific provenance to Virginia, similar examples have been excavated at numerous Chesapeake sites. This exceptional non dug example originated from a Maryland source..........................................$795.00

7201 - COLONIAL SILVER PLATED KNIFE AND FORK, Three prong fork and matching knife. 6" - 7", 1770 - 1800, silver plated handles with ornate designs. Really attractive design and style. Choice condition..............................$185.00

7202 - COLONIAL SIX PIECE KNIFE SET, 7", steel knives with mother of pearl handles with silver trim. 18th Century, 6 identical knives, beautiful surfaces. An excellent example of tableware used by the gentry. From an old New York Collection. 6 knives.....................$395.00

4600 - 18TH CENTURY FLEAM WITH CASE, a small compact 2.25" brass spring fleam. Used for letting blood. Housed in the original leather covered coffin style lid. Russet colored leather, some surface scuffing to case, fleam perfect..........................................$275.00

4601 - FORT MICHILIMACKINAC, 1715 - 1798, Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th Century French, and later British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America. Built around 1715, and abandoned in 1783, it was located along the southern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, at the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States. Under French control to 1761 and then by the British. BUCK AND BALL excavated from the site of the old wooden fort that was destroyed by the British. [4] One musket ball and several pieces of buckshot...................................................$25.00

2130 - COLONIAL ERA AMPUTATION KNIFE, 10" overall with a turned cherry wood handle, blade is a hand-forged example, 18th Century to very early 19th Century. Condition is excellent, an excellent example.......................................................$275.00

2131 - COLONIAL RING PIPE TAMPER, CROWN POINT, NY, 1.5" iron pipe tamper for use with pipes to push tobacco in the pipe bowl, ring with tamper, design worn on the bottom of the ring, excavated at Crown Point, NY........................................$145.00

2132 - COLONIAL RING PIPE TAMPER, CROWN POINT, NY, 1.75" iron pipe tamper for use with pipes to push tobacco in the pipe bowl, ring with tamper, seal still very sharp on the bottom of the ring being a bird with closed wings, excavated at Crown Point, NY..........................................................$185.00

2133 - COLONIAL ERA PHARMACEUTICAL MORTAR AND PESTLE, solid brass, 4.5" X 4.5", square handles to either side, 18th Century and has seen lots of use. Used for compounding medicines. These very early ones are difficult to find today. Fine...........$195.00

121817 - 18TH CENTURY FOOT WARMER, wooden turned frame with grilled tin insert for holding hot coals. 7.5" X 9" X 5.5", commonly used under tables or high chairs to bring heat to the user away from the fireplace. Swinging door with removable tray. Neumann dates these 1740-1840 [see page 326 Antique Country Furnishings]. This example is the classic style with the spindle posts that would put it in the 18th Century. Fine, no problems. First one we have had in several years, complete with bail iron handle....................................................$225.00

91608 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOAPSTONE BULLET MOLD, Complete two piece mold, 58 - 59 cal. Musket ball. This mold was excavated in the Hudson Highlands and was obviously used by a militiaman carrying his own musket. [Militiamen carried long arm of various calibers due to necessity.] Fine..........................$295.00

91609 - COLONIAL DOCUMENT BOX 1750-80, 4.75" X 6.0" X 10", coffin style Colonial document box, wooden frame with leather covering, brass carrying handle. The lid of the box is covered [inside] with a printed page from an English book with the type style of the mid 18th Century. Some leather missing in spots due to wear, but an excellent example............................$225.00

91611 - COLONIAL BRASS CHAMBER CANDLESTICK, 5.5" X 10.5", hammered brass bedchamber "stick" used to pass through the colonial house using a single candle. Three leaves in base. The style is Dutch as Dutch items were popular imports [tobacco boxes, sniff boxes, candlesticks]. Very attractive. Period 1750 - 90, very fine.........................................................$150.00

91612 - COLONIAL BRASS CHAMBER CANDLESTICK, 9" X 15", hammered brass, decorative flowers design in base. The style is Dutch as Dutch items were popular imports [tobacco boxes, sniff boxes, candlesticks]. Very attractive. Period 1750 - 90, very fine. A massive example used with a single candle...................................$195.00

80300 - FRENCHMAN'S ISLAND, NY, ONEIDA LAKE, NY, Large brass 2" X 2" knee buckle with all hooks, 18th Century, nice green patina. Excavated by Dan Piraino on Frenchman's Island. The Piraino family had lived along the lake shore for over 40 years. The Island was settled in 1790 by Mr. and Madame de Wattiness and their three children. They cleared 27 acres and then abandoned the site in 1793. The island got its name from these French settlers. It is unusual to be able to tie a name to an excavated relic...........................................$65.00

80304 - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, 18th Century, 1" intact eyelet, St. Francis of Assisi/Madonna and child Jesus, superb condition, site undetermined...........$145.00

80305A - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, OUR LADY OF GUADELOUPE, 18th Century, 1" Our Lady of Guadalupe - (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe - (Virgen de Guadalupe) is a celebrated Roman Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. Two accounts, published in the 1640's, one in Spanish, one in Nahuatl, tell how, while walking from his village to Mexico City in the early morning of 9 December 1531 (then the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Spanish Empire), the peasant Juan Diego saw on the slopes of the Hill of tepeyac a vision of a girl of fifteen or sixteen years of age, surrounded by light. Speaking to him in Nahuatl, the local language, she asked that a church be built at that site, in her honor; from her words, Juan Diego recognized the Lady as the Virgin Mary. Diego told his story to the Spanish Archbishop, Fray Juan de Zumárraga, who instructed him to return to Tepeyac Hill, and ask the lady for a miraculous sign to prove her identity. The Virgin told Juan Diego to gather flowers from the top of Tepeyac Hill. Although December was very late in the growing season for flowers to bloom, Juan Diego found at the usually barren hilltop Castilian roses, not native to Mexico, which the Virgin arranged in his peasant tilma cloak. When Juan Diego opened the cloak before Bishop Zumárraga on 12 December, the flowers fell to the floor, and in their place was the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, miraculously imprinted on the fabric. Bust of Juan Diego/Our Lady of Guadeloupe, nice green patina. Very fine, no specific site...........................................$175.00     another octagon shaped....................................................................................................$175.00

