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Carvings & Sculpture (24)
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Game Boards (13)
Other & Accessories (8)
Paintings (5)
Textiles (21)
Weathervanes (4)

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PAIR OF MAMMOTH, PAINT-DECORATED, AMERICAN LONG DRUMS OF EXQUISITE QUALITY, BOTH PAINTED ALL-THE-WAY AROUND, ONE WITH A DYNAMIC EAGLE & 14 STARS ON A PRUSSIAN BLUE GROUND, THE OTHER WITH A GOLD EAGLE & 16 STARS, IN A BLUE WREATH, ON A YELLOW & ORANGE GRAIN-DECORATED GROUND, BOTH MADE circa 1845 - 1865
CARVED OWL BY HENRY WINTER, SETAUKET, NEW YORK, circa 1920-1930's
NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED WATCH FOB WITH A STYLIZED FEDERAL EAGLE & SHIELD AND CROSSED AMERICAN FLAGS, circa 1915-1920’s
ANTIQUE, BATWING, LEATHER CHAPS WITH GREAT PATINA AND “TEXAS” SPELLED OUT IN THE STUDS, circa 1915-1930
EXCEPTIONAL GOLD RUSH POCKET SCALE WITH GREEN, ENAMELED TIN, GILT EAGLE & LETTERING THAT READS: “MADE EXPRESSLY FOR CALIFORNIA,” circa 1850
RARE MASONIC TRACING BOARD OF EXQUISITE QUALITY AND LARGE SCALE, IN A DESIGN MODELED AFTER THAT OF MASTER-ENGRAVER THOMAS KENSETT, PAINTED IN OIL ON CANVAS, circa 1815-1840
NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK GAUNTLETS WITH INDIAN CHIEFS IN FEATHERED HEADDRESSES, PROBABLY SIOUX, circa 1880-90
PATRIOTIC, NATIVE AMERICAN, BEADED & QUILLED PIPE BAG w/ AMERICAN FLAGS AND THE VERY RARE INCLUSION OF THE DATE "JULY 4th," ALMOST NEVER ENCOUNTERED ON EARLY TEXTILES OR INDIAN BEADWORK, PROBABLY SIOUX, circa 1890-1910
NATIVE AMERICAN BEADED BLANKET STRIP, BUFFALO HIDE, NORTHERN CHEYENNE OR LAKOTA SIOUX, EASTERN MONTANA / WESTERN MINNESOTA, LAST QUARTER 19th CENTURY
ANTIQUE PARCHEESI GAME BOARD, 7-COLOR, CARRIAGE-PAINTED, WITH FANCIFUL SCROLLWORK MEDALLIONS, AMERICAN, circa 1875
ANTIQUE, CIVIL WAR PLAYING CARDS w/ STARS, FLAGS, SHIELDS, & EAGLES, & FACE CARDS THAT FEATURE LADY COLUMBIA & UNION ARMY OFFICERS; MADE BY BENJAMIN HITCHCOCK, NEW YORK, 1862
RARE, ANTIQUE, CIVIL WAR CHESS SET w/ NEW YORK-MADE BOARD THAT FEATURES ALBUMEN PHOTOS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN & UNION ARMY GENERALS, PATENTED 1862 BY WALTER S. HILL & SAMUEL T. REED, ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE, HAND-CARVED, BONE PLAYING PIECES THAT DISASSEMBLE FOR EASE OF TRANSPORT
PAINTED, PENNSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON GAMEBOARD w/ STAR OF DAVID & WAGON WHEEL ON A KELLY GREEN BACKGROUND, BEAUTIFULLY MOLDED, SIGNED "WISE," circa 1850-80
ANTIQUE, AMERICAN, BACKGAMMON GAME BOARD, PAINTED RED, BLACK, AND OCHRE WHITE, w/ LEAF-LIKE MEDALLIONS, circa 1870-90
ANTIQUE AMERICAN GAME BOARD, CHECKERS OR CHESS, RED & BLACK w/ SHADOWED GOLD SCROLLWORK, circa 1840-70
PAINT-DECORATED, ANTIQUE, 19th CENTURY RACE HORSE GAME WHEEL w/ CAST ZINC HORSES & EXCEPTIONAL, ORIGINAL SURFACE, AMERICAN, circa 1880-90 [GAME BOARD]
