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38 STAR AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL VARIATION OF THE “GREAT STAR” OR “GREAT FLOWER” PATTERN, 4 LARGE CORNER STARS, & AN ODD OUTLIER, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION


MONUMENTAL, HAND-PAINTED & BLOCK-PRINTED BANNER, MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN PHILADELPHIA, WITH A SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE, CROSSED FLAGS, AND THE NAMES OF 37 STATES; EXTREMELY RARE; ARGUABLY THE MOST ELABORATE OF ALL KNOWN TEXTILES PRODUCED FOR THE EVENT


ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 10-POINTED STARS THAT SPELL “1776 – 1876”, MADE FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ONE OF THE MOST GRAPHIC OF ALL EARLY EXAMPLES


ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH 30 STARS, THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE IN THIS SIMPLE BUT EXTRAORDINARY STYLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR, OFFICIAL FOR JUST TWO YEARS, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WISCONSIN AS THE 30th STATE, 1848-1850; ILLUSTRATED IN “THE STARS & THE STRIPES, FABRIC OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT” BY J. RICHARD PIERCE


30 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH A DOUBLE-WREATH STYLE MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR, WISCONSIN STATEHOOD, 1848-1850


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-SEWN STARS IN AN EXTREMELY NARROW PRESENTATION OF A 3-2-3-2-3 ARRANGEMENT ON A CANTON THAT DOESN’T FOLLOW SUIT, LEAVING WIDE EXPANSES OF BLUE WOOL BUNTING ABOVE AND BELOW; MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, POSSIBLY AS A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN


BRITTISH SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT CIGARETTE CASE AND ‘CINDERELLA’ STAMP WITH “VOTES FOR WOMEN” SLOGAN


FULL, WRAP-AROUND, SILK SUFFRAGETTE SASH IN GREEN, WHITE, & VIOLET, WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, DESIGNED BY SYLVIA PANKHURST FOR THE WOMEN’S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION (U.K.), LIKELY PRODUCED BY TOYE &. COMPANY OF BIRMINGHAM, circa 1908 AND LIKELY SOLD BY AN AMERICAN-OWNED DEPARTMENT STORE IN THAT SAME CITY, GIFTED TO A BIRMINGHAM ACTIVIST & EDUCATOR


THE ROYAL FLAG OF SCOTLAND, a.k.a., “LION RAMPANT,” A GLAZED COTTON PARADE FLAG, LAST QUARTER 19th CENTURY
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SUBSTANTIAL CANNON-LEG TABLE [ALTER] FROM THE GREGG POST OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G.A.R.) IN BELLFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA, MADE BY CHARLES J. NAYLOR OF PHILDELPHIA, ACTIVE 1870-1913


PAINTED, CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST IN SALMON AND BLACK WITH FLORAL DECORATION, 3 DRAWERS, AND APPLIED, SPLAY FEET, circa 1815-1825


NEW ENGLAND BLANKET CHEST, PROBABLY OF MAINE ORIGIN, WITH SCALLOPED FEET AND SKIRT, PAINTED IN A TRANSLUCENT, OCHRE WHITE, WITH WONDERFUL, EARLY SURFACE, circa 1790-1820


NARROW PROFILE TALL CASE CLOCK, WITH WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO CINCINNATI CLOCK-MAKER LUMMAN WATSON, BEAUTIFULLY COMB-DECORATED IN RED OVER BLACK, WITH AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL BASE THAT FEATURES A WHIMSICALLY INVERTED TAPER, POSSIBLY OF KENTUCKY OR TENNESSEE ORIGIN, circa 1810-1834


EXHUBERANTLY PAINTED, NEW ENGLAND TALL CASE CLOCK IN DARK UMBER, RED, & CHROME YELLOW DECORATION, WITH WOODEN WORKS BY RILEY WHITING, PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT, CA 1819-1835


ANTIQUE TWO-DOOR PAINTED QUEBEC CUPBOARD / SERVER IN ROBIN’S EGG BLUE WITH RED TRIM, 1810-30


UNUSUAL FORM PIE SAFE WITH LANTERN-STYLE TINS AND STRIKING, TOMATO RED PAINT, CIRCA 1840


QUEEN ANNE PERIOD BLANKET CHEST, CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, PROBABLY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH BLACK DECORATION ON A RED GROUND, THAT INCLUDES TWO WHIMSICAL FACES, ca 1740-1760


MAHANTNGO VALLEY PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST WITH UNICORNS


PENNSYLVANIA, PAINT-DECORATED AND GILDED SETTEE WITH THE RARE INCLUSION OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES, ca 1845-1865
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CARVED EAGLE ON A CIRCULAR PLAQUE, IN A VOLUPTOUOUS AND WHIMSICAL STYLE, WITH WINGS REMINISCNET OF THOSE ON TOMBSTONE ANGELS, 3rd QUARTER 19th CENTURY