80305 - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, "IHS" SYMBOL, 18th Century, ¾" bronze medal, angel with HIS/Catholic Saint Berdardine of Siena. This monogram became more popular after the twelfth century when St. Bernard insisted much on devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, and the fourteenth, when the founder of the Jesuits, Blessed John Colombini (d. 1367), usually wore it on his breast. Towards the close of the Middle Ages IHS became a symbol, quite like the chi-rho in the Constantine period. Sometimes above the H appears a cross and underneath three nails, while the whole figure is surrounded by rays. IHS became the accepted iconographical characteristic of St. Vincent Ferrer (d. 1419) and of St. Bernardine of Siena (d. 1444). The latter holy missionary, at the end of his sermons, was wont to exhibit this monogram devoutly to his audience, for which some blamed him; he was even called before Martin V. St. Ignatius of Loyola adopted the monogram in his seal as general of the Society of Jesus (1541), and thus it became the emblem of his institute. Site unknown, light tan patina.........................................$125.00

80306 - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, ST. BERNARDINE OF SIENA, 18th Century, ¾" bust of Saint Bernardine/Pope seated. Reports of miracles attributed to Bernardino multiplied rapidly after his death, and Bernardino was canonized as a saint in 1450, only six years after his death, by Pope Nicholas V. His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is on 20 May, the day of his death. Known as a fiery preacher. Nice tan patina, site unknown..................................................$100.00

80307 - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, 18th Century, Madonna/Holy Eucharist over chalice with angels, ¾" site unknown, a needle sharp religious medal, Madonna is surrounded by rays of the sun, choice......................................................$145.00

80308 - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, ST. PETER, 18th Century, ¾" St. Peter/the Risen Christ, Apostles below, site unknown, dark green patina, top loop missing but extremely sharp details..........................................................$65.00

80309 - JESUIT TRADE MEDAL, 18th Century, ¾" Madonna with child Jesus/angel, very sharp details, site unknown, tan patina...................................................$115.00

80239 - 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH MARKED PEWTER SPOONS, 7" with a wide circular bowl. Touch mark of a "Tudor Rose" inside the bowl. Nice honest use to the bottom of the bowl. Nice honest use to the bottom of the bowl. Fine condition. A very popular touch mark and contemporary to the mid 17th Century.............................................................$179.00

80240 - FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, C. 1750 - 65, THREE LEGGED COOKING POT, 8" in height, 5" wide, 3.75" legs of which one of the legs has a old contemporary repair. Designed for sitting on hot coals, early round sprue with high raised seam around pot. Ex. Tom Wnuck Collection. Complete with the round bail. These early raised kettles are rare today...............................................................$295.00

5122 - UNIQUE COLONIAL NY TASTING SPOON, 14.5" overall, 3.75" shallow iron bowl. The handle is a 9" and is maple with a turned design. Brass bolster resembles a knife handle. Found in upstate NY, c 1760 - 80, very unusual............................................$125.00

5123 - ENGLISH OFFICERS BOOTJACK, 10" walnut bootjack when closed it is the shape of an pistol, brass hinges, two spiral shaped lead projectiles at tip, old scratched id "M. Smith". Very unusual with the military motif. C 1770 - 1815, have never seen another in this style.........................................................$250.00

5133 - 18TH CENTURY FLEAM IN ORIGINAL CASE, 2" brass and steel snap fleam used for letting blood as a medical procedure. This English made fleam is housed in the original coffin top case of russet leather and pasteboard. The case has some scuffing. The fleam is superb condition.............................................$295.00

42901 - SPANISH DOCUMENT BOX IRON KEY, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 2.5", iron document box key, four ovals inside the decorative key handle, excavated near St. Augustine, Florida. 17th Century, very fine....................................................$89.00

42902 - SPANISH DOCUMENT BOX IRON KEY, ST AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 2.5", iron document box key, decorative key handle, excavated near St. Augustine, Florida, 17th Century, very fine.....................................................$89.00

42903 - COLONIAL WALNUT DEEP BASIN EATING BOWL, c. 1750, 2.75" X 8.0", dark walnut deep eating bowl, incised decorative rings, flat bottom. Ex-New York Collection. Beautiful dark patina to the wood, very fine.........................$195.00

42904 - COLONIAL WALNUT SERVING BOWL, c. 1750, 4.0" X 12", decorative rings, flat base, heavy style, old tight fissure. Dark walnut finish, from an old Massachusetts collection with a great patina, fine.........................$275.00

3225 - 17TH CENTURY JESUIT RING, CHERRY HILL SITE, NY, raised designs of clasped hands. Ring is completely intact. Found near a Seneca site, near Cherry Hill site NY. Unusual design. Fine....................................................$225.00

3226 - 17TH CENTURY CHERRY HILL SITE, NY, overall with loop, .75. Oval medal with Madonna and child Jesus/face of Christ. Nice green patina with complete loop. Found near a Seneca site near Cherry Hill site..............................................$185.00

2083 - OFFICER'S NECK STOCK BUCKLE, 1.75" X 1.5", brass neck stock brass buckle, excavated near Crown Point, NY, style suggest French, F & I War period. It has a splendid coal black patina, intact.............................................$79.00

1175 - COLONIAL POTTERY, 18TH CENTURY, 5.5" Dutch imported pitcher with spout, attractive designs to glaze trim. Ex-New York Collection. Very fine..................................................$150.00

1177 - COLONIAL POTTERY, C 1760, 6", German slip glazed spout pitcher, mottled decorative trim. Ex-New York Collection. Very fine.............................................$145.00

1178 - EARLY COLONIAL POTTERY, C 1680, 5.5" plain ceramic jug pitcher, consistent with imported pottery of the late 17th Century. Ex-New York Collection, Very fine........................................................$135.00

1179 - COLONIAL POTTERY, 18TH CENTURY, 6" German red ware pitcher, mottled designs. Ex-New York Collection, Very fine..........................................$145.00

11161 - WOODEN 18TH CENTURY COMPASS, 2.25", wooden case with removable top, nice paper label. Works correctly. Some wear to top edge of wooden base, but just good honest use. Light walnut color. A nice early example..................................$200.00

801909 - 18TH CENTURY ANTLER HORN SNUFFBOX, 2.75", two piece antler horn snuff box of Scottish design. The Highlander regiment carried many items made of antler bone. Choice condition...........................................$250.00

801913 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUZZER - YORKTOWN, VA, 2.25", lead "Buzzer" used by soldiers as a toy swung on a string. Excavated near Yorktown, VA...................................................................$75.00

801914 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR HARNESS BUCKLE - YORKTOWN, VA, 3", brass buckle excavated at Yorktown, VA. Light green patina................................$49.00

801915 - COLONIAL LEAD SCALE WEIGHT - CHARLESTON, SC, 2.5" circular lead weight with B S punched into the face. Excavated in Charleston, SC. Identical style weights such as this excavated at Jamestown [photos included]................$49.00

5036 - LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY MEDICAL TWEEZERS AND PROBE, 3.5" bone handled tweezers and a hooked probe, both quite nice. The pair........................................................................$125.00