PAINT-DECORATED, ANTIQUE, 19th CENTURY GAME WHEEL IN SCARLET RED, CHROME YELLOW, AND BLACK, w/ EXCEPTIONAL GRAPHICS & SURFACE, AMERICAN, circa 1880 [GAME BOARD]
COLORFULLY PAINTED, ANTIQUE, PARCHEESI GAME BOARD IN A VARIETY I HAVE CATEGORIZED AS "SNOWFLAKE" BOARDS, CHEDDAR YELLOW & RED, circa 1885
MASTERFULLY GILDED & PAINT-DECORATED, ANTIQUE PARCHEESI GAME BOARD w/ CHERUBS, AMERICAN, circa 1870
“HICKORY DICKERY DOCK,” ANTIQUE PARKER BROTHERS BOARD GAME w/ GRAPHICS THAT INCLUDE A CAT, MOUSE, & TALL CASE CLOCK, circa 1900:
COLORFULLY PAINTED, ANTIQUE GAME WHEEL WITH A NICKLE-PLATED SPINNER, MADE IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, circa 1890-1910
"VISIT TO CAMP," RARE, ANTIQUE, CIVIL WAR CARD GAME BY McLAUGHLIN BROTHERS OF NEW YORK, circa 1871
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, PAINTED IN OIL ON CANVAS, IN AN IMPRESSIVE SCALE, AFTER THE 1851 PAINTING BY EMANUEL LEUTZE; FOUND IN A HOUSE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM WHERE THE CELEBRATED EVENT TOOK PLACE, PROBABLY PAINTED FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
STAG WEATHERVANE WITH TREMENDOUS, YELLOW-PAINTED SURFACE, FOUND NEAR PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, circa 1840-1870
ELABORATE CALLIGRAPHY DRAWING FEATURING DIANA, GODDESS OF THE HUNT, RIDING A STAG, SIGNED AND DATED 1888
LARGE HOOKED RUG WITH A SEATED CAT AS THE HOME SQUARE OF A DESIGN STYLED AFTER A PARCHEESI GAME BOARD, WITH STAR-LIKE, 6-PETAL FLOWERS IN EACH CORNER; WOOL & COTTON ON BURLAP, PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, MENNONITE, circa 1880-1910
WINTERBERRY PATTERN QUILT WITH FLYING GEESE, IN PATRIOTIC COLORS AND WITH EXCEPTIONAL GRAPHIC IMPACT, ENTIRELY HAND-PIECED AND HAND-QUILTED, CIRCA 1860-1870’s
RIFLE STYLE PARADE TORCH, AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE, circa 1860-1880's
PILOT HOUSE / TRADE EAGLE ON A HALF-GLOBE PERCH, HAND-MADE OF MOLDED COPPER, LIKELY ON AN IRON FRAMEWORK, circa 1860-1890
EXCEPTIONAL, PAINT-DECORATED ODD FELLOWS HEART-IN-HAND STAFF, WITH GREAT FOLKQUALITIES, circa 1875
WOOL HOOKED RUG WITH A BILLOWING AMERICAN FLAG AND A FORKED TAIL STREAMER WITH THE “DON’T TREAD ON ME” SLOGAN; made Circa 1880-1910; THE 5 STAR COUNT, IF PURPOSEFUL, WOULD CELEBRATE THE NUMBER OF STATES THAT AFFORDED WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE; EX-AMERICA HURRAH, ILLUSTRATED IN THEIR 1975 BOOK “HOOKED & SEWN RUGS”
PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IN OIL ON CANVAS, AN EARLY EXAMPLE, RENDERED circa 1830-1850's, A VERY PLEASING AND WELL-EXECUTED COPY OF GILBERT STUART'S ATHENAEUM PORTRAIT
EXPERTLY CARVED AMERICAN FEDERAL EAGLE, LIKELY OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WITH THE BACKGROUND EXECUTED IN UNUSUALLY DEEP RELIEF & THE HEAD DIRECTED TOWARDS A CLUSTER OF ARROWS, circa 1861-1863
FOLK PAINTING, IN OIL ON WOODEN PANEL, OF THE PADDLEWHEEL STEAMER "GREY EAGLE" BEFORE THE TOWNSCAPE OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, AT THE CONVERGENCE OF THE ILLINOIS & MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, circa 1865-1888
