EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PATRIOTIC POSTER ENTITLED “WE THE PEOPLE,” BY HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (1873-1952), PRODUCED IN 1937 FOR THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, SIGNED BY SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD, THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF CONGRESS
CARVED EAGLE FROM THE SHOP OF JOHN HALEY BELLAMY, THE MOST RENOWNED CARVER OF THE FORM, THIS EXAMPLE IN A DIMINUTIVE SCALE, WITH WONDERFUL, DARK PATINA, circa 1875-1910
CARRIAGE-PAINTED, FIVE-COLOR, AMERICAN BACKGAMMON BOARD WITH A PUMPKIN ORANGE GROUND, DECORATED WITH BRASS STUDS, circa 1880
WOOLY, ANGORA CHAPS WITH BEAUTIFULLY TOOLED LEATHER, MADE BY THE JOHN CLARK SADDLERY COMPANY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, SIGNED, CIRCA 1873-1929
PATRIOTIC, PAINT-DECORATED BASE DRUM, WITH EXTRAORDINARY COLOR AND BOLD IMAGERY THAT INCLUDES AN EAGLE AND CROSSED FLAGS; FROM THE GENESEO CORONET BAND [LATER C.C.G. CORONET BAND], ACTIVE AT LEAST 1862 – 1901
EARLY AMERICAN TRADE SIGN: “B. BRISCOE, TAILOR,” circa 1810-1850, WITH A BACKWARDS “S” AND EXTRAORDINARY SURFACE
AMERICAN HOOKED RUG WITH A LARGE RED STAR AND A PATRIOTIC COLOR SCHEME, LIKELY OF PENNSYLVANIA ORIGIN, circa 1860-1880’s
CAST BRASS OR BRONZE FIREHOUSE EAGLE WITH GREAT FORM, SURFACE, AND A GREAT SLOGAN, AMERICAN, circa 1850-1880
PAINT-DECORATED CIVIL WAR DRUM, MADE BY THE JOHN C. HAYNES COMPANY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1861-63
STATE OF MAINE BLANKET CHEST WITH SCALLOPED FEET AND EXUBERANT PAINT DECORATION IN TOMATO RED ON A CHROME YELLOW GROUND. CIRCA 1820-1840
WOOL HOOKED RUG, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, WITH STARS AND A PATRIOTIC SHIELD
WOOL HOOKED RUG WITH A CANTED, SPREAD-WINGED, FEDERAL EAGLE, ON A MODELED GROUND WITH TWO STARS, A PRAIRIE POINT BORDER, AND A CHENILLE FRINGE, circa 1835 -1865
PATRIOTIC WATERCOLOR OF AN EAGLE, IN THE FORM OF THE FEDERAL ARMS, WITH 13 RANDOMLY PLACED STARS, LIKELY DATING TO THE WAR OF 1812 (1812-1815)
EXTRAORDINARY, PRE-REVOULTIONARY WAR, ENGLISH CREAMWARE JUG WITH JOHN WILKES PATRIOTIC VERSE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEEDS POTTERY, MADE FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET
FIREMAN'S "PARADE HAT" WITH AN IMAGE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, FROM THE INDEPENDENCE HOSE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, MADE BY G. G. STAMBACH, 2ND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
EARLY WEATHERVANE, IN THE FORM OF A CLIPPER SHIP, WITH EXCEPTIONAL, UNTOUCHED SURFACE, FOUND IN MICHIGAN, circa 1850
PAINT-DECORATED, MAINE BLANKET CHEST, CIRCA 1790-1810, IN EARLY RED PAINT WITH BLACK DECORATION THAT INCLUDES A REPEATING, STYLIZED “M”
EXCEPTIONAL AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL, 19TH CENTURY, “STITCH-IN-THE-DITCH” WOOL RUG, WITH TWO SEATED CATS AND TWO TREES, FOUND IN MAINE, circa 1880 – 1890
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