5050 - INDIAN TRADE COPPER SMALL KETTLE, 2.75" X 6", two wide flared handles. Copper construction with the numerous hammer marks still obvious to surfaces. Late 18th Century, from an upstate New York Collection. Choice condition............................................................$185.00

5064 - COLONIAL ERA FIREPLACE BELLOWS, Late 18th - Early 19th Century. 8" X 18", wooden fireplace bellows with soft leather interior. Some hob nails decorating the exterior. The leather still maintains compression and still works. Overall very good and a large one used for a large fireplace. These are scarce today.........................................................$125.00

2272 - BEAUTIFUL HAND BLOWN GLASS MEDICINE VIAL DUG AT AN AMERICAN CAMPSITE NEAR BRANDYWINE, PA, 5" high, deep pontil glass medicine vial dug in an American camp near Brandywine, PA. It has the complete delicate lip, no damage! Ex-Bob Oswald Collection, c. 1760 - 1780 style, glass very thin as it should be for that period..................................................................$145.00

2274 - BEAUTIFUL WESTERWALD 18TH CENTURY STONEWARE JUG, PERIOD GEORGE I - II, Salt-glazed. The vessels typically have cobalt blue decoration and after about 1665, sometimes have manganese purple. Made in Siegburg, Raeren, and later Hohr at the end of the 16th Century. The monochrome style reappeared in the Westerwald about 1675 and continued into the 18th Century. In 17th Century Virginia, the most common form is the jug, with most of the surface covered by relief molding, stamps, and sometimes carving. Occasionally found are jugs with narrow mouths, stamped decoration, and one to three relief-molded medallions on an otherwise undecorated body. This fine example measures 4.5" X 8.0" with handle. The George Rex seal is very sharp and dates to George I - II. Royal ciphers: WR (William III, 1688 - 1702) AR (Queen Anne, 1702 - 1714) or GR (George I & II, 1714 - 1760). Westerwald stoneware pottery has been excavated in numerous Colonial sites such as Williamsburg, Jamestown, and the Chesapeake area. In superb condition.......................................................$975.00

2289 - COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - YORKTOWN AREA, Late 17th - 18th Century, 3" round leather washer used on wagons, carts, and other machinery with moving parts. Old #516 label on it [site find #], peat bog find - near perfect.........................................$50.00

2240 - COLONIAL ERA IRON FOOT STIRRUP, 6.5" overall, stirrup with welded loops which were attached to leather straps, excavated in Pennsylvania, designed for the front of the boot to fit into the formed foot rest, 18th Century, all intact, fine condition..........................................................................$125.00

1192 - JESUIT MEDAL, WATKINS SITE, CAYUGA/IROQUIS SITE, NEW YORK 1690 - 1730, 25mm, bronze medal with partial loop. Two worshipers kneeling beneath the three crosses of cavalry, reverse St. Peter stands with sword as he tried to defend Christ in the Garden when Christ was taken prisoner [Mount of Olives], good details, oval shape..........................................................$125.00

1194 - JESUIT MEDAL, WATKINS SITE, CAYUGA/IROQUIS SITE, NEW YORK 1690 - 1730, 25mm, bronze medal with full loop. Christ crowned and holds a scepter, reverse St. Claire, canonized in 1255 and founded the Poor Clare's religious order for women. Exceptionally sharp details..............................................$145.00

12172 - LARGE IRON FLINT STRIKER AND FLINT, unusually large with a equally unusual shape with a large flint. 4", excavated on the East Coast...................................$55.00

12178 - COLONIAL DEEP BRASS BASIN, 18th Century either English or Dutch, 3.5" X 12 1/2" basin that shows lots of use but no damage, from a old New York Collection..............................................$150.00

12180 - CHINESE IMPORTED POTTERY USED IN THE COLONIES, Chinese pottery was quite fashionable in Colonial America and was actively imported through England for use in the Colonies. 6" ornate bowl with blue decorative trim that was excavated in an unknown sea wreck [you can see the dark circle in the bottom of the dish where another bowl was stacked in the ship], other than that marking very fine..........................................................$69.00

12186 - EARLY TRADE IRON DIPPER FROM MISSISSIPPI, c 1730 - 1750, 7" overall cast iron water dipper, excavated in Lee County, MS, 3/30/70 [old collector's tags]. A trade item probably English as by that time the English were trading with the Creeks and Chickasaws in Alabama and NE Mississippi. Very fine..............................................................$150.00

12187 - A GROUP OF 5 COLONIAL BUCKLES, 3/4" all non-dug, small buckles used for clothing, cartridge boxes, etc. A group of 5 all with keepers...........................$50.00

Washington and Lincoln's Actual Hair

Our 1st and 16th Presidents

We are producing a limited number of these displays. Displays are 11" X 14" in size; are double matted. The matting is either blue silk or blue suede with gold Florentine trim. A colored portrait of Washington and Lincoln are included in the presentation. Included are strands of hair from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Washington's hair descended in the family of George Steptoe Washington, nephew of George Washington, to a Martha Washington in 1924 and was recently sold at auction. Lincoln's hair descended in the family of Mrs. Caroline Wright, the wife of Indiana Governor Joseph A. Wright, friends of the Lincolns. These relics were passed through the Wright family until offered at auction by Christie's in 1992. Ex-Forbes Collection, [2002]. The hair strands are displayed in a magnified cover for better viewing. Each display comes with provenance documents for your records. We offer these in separate displays at $295 and $450 [Lincoln and Washington] but this one at $595 for both Presidents. Custom framed is $650. This is a $150 saving from buying two separate displays

GEORGE WASHINGTON
1732 - 1799

A strand of hair belonging to George Washington that descended in the family of his nephew George Steptoe Washington to his great granddaughter Martha Washington of Philadelphia, the great - great grandniece of General George Washington. George Steptoe Washington was the son of Samuel Walter Washington who died in 1781. George Washington acted as guardian for his nephew after his brother's death. Martha Washington took possession of the lock of George Washington's hair, this strand originated from in 1924.