ROBUST ORNAMENTAL CARVING OF A PRIZED RAM BY WEATHERVANE CARVER HENRY LEACH (1811-1885) OF MASSACHUSETTS, SIGNED & DATED 1876


EXCEPTIONAL, PAINT-DECORATED ODD FELLOWS HEART-IN-HAND STAFF, WITH GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, circa 1875


CARVED, SPREAD-WINGED EAGLE PEDIMENT WITH TERRIFIC FORM AND EXCEPTIONAL SURFACE, AMERICAN, circa 1850-1880


BLACK, TASSELLED, EDWARDIAN STYLE PARASOL / UMBRELLA, MADE BY FOLLMER, CLOGG & Co. OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, MODIFIED FOR SUFFRAGETTE USE BY WAY OF AN APPLIED, CHIFFON SILK PANEL WITH FANCIFUL, SCRIPT-EMBROIDERY THAT READS: “GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE,” circa 1900-1915


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


STAG WEATHERVANE WITH TREMENDOUS, YELLOW-PAINTED SURFACE, FOUND NEAR PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, circa 1840-1870
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ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890


RARE & UNUSUAL WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE PIN CUSHION, IN AN ENDEARING, DOLL-LIKE FORM, MADE OF HAND-PAINTED VELVETEEN, ENGLISH, circa 1880-1910


DIMINUTIVE PAINTING OF PHEASANT, OIL ON WOODEN PANEL, ENGLISH, circa 1860-80


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


NATIVE AMERICAN “GOOD LUCK” HORSESHOE BEADWORK WHIMSEY, IROQUOIS, UPSTATE, NEW YORK, circa 1900-1910


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


PASSAMAQUODDY (MAINE) NATIVE AMERICAN SEWING BASKET WITH AN EXTRAORDINARILY EXUBERANT DESIGN, DATED 1891 WITH A PENCILED INSCRIPTION


CARVED EAGLE FROM THE SHOP OF JOHN HALEY BELLAMY, THE MOST RENOWNED CARVER OF THE FORM, w/ WONDERFUL, PUMPKIN BROWN / MUSTARD PAINT & EXCELLENT SURFACE, circa 1875-1890’s


ANTIQUE, AMERICAN, PAINTED BACKGAMMON GAME BOARD w/ EXAGGERATEDLY STEEP PIPS THAT RESEMBLE ICICLES OR JAGGED TEETH, GENEROUS DEPTH, A MOLDED EDGE, & EXCEPTIONAL SURFACE, circa 1840-60


MID-18th CENTURY STEPBACK CUPBOARD w/ LOLLIPOP RETURNS, DENTAL MOLDING, AND EXCEPTIONAL, SALMON RED-PAINTED SURFACE, MOHAWK VALLEY, NEW YORK
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CONFEDERATE PARADE FLAG IN THE SOUTHERN CROSS / BATTLE FLAG FORMAT, REUNION ERA, circa 1910-1930


42 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A WAVE CONFIGURATION OF LINEAL COLUMNS, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, circa 1889-1890


43 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS AMONG SURVIVING AMERICAN FLAGS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF IDAHO IN 1890, ACCURATE FOR JUST 7 DAYS


MEXICAN NATIONAL FLAG IN THE DESIGN USED BY REVOLUTIONARIES FROM 1917 - 1934, THE FIRST PERIOD IN WHICH THE EAGLE WAS ILLUSTRATED IN SIDE VIEW; MADE OF GABARDINE WOOL AND WOOL BUNTING, WITH RICH COLORS AND A HAND-PAINTED DEVICE, USED IN THE LATTER YEARS OF THE ERA OF PONCHO VILLA (b. 1878, d. 1923)


UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PENNANT OF NOTABLE WEIGHT, QUALITY, & SCALE, circa 1914-1920’s


38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG IN A TINY SCALE AMONG THOSE WITH PIECED-AND-SEWN CONSTRUCTION, WITH A BEAUTIFUL & UNUSUAL SHADE OF BLUE AND WITH A NOTCHED CONFIGURATION OF STARS THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR WESTERN TERRITORIES THAT HAD YET TO BE ADDED; REFLECTS THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889


44 STARS IN ZIGZAGGING ROWS ON A PRESS-DYED WOOL AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, POSSIBLY FOR USE AS A MILITARY CAMP COLORS, 1890-1896, REFLECTS WYOMING STATEHOOD


38 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A "NOTCHED" PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH BEAUTIFUL WEAR FROM HAVING BEEN EXTENSIVELY FLOWN, MADE AT THE TIME WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889


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


30 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, PROBABLY MADE AT THE TIME OF OUR NATION’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, TO COMMEMORATE WISCONSIN STATEHOOD IN 1848, LIKELY FOR USE AT THE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION