ICONIC, MASSACHUSETTS WOMENS SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION (MWSA) "BLUE BIRD", COMMISSIONED BY TWO OF ITS MEMBERS; MADE FOR THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN IN 1915
“THE OWL GAMEBOARD NO. 1”, A COMBINATION OF 100 GAMES, PATENTED IN 1901 BY CABINET-MAKER EDWARD MIKKELSON, CHICAGO
WOOL HOOKED RUG WITH TWO BLACK HORSES, APPLES, & WONDERFUL FOLK QUALITIES, AMERICAN, circa 1865-1880
OVER-SIZED, PAINT-DECORATED BASEBALL BAT, PRESENTED TO "J. WHIPPLE" OF THE "ERIE BASEBALL CLUB," CA 1858-1870's
AMERICAN PARCHEESI BOARD IN SALMON & BLACK PAINT, WITH DUTCH STYLE PINWHEEL DECORATION, EXCEPTIONAL SURFACE, GREAT GRAPHICS, AND IMPRESSIVE SCALE, circa 1830-1850
ESPECIALLY LARGE EARLY AMERICAN MILITARY HAT PLATE, MADE OF PRESSED COPPER, WITH AN EAGLE PERCHED ON A FEDERAL SHIELD, FLANKED BY CORNUCOPIA, AND THE MOTTO “NE PLUS ULTRA” (THE ZENITH OR HIGH WATER MARK); PRESSED BRASS WITH PAINTED SURFACE, circa 1825-1850 OR POSSIBLY PRIOR
LATE 19TH CENTURY PILOT HOUSE EAGLE, FOUND IN WISCONSIN, FINISHED BY THE CARVER BUT NEVER SOLD, ca 1880
6 GALLON STONEWARE CROCK WITH BLUE SLIP GAME BIRD DECORATION, MADE IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK BY JOHN BURGER, circa 1854-1867
HAND-PAINTED BANNER WITH FLORIATED SCROLLWORK SURROUNDING A WHIMSICALLY PAINTED FEDERAL EAGLE, WITH 46 STYLIZED STARS ABOVE AND 34 STARS ON ITS 21-STRIPE SHIELDED BREAST, circa 1907-1912
LARGE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE GAME BIRD FIGURE IN YELLOWWARE WITH ROCKINGHAM GLAZE, PRODUCED BY THE MORTON POTTERY IN ILLINOIS, BUT NEVER DISTRIBUTED, HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY OF AN EMPLOYEE, circa 1880-1890
EARLY BOHEMIAN MILK GLASS MUG WITH PATRIOTIC AMERICAN IMAGERY THAT INCLUDES AN EAGLE, 16 STARS, AND THE CAPTION “LIBERTY”, circa 1796-1803
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
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
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
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