11810 - 11" X 14", double matted with royal blue suede matting with gold Florentine trim. A strand of George Washington's hair is encased in a magnified show box. A colored 200th Anniversary colored lithograph [1932] is included. The display comes with a certificate of authenticity as well as documents regarding the progression of ownership from the nephew of George Washington to Martha Washington in 1924 as well as other information on the family. Unframed..............................$450.00                      Custom framed [requires a 3/4" deep frame]....................................$495.00

11091 - ORIGINAL WOODEN HARDWOOD PEGS TAKEN FROM A COLONIAL BUILDING NEAR BOSTON, 1" X 8" hardwood pegs dating to the 18th Century used to construct a Colonial Period building near Boston. Pegs are pointed at one end. Have a few available...................................................$20.00/each

7201 - COLONIAL SILVER PLATED KNIFE AND FORK, Three prong fork and matching knife. 6" - 7", 1770-1800, silver plated handles with ornate designs. Really attractive design and style. Choice condition.....................................$185.00

7202 - COLONIAL SIX PIECE KNIFE SET, 7", steel knives with mother of pearl handles with silver trim. 18th Century, 6 identical knives, beautiful surfaces. An excellent example of tableware used by the gentry. From an old New York Collection. 6 knives................................................$395.00

7203 - FRENCH COLONIAL IRON STRIKER, 18th Century, 2.75" iron striker that was dug in Mississippi. Nice form and condition. The French did extensive trading with the Southeast Indian nations in Alabama and Mississippi. This specimen came from northeast Mississippi where the Chickasaws and Choctaws had numerous settlements.................................$125.00

7206 - FRENCH COPPER TRADING BRACELET, c. 1690, 3.5" single copper trade bracelet. These were popularly traded with the Indians of the Southeast region by the French in the period prior to the use of trade silver [pre 1750]. Most came in through Mobile. This example excavated in Alabama. Fine.............$100.00

7207 - PENNSYLVANIA RED WARE POTTERY, 18th Century, 7" high, Pennsylvania red ware pottery with handle, partially glazed, in choice condition...............................$125.00

7209 - LARGE COLONIAL KNIFE AND FORK, MATCHING SET, 18th Century, silver plated handle, matching large knife and fork, 7" - 8", two prong fork, a nice matched pair from an Albany, NY Collection. Very fine..................................$195.00

7210 - THREE CANDLE COLONIAL WAX MOLD, Colonial period, c. 1780. Three tube tinned mold with stand for making three wax candles at a time. Condition is excellent from an old New York Collection................................$125.00 

7216 - BLACK GLASS CASED GIN, 18TH CENTURY BOTTLE, 3" X 9" with flattened neck. A popular bottle that was stored in wooden racks/cases for shipping, thus called the "cased gin". Very fine.....................................$145.00

7217 - BLACK GLASS CASED GIN, 18TH CENTURY BOTTLE, 3.5" X 9", flattened neck, stored in racks/cases for shipping. Nice dark color and very popular in the Colonies. Very fine.......................................$155.00

7218 - COLONIAL TRADING KETTLE, MID 18TH CENTURY, 5.5" X 9", flat-bottomed trade brass kettle with bail eyes less the iron bail. Nice hammered sides, excavated in New York and from an old New York collection. Typical of the style traded to the Indians in upstate New York. No holes or any significant blemishes........................................................$250.00

7222 - EXCAVATED AT CHARLESTON, SC, c. 1780, 3.75" X 10", English mallet cylindrical bottle, minimal ground action to the dark green glass. Nice form.............................................$165.00





7223 - EXCAVATED AT JAMESTOWN, VA, 3.75" X 9.75", 1780 - 1800, excavated near Jamestown, VA. English made cylinder dark green glass, slight bend to neck.......................................................$135.00

7226 - AMERICAN COLONIAL POTTERY, DUTCH IMPORT, Mid to late 18th Century. 3.5" X 5", rust colored pitcher with spout with colorful designs of cream, green and pink, with handle and spout. Minor chipping to glaze in spots, bright colors..........................................................$125.00

6143 - RARE RELIC OF GALVEZTOWN IN LOUISIANA, A large oval 21mm X 27mm silver top to a man's ring with some traces of engraving still evident. Excavated years ago in the site of Spanish "Galveztown" in Louisiana near the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge. In 1778, British refugees and American Loyalists fled the American settlement of Canewood and settled in Spanish territory with the permission of Count Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish Governor of Louisiana and viceroy of New Spain (Mexico). In honor of the Spanish Governor, the refugees named their settlement "Galveztown". In 1779, Galvez sent immigrants from the Canary Islands, known as Islenos, to Galveztown hoping to establish a military stronghold against the British in West Florida, who controlled nearby Baton Rouge at the time. The Spanish plans were for the town to be built in traditional Spanish villa layout including a military fort, although evidence of the town's eventual layout, including the fort, is limited. By the end of 1779, Galveztown lost much of its importance as military post after the British lost Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola to the Spanish; and the town began to decline as disease, natural disaster, and scarcity of supplies took their toll. In 1785, the population was down to 242. By 1804, only 28 families and less than 25 slaves remained........................................................$125.00

6144 - FRENCH COPPER TRADE BRACELET, Mid 18th Century, from a trading site in Mississippi. Predates the use of silver in the French trading system with southeastern Indians, 3.5" diameter, open ends, similar to but a little ticker than those seen in the "Tunica Treasure" thus probably later by a few decades than those. Very fine...................................$125.00

6146 - DUTCH SLIP DECORATED WIDE MOUTH PITCHER, 1700-1750, 7" high X 5" wide, single handle slip decorated. Originated out of Albany, NY. A very functional early colonial pitcher in fine condition (#23)....................$125.00

11800 - 18TH CENTURY BRANDING IRON, 18" with a large English "F". Sleeve for attaching to a pole, excavated in upstate New York, quite unusual style of the letter "F" as most seen are a variant of a block styled letter. Fine...............................$145.00

11814 - A GREAT PAIR OF WROUGHT IRON ANDIRONS, Late 18th Century, upstate New York. A huge and massive pair of "gooseneck" andirons that measures 22" high and 24" deep. Quite massive in weight and could most certainly be used today. Never excavated, has a great look......................................$265.00

72202 - CENTURY MORTAR AND PESTLE, 4.5" X 5.0". Lignum wood with lead weight in base, 7" mortar. Great dark walnut patina, from an old New York Collection. These early pharmaceutical items are extremely popular.................................................$225.00

71 - MASSACHUSETTS BAY PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON IVORY, Late 18th Century - Federal period. Well-executed oil on ivory of a lady in a blue dress with fancy white-fringed neck trim, red shawl and with a red book in her hand. Originating from the Winslow family, one of the earliest families in Colonial Massachusetts Bay. This miniature may be of Ellen or Susanna Winslow, depicted after their death. The miniature is in an early frame with the hanging device being the thistle and rose which signifies the unification of Scotland and England in 1603. The oval painting, which measures 2 1/2" wide and 3" tall, came from the family of Orlando Winslow whose ancestor Kenelm Winslow came to Plymouth in 1629. Kenelm Winslow was the brother of Edward Winslow, husband of Susanna Winslow. Kenelm Winslow's wife was Ellen Winslow. The earlier photos that accompany this lot are from the family of Orlando Winslow. Early grave markers are shown in other photographs, as well as a silver candle snuffer that belonged to the family. The style of dress and hairstyle dates the image to 1780-1820. The colors remain vivid and the only fault is a small hairline fissure that is stable to the left edge, not affecting the details of the lady...............................$795.00