SUBSTANTIAL AND EXTRAORDINARY, 19TH CENTURY, HAND-MADE GATE FROM THE JOSHUA PECKHAM RESIDENCE AT 116-118 BROADWAY, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, circa 1877-1879
EXCEPTIONAL, CARVED WOODEN CANE IN THE FORM OF A THORNED TWIG, WITH TWO, SPOTTED, GREEN SNAKES TWISTING UP IT, AMERICAN, circa 1870
EXCEPTIONALLY EARLY AND EXPERTLY DEVELOPED CARVING OF AN EAGLE, PERCHED ON A BED OF CLOUDS, EBONIZED & GILDED, AMERICAN FEDERAL PERIOD, circa 1785-1820
MERINO SHEEP WEATHERVANE, THE VERY BEST OF ITS KIND AND WITH PERHAPS THE BEST SURFACE THAT EXISTS ON SURVIVING EXAMPLES, ATTRIBUTED TO A.J. HARRIS & CO., BOSTON, circa 1875
RARE PAIR OF VIKING STYLE, FIREMAN’S AXE PARADE TORCHES WITH EARLY, BLACK-PAINTED SURFACE, circa 1876-1880’s
MASTERPIECE QUALITY SCHERENSCHNITTE, IN THE STYLE OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO ISAAC STIEHLY, WITH A PATRIOTIC EAGLE AND REFERENCE TO THE 1844 NEW YORK MAYORAL ELECTION OF PUBLISHING MAGNATE JAMES HARPER
SANTEE SIOUX, QUILL-DECORATED TOBACCO BAG, ca 1880
EXCEPTIONAL THREE-SHEET BROADSIDE FOR HUNT BROS. CIRCUS & WILD WEST SHOW, circa 1900-1910
LARGE, SQUARE, TAPERED, BLACK & WHITE BARBER POLE WITH A VOLUPTUOUS, GILDED, ACORN FINIAL, AMERICAN, CIRCA 1885-1900
WHIMSICAL PAIR OF FISH-SHAPED HATS, PROBABLY FOR THEATRICAL USE OR PARADES, CA 1920-40
MASTERPIECE TRAMP ART CARVING: "THE GRADUATE"
WOOL HORSE BLANKET WITH A BEAUTIFUL TAN / RUST / CLAY COLORED GROUND AND SOUTHWEST STYLE STRIPING, LATE 19TH CENTURY
WOOL HORSE BLANKET IN FOREST GREEN & BURGUNDY, WITH GEOMETRIC AND STRIPED DESIGNS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
EXCEPTIONAL PATRIOTIC SCHERENSCHNITTE (PAPER CUTTING), IN THE STYLE OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO ISAAC STIEHLY, ENTITLED “LIBERTY,” WITH IMAGERY THAT INCLUDES AN AMERICAN EAGLE WITH A 14 STAR, 14 STRIPE FLAG IN ITS BEAK, A RATTLESNAKE, LOVE BIRDS, AND EAGLES ON URNS, CA 1830-1850
WHIMSICAL HOOKED RUG WITH A PINK STRIPED COW AND A LITTLE WHITE DOG, ca 1885-1910
PRESSED BRASS EAGLE, AN EARLY PARADE FLAG HOLDER & BUNTING TIE-BACK, AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE, circa 1880-1895
AMERICAN FEDERAL PERIOD CAST IRON EAGLE WITH OUTSTANDING FORM AND SURFACE, PHILADELPHIA, CA 1813
EAGLE WEATHERVANE IN A BEAUTIFUL FORM WITH GREAT FOLK PRESENCE, POSSIBLY MADE BY A.L. JEWELL & CO. (1852-1867) OR ITS PREDECESSOR, CUSHING & WHITE / L.W. CUSHING (1867-1870’s), WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
BROKEN STAR PATTERN, PATRIOTIC AMERICAN QUILT WITH 13 STARS, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1915-1920’s
RED & WHITE, SUNSHINE & SHADOWS, SIGNATURE QUILT, MADE BY THE LADIES AID SOCIETY CHAPTER AT THE UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN ROYERSFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, DATED 1901
EXCEPTIONAL AND INTRICATE BLOWN GLASS SHIP, IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, TALL AND SHAPELY WITH A BILLOWING COMMISSION PENNANT AND FLAG, PROBABLY CZECHOSLOVAKIA, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, YELLOW & WHITE, SUFFRAGE PARASOL / UMBRELLA, WITH “VOTES FOR WOMEN” TEXT, DISTRIBUTED BY THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION UNDER ANNA HOWARD SHAW’S LEADERSHIP [HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK], CIRCA 1913-1915
GLASS, PATRIOTIC PARADE CANES, ca 1876-1900
LEATHER FIREMAN'S PARADE BELT WITH THE WORD "LIBERTY" IN WHITE ON A RED GROUND, BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, CA 1900
FOLK-PAINTED, 19TH CENTURY VIOLIN CASE, WITH EXCEPTIONAL FOLK FLAG AND SHIELD, MEXICAN WAR - CIVIL WAR ERA (1845-65)
ANTI-WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE PIN CUSHION, MADE OF VELVETEEN AND HAND-PAINTED, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1880-1910, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE
PAINT-DECORATED, CARRIAGE-STRIPED, CHILD’S WHEELBARROW, WITH EXCEPTIONAL IRON WORK AND PAINT-DECORATED SURFACE, ATTRIBUTED TO A SLEDMAKER IN PARIS HILL, MAINE, CA 1870-90
PATRIOTIC FLOUR BARRELL LID ADVERTISING "OUR BRAND, SILVER LEAF PATENT" FOM THE HOLLY MILLING CO., MADE BY E.W. BAILEY & CO., MONTPELIER, VT, CA 1898
1827 NEW HAMPSHIRE BAND BOX IN RED, WHITE, AND INK BLUE WALLPAPER, MADE BY HANNAH DAVIS
EXTRAORDINARY 19TH CENTURY, HAND-BLOWN, GLASS, PATRIOTIC PARADE CANE OF MASSIVE SCALE, 100 INCHES IN LENGTH, ca 1876-1910
CAST IRON BOOT JACK, MADE FOR THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL GEORGE B. MC CLELLAN, WITH A FANTASTIC SLOGAN THAT READS "THE UNION AT ALL HAZZARDS"
HORSE HEAD TRADE SIGN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
CARVING OF SIAMESE TWIN MERMAIDS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE "CAPE CARVER" WHO WORKED NEAR SANDWICH, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
EXCEPTIONAL CIGAR SILK PIECEWORK GAME TABLE COVER, CIRCA 1894-1910
OUTSTANDING CIGAR SILK PIECEWORK GAME TABLE COVER WITH UNUSUALLY LONG RIBBON FRINGE AND EXCELLENT, MODERNISTIC GRAPHICS, 1880-1910
PRANCING HORSE WEATHERVANE, ATTRIBUTED TO JEWEL & CO. WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, CA 1860
MASTERPIECE QULAITY TUMBLING BLOCKS PATTERN DOLL QUILT, PENNSYLVANIA, CA 1860's-70's
CIVIL WAR PERIOD OR PRIOR NAVYMAN’S FROCK AND JACK TAR HAT WITH ELABORATE PATRIOTIC AND NAUTICAL DECORATION, LIKELY THE BEST EXAMPLES OF EACH TO HAVE SURVIVED IN PRIVATE HANDS
FOLK PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BY MICHIGAN BARBER CYRUS T. FUERY, SIGNED AND DATED 1917, EXHIBITED AT THE ABBY ALDRIDGE ROCKEFELLER FOLK ART MUSEUM, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, 1976
WHIMSICAL TOY DOG, 1880-1910
ODD FELLOWS SNAKE STAFF WITH APPLE FINIAL, CA 1870-80
CLOCKWORK ACTION TOY, BOYS ON A SEESAW, WITH A PERIOD, HANDWRITTEN NOTE, ca 1870-80
19TH CENTURY CEREMONIAL FRATERNAL AXE, PROBABLY IMPROVED ORDER OF THE REDMEN (IOOF), CA 1870-1880