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13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN OF ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS; A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, SIGNED & DATED 1914, MADE AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD IN NEW YORK CITY


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN OF ESPECIALLY LARGE STARS; A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE AT MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, circa 1906-1912, LARGER THAN THE SPECIFIED DIMENSIONS & UNCHARACTERISTICALLY UNSIGNED; EXTREMELY RARE


PORTRAIT STYLE KERCHIEF FROM THE 1952 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICAN IKE EISENHOWER, FORMER SUPREME COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE DURING WWII (NATO)


ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH 13 STARS IN A SPECTACULAR PINWHEEL STYLE “GREAT STAR”; A MASTERPIECE OF EARLY AMERICAN FLAG-MAKING, ONE OF JUST TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES WITH A VARIANT OF THIS DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION, AND ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL KNOWN 13 STAR FLAGS OF ANY PERIOD


ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION, MADE IN THE ERA OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY AND VERY DESIRABLE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS


EXCEPTIONAL 1960 JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN POSTER WITH “A TIME FOR GREATNESS” SLOGAN


ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, CIVIL WAR PERIOD APRON WITH 13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS & 13 STRIPES, OF A TYPE WORN BY YOUNG WOMEN AT BENEFITS FOR THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION, WHICH STAFFED, FUNDED, & MODERNIZED CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS, PREDECESSOR TO THE RED CROSS, 1861-1865


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, A HOMEMADE EXAMPLE WITH AN INCREDIBLY RARE CONFIGURATION OF STARS THAT CONSISTS OF A BOX OF 9 WITH 4 OUTLIERS, SET AGAINST A LIGHT BLUE CANTON; LIKELY MADE IN CELEBRATION OF THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, JUNE-JULY 2019


13 STARS ON A DUSTY BLUE CANTON, IN AN OVAL VERSION OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, MADE DURING THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19TH CENTURY, MARKED WITH THE SURNAME “NYE”


13 STARS IN A MEDALLION PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE SIZE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS; FORMERLY IN THE MASTAI COLLECTION, MARKED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FASHION
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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


PENNSYLVANIA, PAINT-DECORATED AND GILDED SETTEE WITH THE RARE INCLUSION OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES, ca 1845-1865


UNUSUAL, SMALL SCALE, PLANK- SEATED, PENNSYLVANIA DECORATED SETTEE WITH A BLACK GROUND AND LYRE (a.k.a. BOOTJACK) BACK SLATS, ca 1870-1890
Folk Art


“WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE,” OIL ON CANVAS, IN AN IMPRESSIVE SCALE, BY ITALIAN-AMERICAN ARTIST LUIGI AVOLIA (1887-1947); AFTER THE 1851 VIEW BY EMANUEL LEUTZE; FOUND IN A HOUSE APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM WHERE THE CROSSING TOOK PLACE; RENDERED IN THE PATRIOTISM OF THE 1926 SESQUICENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE


ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, CIVIL WAR PERIOD APRON WITH 13 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS & 13 STRIPES, OF A TYPE WORN BY YOUNG WOMEN AT BENEFITS FOR THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION, WHICH STAFFED, FUNDED, & MODERNIZED CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS, PREDECESSOR TO THE RED CROSS, 1861-1865


PAINTING OF A HUNTING DOG [GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER] ON HAND-CARVED WOODEN PANEL, circa 1910-1930’s, AMERICAN, POSSIBLY OF MICHIGAN ORIGIN


SUBSTANTIAL ROSEWOOD CANE WITH A HAND-CARVED BUFFALO HEAD, CA 1940


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
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CARVED & GILDED EAGLE OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS, WITH A WINGSPAN JUST SHY OF 8 FEET, MADE circa 1885-1920’s, FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA


EXCEPTIONAL STONE COMPOSITE EAGLE, ATTRIBUTED TO AUSTIN & SEELEY, LEADING ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS OF GARDEN ORNAMENTATION, circa 1826-1850’s


MAHANTNGO VALLEY PENNSYLVANIA BLANKET CHEST WITH UNICORNS


PRESSED BRASS EAGLE, AN EARLY PARADE FLAG HOLDER & BUNTING TIE-BACK, AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE, circa 1880-1895


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


AMERICAN FOLK PORTRAIT OF A BULL, UPSTATE NEW YORK, signed & DATED 1885


ANTIQUE, BATWING, LEATHER CHAPS WITH GREAT PATINA AND “TEXAS” SPELLED OUT IN THE STUDS, circa 1915-1930


BEAUTIFUL 19TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY DIORAMA OF BOBWHITE QUAIL, WITH A WALLPAPER-DECORATED STRUCTURE, BY MADISON BURNETT, A FRAMER IN KENDALL, NEW YORK (LAKE ONTARIO), circa 1890


OIL ON WOODEN PANEL, UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1810-1830’S; THIS VIEW AFTER A 1796 ENGRAVING BY EDWARD SAVAGE (1761-1817): “LIBERTY IN THE FORM OF THE GODDESS OF YOUTH, GIVING SUPPORT TO THE BALD EAGLE”


SUFFRAGE "BLUEBIRD": ENAMELED TIN SIGN, COMMISSIONED BY GERTRUDE LEONARD & TERESA CROWLEY FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, FOR ITS EASTERN CAMPAIGN, 1915
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PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEFS GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA


36 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG, WITH STARS THAT ALTERNATE IN THEIR VERTICAL POSITION FROM COLUMN TO COLUMN AND ROW-TO-ROW, PRINTED ON AN ESPECIALLY INTERESTING LENGTH OF COARSE COTTON WITH A CRUDE WEAVE THAT RESULTS IN A VISUALLY COMPELLING APPEARANCE; CIVIL WAR ERA, NEVADA STATEHOOD, 1864-1867


13 HAND-SEWN STARS IN A 3-2-3-2-3 PATTERN ON A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN OF THE CENTENNIAL ERA, MADE circa 1870-1882, IN A VARIANT OF THE SMALLEST REGULATION SIZE


SWALLOW-TAILED PARADE FLAG / PENNANT WITH “1776 CENTENNIAL 1876” SET WITHIN A SUNBURNT, RED-ORANGE, EGG-SHAPED WINDOW, WITHIN A BLUE BORDER WITH 37 STARS; AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE, MADE TO CELEBRATE THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE


EXTRAORDINARILY EARLY (1806) PRINTED LINEN KERCHIEF GLORIFYING GEORGE WASHINGTON, GERMANTOWN PRINT WORKS, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA; EXHIBITED JANUARY – AUGUST, 2023 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION


13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION OF STARS; A TINY EXAMPLE AMONG ITS COUNTERPARTS WITH SEWN CONSTRUCTION, MADE circa 1895-1926, EXHIBITED AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, JUNE-JULY 2019


42 HAND-SEWN STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A TWO-TONE, DUSTY BLUE CANTON, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, circa 1889-1890


EXCEPTIONAL STONE COMPOSITE EAGLE, ATTRIBUTED TO AUSTIN & SEELEY, LEADING ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS OF GARDEN ORNAMENTATION, circa 1826-1850’s


CARVED & GILDED EAGLE OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS, WITH A WINGSPAN JUST SHY OF 8 FEET, MADE circa 1885-1920’s, FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA


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