82 - 1600 - 1620, 3 3/4" - 4", small distinctive bowl. Early style, rare as such (2).....................................................$49.50/each

83 - 1620 - 1660, 3 1/2" - 3 3/4", again the bowl changes slightly more larger and elongated. (3)........................................$45.00/each

84 - 1660 - 1680, 3 3/4" - 4", bowl is larger, still thick stems. (8)..............................$45.00/each 

90 - SUPERB FLAME STITCHED CLOTH PURSE, 6" X 7 1/2", popular flame like stitch pattern of the 1770's, (see Neumann pg. 324). Beautiful designs to the exterior in red, white, black, and gold, interior silk lining checkered silk fabric in brilliant colors. Tiny brass rings to draw the purse close with a drawstring. Rarely seen so nice................................$450.00

91 - HEAVY IRON FOUR SPOUT OIL LAMP WITH HOOK, Mid-18th Century American made oil lamp. 4" across with 8" twisted iron spike/hanging hook. This example is made of solid iron in contrast with the usual tinned examples usually seen for sale and in fact this is the first one of heavy iron we have ever handled. Numerous of these were used in Colonial homes. The hook/spike allowed for either jamming the spike between logs or hanging from a timber. Very nice with wick holder intact which many are missing on the tinned examples........$175.00

92 - MASSIVE BRASS COOKING POT WITH IRON FRAMING AND HANDLE, A wonderful example of a large brass cooking pot of the mid-18th Century. The bulbous pot bowl is 3.5" X 7" wide with a 10.5" handle. The hammered brass bowl of the pot is fashioned on an iron frame at the top and is mounted to a iron handle. The pot has seen some excellent use with small contemporary repairs to the bowl and retaining iron ring. Originated from upstate New York and has all the ear markings of an Indian trade pot! One of the very few iron/brass pot combinations we have seen and offered............$225.00

97 - COLONIAL LARGE SHOE BUCKLES, Brass with silver plate with ornamental designs. 2" X 4" overall, a matching pair of 18th Century shoe buckles with light usage, exceptional condition....................................$165.00

98 - COLONIAL LARGE SHOE BUCKLES, 3" X 3", silver plate on brass. 8 sided large buckles, moderate use if any. Exceptional condition, mid to late 18th Century......................................$165.00

104 - BRITISH TRADE AXE, 18th Century, Muscogee County, GA. Oval socket, 6" with 4" blade. Moderate oxidation, excavated from an old Creek Indian site. A typical Trade axe of the late 18th Century traded to the Creeks who were British allies..............................$135.00

112 - POPULAR PAUL REVERE PIERCED LANTERN, 18th - Early 19th Century pierced tin lantern. 5" X 14", overall with hanging ring (see Neumann pg. 77, figure 309). These are completely closed with a pierced tin-iron side to allow light out, but stopping a rush of air to extinguish the candle. Popular late 18th Century to early 19th Century. Getting difficult to find, excellent condition..........................................$295.00

80301 - MICHIGAN TRADE BROOCHES, Lower Michigan Peninsula, 19th Century circular decorated German silver clothing brooches in all probability Ottawa. This is the type where multiples were worn on a blouse or other garment. 1.25" diameter, lot of three items non-dug with a nice patina............................ SOLD

80302 - SILVER TRADE CROSS FROM MAINE, 1.25", Spanish style trade cross, Penobscot Culture, silver-pewter mixed alloy, late 18th Century. Found in an old house in Waldo County, Maine. This style and size cross has been found from Tunica, Guebert site, and Fort Michilimackinac. Very fine..............................SOLD

80303 - SILVER NOSE BOB, MICHIGAN, 1790 - 1820, 1.5" trade silver nose bob of good quality silver excavated from the Michigan Lower Peninsular, possibly Ottawa, verdigris from ground has been removed thus cleaned, very fine..................... SOLD

42900 - CROWN POINT, NEW YORK, FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, hand wrought iron four barbed fishing spear excavated near Crown Point, NY. c 1760. Very early style with twisted iron design. 7" overall, superb condition. Ex-Knowles Collection........................................................SOLD

42905 - COLONIAL WALNUT SERVING PLATTER, c. 1750, 2.5" X 14", dark walnut serving platter for meat or bread, recessed flat center with raised edges that are decorated with decorated rings. Beautiful patina to the walnut, very fine................................................SOLD

3235 - LATE 18TH CENTURY SPECIMEN MICROSCOPE WIT WOODEN CASE, Brass specimen portable microscope that breaks down into a nice hardwood carrying case and mounts on it for use as a base. Reflective mirror slightly tarnished. The popular Cuff design scope of the late 18th Century............................ SOLD

3240 - LARGE IDENTIFIED COLONIAL ERA DOCUMENT BOX IDENTIFIED TO MASSACHUSETTS, 15" X 7" X 5". A large leather covered document box marked J. STONE on the bottom burnished twice in the wood. The box is decorated with hob nails with the initials J. S. evident on the top [with several nails missing]. The box is late 18th Century. The box is lined with newspaper which the town HAVERHILL 1802 is sharp and clear. Haverhill is in Western Massachusetts. Haverhill was for many years a frontier town, and was occasionally subjected to Indian raids, which were sometimes accompanied by French colonial troops from New France. During King William's War, Hannah Dustin became famous for scalping her native captors. The city has the distinction of featuring the first statue erected in honor of a woman in the United States. In the late 19th Century, descendants of the controversial settler Hannah Dustin erected a statue in her memory in Grand Army Republic Park. The statue depicts Dustin brandishing an axe and several Abenaki scalps. Her captivity narrative and subsequent escape and revenge upon her captors caught the attention of Cotton Mather who wrote about her, and she also demanded from the colonial leaders the reward per Indian scalp. During Queen Anne's War in 1708, the town, then about thirty homes, was raided by a party of French, Algonquin and Abenaki Indians. Like most towns, Haverhill has been struck by several epidemics. Diphtheria killed 256 children in Haverhill between November 17, 1735 and December 31, 1737. The box has a great 18th Century locking mechanism. A little research should yield some information on J. Stone. Condition, very good, some missing nails, usual expected wear....................................................................SOLD

2084 - EARLY SALT BRASS SERVING BOWL, c 1690, 3" X 3", heavy brass salt serving bowl, excavated near Charleston, SC, missing the small bail handle, excellent surfaces.............................................................SOLD

