 ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 STARS ARRANGED IN 6-POINTED GREAT STAR / STAR OF DAVID PATTERN, OF A TYPE MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, WORN AND HAND-INSCRIBED BY THE OWNER IN 1896, IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, IN CELEBRATION OF THE VICTORY OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT WILLIAM McKINLEY; FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF RICHARD PIERCE
Web ID: 13-869  ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT FLAG / ENSIGN, WITH 13 STARS & A CANTED ANCHOR, MADE BY WM. H. HORSTMANN CO., PHILADELPHIA, circa 1893 – 1920’s
Web ID: 13j-1310  13 STARS IN A RARE VARIETY THAT HAS BEEN TERMED A “TRI-CORNER HAT” MEDALLION AND DATES TO THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63)
Web ID: 13j-1392  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 13 STAR, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN WITH A 4-5-4 CONFIGURATION, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63)
Web ID: 13j-1444  13 STARS IN THE BETSY ROSS PATTERN, WITH 45 STARS ON THE REVERSE; ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE AND SIGNED BY A PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED FLAG-MAKER, ANNIE MAC LACHLAN OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, circa 1896-1908; A RARE AND INTERESTING EXAMPLE, IN A LARGE SCALE AMONG EARLY 13 STAR FLAGS IN THIS DESIGN
Web ID: 13J-1570  EXTREMELY RARE U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT COMMISSION PENNANT WITH 13 STARS, A REVERSAL OF THE U.S. NAVY COLOR SCHEME, 24 FEET ON THE FLY, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR – WWI ERA (1898-1918) N THE FLY, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - WWI ERA (1898-1917)
Web ID: 13j-1580  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH 13 SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION, IN A GREAT, SMALL SCALE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS, PROBABLY MADE IN NEW YORK CITY, SIGNED “GRÜNFILD”
Web ID: 13j-1615  13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA BY SARAH M. WILSON, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED & DATED 1911
Web ID: 13j-1635  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, DATING TO THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-1865), OR PERHAPS PRIOR, WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE & BEAUTIFUL SNOWFLAKE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION
Web ID: 13j-1651  13 HALOED STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
Web ID: 13j-1653  13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS AND EXPERTLY HAND-SEWN STRIPES ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN PHILADELPHIA BY RACHEL ALBRIGHT, GRANDDAUGHTER OF BETSY ROSS, SIGNED & DATED 1903
Web ID: 13j-1668  ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, 13 STAR AMERICAN FLAG, WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 ARRANGEMENT OF STARS, U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, LIKELY MADE DURING THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1864-1865
Web ID: 13j-1669  OUTSTANDING, 13 STAR, ANTIQUE AMERICAN PRIVATE YACHT ENSIGN WITH GREAT FOLK QUALITIES THAT INCLUDE AN UNUSUALLY WIDE ANCHOR AND A DECIDEDLY LOPSIDED RING OF 13 STARS; MADE DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY; ITS DEVICE HAND-SEWN AND SINGLE-APPLIQUÉD
Web ID: 13j-1675  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A DUSTY BLUE CANTON, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL, IN AN INTERESTING CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES TRIOS OF STARS IN EACH CORNER AND A SINGLE, CENTER STAR; A RARE VARIANT THAT I CLASSIFY “TRI-CORNER HAT” MEDALLION
Web ID: 13j-1676  13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PACIFIC FLEET, SIGNED & DATED 1902
Web ID: 13j-1677  13 STARS WITH SHORT, CONICAL ARMS ON A SMALL SCALE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE F THE 19TH CENTURY; POSSIBLY OF PHILADELPHIA ORIGIN; FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF BOLESLAW & MARIE D'OTRANGE MASTAI, THE FIRST MAJOR COLLECTORS TO PUBLISH A PICTORIAL REFERENCE (KNOPF, NEW YORK, 1973):
Web ID: 13j-1682  13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD (1861-1865), WITH 9 STRIPES TO REFLECT THE OMISSION OF NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, & VIRGINIA, THE 4 SLAVE STATES AMONG THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES THAT SECEDED FROM THE UNION, WITH ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, STRIKING COLOR, AND A BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION
Web ID: 13J-1697  18 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 STRIPES, LIKELY MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 1812 ADMISSION OF LOUISIANA AS THE 18TH STATE, AND PRODUCED EITHER FOR THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR, OR THE 1876 PHILADELPHIA WORLD’S FAIR, ATTRIBUTED TO LEADING, CIVIL WAR, U.S. ARMY ENGINEER & CHICAGO ARCHITECT, WILLIAM LeBARON JENNEY
Web ID: 18j-804  30 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL, WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A HALOED CENTER STAR, WISCONSIN STATEHOOD, 1848-1850
Web ID: 30j-818  32 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF A TYPE KNOWN TO HAVE LIKELY SEEN MILITARY USE, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF MINNESOTA TO THE UNION IN 1858, AN EXTREMELY RARE FLAG, ACCURATE FOR JUST 9 MONTHS AND OFFICIAL FOR ONLY ONE YEAR
Web ID: 32j-814
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