2085 - QUEEN ANNE STYLE BRASS PLATED TOBACCO BOX, mid 18th Century, 5" X 6" with hinged top, spindle decorative top with decorations on all sides. From New England. Very fine condition, less iron bail handle.......................................SOLD

1168 - 18TH CENTURY ICE CREEPERS FROM CROWN POINT, NY, 1.5" X 4.25", forged iron matched set of ice creepers. Old tag denotes site found as Crown Point, NY. From an old Albany, NY Collection shows purchase date as 1998. Nice even finish, moderate oxidation. Very fine..........................................................SOLD

1169 - 18TH CENTURY ICE CREEPERS, 1.75" X 4.5", a fine set of matched creepers with the rings still attached. Ex-Tom Wnuck Collection, Rochester, NY, shown purchased 10/96. Unusually nice...................................SOLD

1174 - COLONIAL POTTERY, 18TH CENTURY, French glazed red ware pitcher, 4.75", wide mouth design, mottled decorative glaze finish. Very fine...................SOLD

1176 - COLONIAL POTTERY, C 1750, 3.5", French lead glazed small drinking cup, brown glaze with white designs. Ex-New York Collection..................................SOLD

1180 - COLONIAL POTTERY, 18TH CENTURY, 3" X 7", raised designs in this concave plate, tangerine shades. Very fine. Ex-New York Collection.............. SOLD

1181 - COLONIAL POTTERY, 18TH CENTURY, C 1770, French wide mouth pitcher, 4" X 4.5", glaze with mottled trim. Ex-New York Collection. Very fine...............SOLD

1182 - COLONIAL POTTERY, 18TH CENTURY, C 1760, French imported small pitcher, green slip, attractively decorated in floral design. Ex-New York Collection..........................................SOLD

11163 - EARLY 18TH CENTURY CAST IRON COOKING POT, 6.5" X 8.5", c 1720-50, three legged cast iron cooking pot with a distinctive round casting sprue on the bottom denoting being manufactured. From an old New York Collection, and in exceptional condition. See Neumann "Early American Country Antique Furnishings" 175-768. These pre Revolution pots are rare......................................SOLD

5042 - PAUL REVERE STYLE PIERCED TIN LANTERN, 1770 - 1820, 14" high with a tin loop for hanging. Swinging latched door with candle holder at the piece that is pinned through the bottom as the earlier versions were. This Paul Revere used this style [which deterred wind from blowing out the candle] in his ride. A very popular style in the late 18 Century and into the early 19th Century. Very fine with a dark patina...........SOLD

5065 - COLONIAL WALL HANGER WITH THE POPULAR NEW ENGLAND SNAKE DESIGN, 6" X 16", overall with two spikes meant to drive into a early style Colonial wall. The decorative trim is a fleur de lis and the curved design is one of a snake. Quite poplar in New England homes as a deterrent for bad luck or misfortune. In excellent condition, metal has good eye appeal with a minimum of oxidation.................................SOLD

12174 - 18TH CENTURY FACINE KNIFE, 14" iron curved blade with wooden hardwood handle, tip rounded from use, used to clear campsites of brush and small trees. Shows lots of usage.......................................SOLD

12176 - WROUGHT IRON POT HANGER 18TH CENTURY, 6" X 7", long 7" spike to hammer into a log or wall, decorative trip at the top, New England...................................................SOLD

9221 - COLONIAL PERIOD BEESWAX CANDLES, 10" high, brown-yellow patina to the beeswax. A staple of any Colonial home, have two....................................................SOLD

7168 - COLONIAL DOUBLE GREASE LAMP, Mid 18th Century. Double grease lamp, with hanging hook, elongated lamps with decorative trim which somewhat resembles an early French style, from an old New York Collection. Very fine condition..............................SOLD

7211 - COLONIAL TRIVET, 18th Century, 5" X 8" wrought iron trivet for standing hot items on with a turned wooden handle in typical triangular fashion, from an old New York Collection. Very fine..............................SOLD

7214 - COLONIAL POTTERY, GERMAN SLIP PITCHER, 4.5" X 8", dark glaze with geometric designs in darker glaze, with handle, in excellent condition. Imported into the Colonies in the 18th Century for everyday usage. Ex-New York Collection. Very fine................................................SOLD

7215 - COLONIAL POTTERY, GERMAN SLIP GLAZED PITCHER, 4" X 8" with handle. An attractive imported German example of the pottery imported into the Colonies during then 18th Century. Red-brown glazed finish, from an old New York Collection. Very fine..........................................SOLD

7225 - AMERICAN COLONIAL FRENCH IMPORTED POTTERY, 3.5" X 4.0", glazed cream small wide mouthed pitched with handle with ornate flower designs, small fissure but very tight. Mid to late 18th Century...................................SOLD

6150 - FRENCH 18TH CENTURY GLAZED BOWL, 7" diameter bowl with fancy decorative trim on the inside of the bowl. Perfectly intact. From an old New York collection. Very fine and most attractive.................. SOLD

6151 - FRENCH MID 18TH CENTURY SMALL PITCHER, 7" high, single handle, very narrow base with a beautiful green slip decoration. From an old New York collection, c 1750.................................................SOLD

6152 - FRENCH FLUTED SPOUT DRINKING MUG, 5" X 5", single handle mug with decorative glaze trim in brown, cream, and green with a fluted design pouring spout. From an old New York Collection, choice..........................SOLD


3231 - EARLY AMERICAN CHILD'S DOLL, 7" high, period 1800 - 1840. Constructed in a wire frame with beeswax head and hands. This doll has a multi-colored dress of red, white, and blue fabric, blue pantaloons, and green slippers. The head and hands are made of beeswax which has toned to a honey brown. The arms move in unison on the wire frame. The eyes are made with small trade seed beads and show no sign of any hair ever being affixed. Condition is excellent for the age of this small child's doll......................................SOLD

3232 - EARLY AMERICAN CHILD'S DOLL, 7" high, period 1800-1840. Constructed in a wire frame with beeswax head and hands. This doll has a wine colored satin dress with a rust colored blouse, striped pantaloons and green slippers. The head and hands are made of beeswax which has toned to a honey brown. The arms move in unison on the wire frame. The head shows no sign of any hair ever being affixed. Condition is excellent for the age of this small child's doll.................................SOLD

11801 - LARGE NAUTICAL DIVIDER, A very large iron nautical divider used for charting sea routes. 18" in length. c1770 - 1800. Very fine and operative.........SOLD

11802 - THREE SIDED COLONIAL LANTERN, 12" tinned three sided lantern with large tin hanger still attached. Three sided with glass, the back is a sliding panel for adding/removing the single candle. Mid to late 18th Century. Very fine...................................SOLD

801916 - FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR FRENCH BUCKLE, c 1750's, 1" X 2" French brass buckle excavated in upstate New York, complete with keeper and has a great surface.....................................................SOLD

8002 - JESUIT TRADE RING, IHS INSCRIPTION, Bronze Jesuit trade ring with the popular inscription "IHS" on the face, excavated in Northern New York State, late 17th Century, nice patina. The IHS monogram is an abbreviation or shortening of Jesus' name in Greek to the first three letters. Thus ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, ιησυς (iēsus, "Jesus"), is shortened to ΙΗΣ (iota-eta-sigma), sometimes transliterated into Latin or English characters as IHS or IHC. It was popularized in the fifteenth century, however, by Franciscan disciple Bernadine of Sienna as a symbol of peace. In 1541, St. Ignatius Loyola adopted the symbol with three nails below and surrounded by the sun as the seal of the Jesuit order. A very nice example...........SOLD

5038 - 18TH CENTURY AMPUTATION SAW, 8" in length, iron frame with adjustable saw blade, turned wooden handle, used for cutting bone in amputations. Nice original patina. Very fine................................................SOLD

2281 - AN OUTSTANDING 18TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS MEDAL IN SUPERB CONDITION, 1.25" high, Virgin Mary/St. Peter in rough seas with eyelet, from an uncertain Jesuit site in New York. Beautiful brown patina, abnormally large and probably one of the nicest we have ever offered.................................SOLD

2286 - 1787 ENGLISH SILVER SHILLING, GEORGE III, Struck the year of the US Constitution, portrait of King George III. Extremely fine condition with nice luster. Just saw one in similar condition in a coin auction at $200 [auction not closed]. This attractive speciman.............................................................SOLD

2236 - 18TH CENTURY MEDICAL TWEEZERS, 5" overall, wide flat grips with 2" tweezers section, crude forgoing on handles, late 18th Century. Fine.....................................................................SOLD

12177 - 1780 - 1800 CAST IRON KETTLE, 6" X 6.5", with original iron bail, three legged cast iron pot used for cooking. Very fine...............SOLD

7208 - PENNSYLVANIA RED WARE BOWL, 18th Century, 7" diameter, red ware Pennsylvania shallow bowl with decorative glaze on the inside. Very fine...............................................SOLD

6142 - FRENCH COLONIAL LOUISIANA, 1740-1770, Copper plate, 6.5" diameter, copper small trade plate or shallow dish excavated from a site near New Orleans. Rounded and bent edges. Conceivable this could have been a lid to a copper or brass trade cooking pot [See Tunica Treasure page 182-184]. Copper food preparation/eating items were imported into Mobile and New Orleans from France quite extensively prior to 1750. This particular plate is 100% intact with a beautiful green patina to the copper with no fissures or damage which is quite unusual. It is interesting to note that plates of this size were often used by Indians in the Southeast as "GORGETS" and polished with river sand. This one being not holed in any spot was not used for this purpose. The old collector's tag affixed to the plate states "From the New Orleans Louisiana area". These early French items are extremely rare to be found in this condition.......................SOLD

11402 - FOUR INDIAN TRADE SILVER BROOCHES FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK, Mid 18th Century to Late 18th Century. Four hand-made brooches in silver all with the keepers, several different sizes must average near 3.4". Excavated in an unknown site in upstate New York. These were worn in clusters on a blouse throughout the Eastern tribes of the US, probably Seneca. The lot of four...................................................SOLD

78 - CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, GOLD RECOVERED FROM THE S.S. CENTRAL AMERICA, Housed in a sealed certificate display container is gold dust/fragments recovered from the S.S. Central America which sank in 1857 off the East coast of the United States in 8,000 feet of water. Over 25 pounds of gold dust was recovered from the steerage section of the ship. Thousands of US gold coins were also recovered which bring handsome prices on today's market. A great sea find relic, nicely presented...........................SOLD

81 - RARE DUTCH DELFWARE PLATE, 18th Century, 8" ornate blue deft design. Very similar to the designs on the popular delf wall tiles. Moderate wear to edge lip, great color, light and dark blue, completely intact.......................................................SOLD

801900 -- 17TH CENTURY THIMBLE, WILLIAMSBURG, VA, Colonial American metal thimble, excavated near Williamsburg, VA. c 1690, identical thimble is in the Jamestown Collection [photo included], choice condition..........................................SOLD

12185 - THREE IRON EARLY 18TH CENTURY STRIKERS, 3 different iron strikers excavated in the Albany, NY area, style is early 18th Century and probably trade strikers. The group.......................................SOLD

7212 - COLONIAL IRON TRIVET, 5" X 12", large style pot trivet with a "rat tail" designed handle, quite nice, 18th Century. From an old 18th Century house near Albany, NY..................................................SOLD


6147 - VIRGINIA NARROW MOUTH PETITE JUG, 5" high. A very petite narrow mouth small jug of red ware with a dark brown lead glaze, excavated in Virginia [site unknown], early 18th Century [1700 - 1740]. Choice condition (#41).........................................SOLD

6148 - VIRGINIA, WILLIAMSBURG AREA, CHINESE GINGER POT, 5" X 5", Chinese trade pot with blue-gray glaze. Excavated in the Williamsburg, VA area. Nice overall with a small hairline fissure that is very minor. Mid 18th Century. These Chinese imports were very popular in the 18th Century that were imported into the Colonies through England and France [#88], nice Virginia find................................................SOLD

11401 - BRITISH NAVAL LIEUTENANT'S SNUFF OR TOBACCO BOX REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1.5" high X 2.75" in width. A wooden circular box with a tin cover plate embossed with the Tudor Rose. This was the emblem used in the British Navy to distinguish the rank of Lieutenant. From 1767-87, this emblem was used on all British Navy Lieutenant's buttons. In excellent condition with a wonderful patina to the top of the box................................................SOLD

96 - 18TH CENTURY SILVER FRAMED EYEGLASSES WITH RARE SHAGREEN CASE, Exceptional pair of 18th Century silver framed eyeglasses with round lenses in near perfect condition. Paired with a beautiful shagreen covered hinged case with silver trim. A beautiful set................................SOLD

2290 - COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - YORKTOWN AREA, Late 17th - 18th Century, 22" section of a man's leather belt with decorative designs, really well preserved. 2.5" wide. Found in a peat bog.........................SOLD

2291 - COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - YORKTOWN AREA, Late 17th - 18th Century. Complete forward portion of a man's large shoe, just about 100% intact frontal portion with stitch holes existent still, found in a peat bog. Really a nice leather artifact.............................................SOLD

2292 - COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - YORKTOWN AREA, 17th Century pointed toe style, frontal portion of a shoe, typical of the 1680's in style. Excavated from a peat bog, intact frontal section. Rare..........................SOLD

2293 - COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG - YORKTOWN AREA, 18th Century. Leather parts of shoes as well as a section of a tooled leather belt, various sections of a shoe, excavated from a peat bog. Old archival tag #711 on one piece....................................................SOLD

1190 - FORT TOULOUSE, ALABAMA, FRENCH PERIOD 1717 - 1763, 8" double barbed fishing spear, the style used for trading with the local Creeks. This spear point has a wrap around socket very similar to pikes and spear points found in the northeast colonies during the early part of the 18th Century. Fort Toulouse was founded by the French in 1717 as a buffer from the English in Georgia. In the early years, the fort was staffed by French Marines. In 1751, the fort was replaced with a new fort. After the French & Indian War [1763], the French withdrew and the fort was abandoned. During the Creek Wars, Jackson built a fort on the site of the old French fort and it was named Fort Jackson. This spear point dates to the French period in that area. Ex-Dr. R.P. Burke Collection [excavated on private land]. Overall condition is fine with the barb end very distinct. French trading items of this period are rare.................................................................SOLD

7224 - AMERICAN COLONIAL, DUTCH IMPORTED SMALL PITCHER, 4.5" X 5.5", an ornate glazed pitcher with handle, green and brown trim with a rust colored base. Mid 18th Century and typical of the popular Dutch imported pottery into the Americas, from an old New York Collection..................................SOLD

50624 - 18TH CENTURY DELFTWARE PLATE, 9" Delftware plate with a motif of flowers in the traditional blue decor. Delftware or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazed pottery made in the Netherlands from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Delftware in the latter sense is a type of pottery in which a white glaze is applied, usually decorated with metal oxides. Delftware includes pottery objects of all descriptions such as plates, ornaments, and tiles. This is an excellent specimen free of fissures. Along with the tiles, these plates were popular for import into the Colonies..................SOLD

12163 - SWIVEL SHOT EXCAVATED NEAR FORT TICONDEROGA, Small swivel shot used in small cannons on ramparts on fort walls excavated near Fort Ticonderoga by Frank Fravic in the 1960's [his white marking evident], FT 72 [location notation].....................................................SOLD

12164 - WALL CANNONBALL ONE POUNDER EXCAVATED AT FORT MONTGOMERY, NY, 1# solid iron shot excavated from Fort Montgomery, NY. One of the twin forts of the Popolopen [Clinton and Montgomery] 1775 - 1777. Comes with info on the fort which was attacked October 1777.................SOLD

9219 - COLONIAL AMERICAN FOOT WARMER, Wooden framed foot warmer with pierced tin sides with metal pans for coals intact. 12" X 12" X 8", used under tables, carriages. In excellent condition, quite nice................SOLD

9220 - LATE 18TH CENTURY - EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHAIN AMPUTATION SAW, 12" fine chain saw blade with two wooden spindle handles. The blade is in extraordinary condition. These are often seen at $800 and up. This fine example..................................................SOLD

7221 - EXCAVATED AT SAVANNAH, GA, English Mallet green/black glass bottle, c. 1770, 4" X 8.5", had beautiful form and color, minimal ground action. Extremely nice............................................SOLD

6149 - DUTCH WIDE MOUTH WITH DUAL HANDLES, c 1680, 3" X 6" with dual handles, glazed finish. A very similar example is shown excavated at Jamestown, VA [not this example] (#81). Very fine..................SOLD

5066 - FRENCH JESUIT TRADING RING, 18th Century trading brass Jesuit ring excavated in a French trading site Mackinac, Michigan. Engraved on the face are the Roman numerals XV probably as a tribute to King Louis 15th (1715-1774). Ring is 100% intact with a fissure in the bottom of the ring band. A nice reasonable example.....................................................SOLD

50615 - A BEAUTIFUL 18TH CENTURY COLONIAL CARVED SPOON MADE OF HORN, 10" large spoon carved out of horn with a deep bowl, translucent to the eye, this is a splendid example of 18th Century craftsmanship, exceptional.....................................SOLD

50616 - BRITISH TRADE AXE, 18TH CENTURY, CREEK VILLAGE SITE IN GEORGIA, 6" British trade axe, late 18th Century, excavated near a Creek site Muscogee County, Georgia. Oxidized and sealed, forge marks evident. The axe has great form and is quite solid. The British traded in this area with the Creeks and this is a fine relic from Georgia.............................SOLD

2274 - THE FOX AND THE HOUND BOARD GAME, Early 19th Century small portable board game known as the "Fox and the Hound". Small wooden figures fit into a sliding compartment in the base, measures 4" X 4" with checkered playing top. Very fine..........................................SOLD

11492 - A ROYAL NAVY LIEUTENANT'S BUTTON, French-Indian War to Revolutionary War, emblem of the Tudor Rose. Large coat button, no shank, excavated in upstate New York. Quite uncommon with a nice face..................SOLD 

11400 - BRITISH ARMY EMBLEMS LION AND CROWN, A nice dug pair of Revolutionary War British army emblems (3/4" - 1"). One being a facing lion and the other a crown, the lion's head is cast and the crown is die stamped. Probably decorative emblems from a cartridge box or other leather accoutrement. Site unknown, but probably New York, both fine condition, the pair...........................................SOLD

11803 - BELT AXE EXCAVATED NEAR FORT TICONDEROGA, NY, 5" iron belt axe excavated near Fort Ticonderoga, NY. Old marking as such. c1750 - 1780. Quite nice with good style..................................SOLD

11811 - REVOLUTIONARY WAR CAMP POT CHAIN AND HOOK, Overall 20" with massive hook for hanging a large cast iron pot for camp cooking. Excavated in a Rev. War site near Petersburg, VA (Yorktown Campaign of 1781). Nice patina...........................SOLD

11812 - SPANISH PERIOD OF EXPLORATION IN FLORIDA, 3 items from the same site (1537 - 1600). Spanish relics found in Gilchrist County, Florida which includes a twisted blue glazed Neuva Cadiz tubular trade bead, a small section of chain mail armor, and a copper trade brooch (silver was not used in trade brooches until 1740-50). Desoto traveled up the west coast of Florida in 1537-43 and this county is one that Desoto passed through on his way to northwest Florida. The delicate chain mail has been preserved in beeswax. Relics from this period of early Florida history are impossible to fine...................................................SOLD

11813 - CHERRY HILL SITE NEW YORK, SENECA SITE, BRASS TRADING POT, c1680, 7" high X 8" across. Hammered brass trading pot with intact iron bale. Comes with a period iron striker discovered with the pot, both in excellent condition. The pair of pot and striker........................................SOLD

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