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Early Arms & Militaria

Morphy Auctions, North Reading Road 2000, Denver PA 17517, United States
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Date of the auction: 17.05.2022

Lot number 1039
LOT OF 2: REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUTTONS.

Comprising: (A) Pewter coat button measuring 15/16" in diameter with convex face crudely inscribed...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$300 - US$600
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1050
LOT OF 2: SCARCE "GR" CYPHER WESTERWALD 18TH CENTURY STONEWARE JUGS.

These early 18th century grey salt-glazed stoneware jugs feature bright blue glazed decoration and...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1047
LOT OF 3: 18TH CENTURY BELT AXE AND TOMAHAWK HEADS.

Comprising: (A) A small belt axe with maker marks. Head measures 4 - 1/8" with a crescent 2 - 3/4...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1191
LOT OF 3: EARLY NAVAL RELATED U.S.S. CONSTELLATION, U.S.S. PHILADELPHIA.

Lot consists of three items relating to the early US Navy. (A) Journal of the U.S.S. Constellation’s...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1155
LOT OF 3: ENGRAVED PRIMING HORN OF BENJAMIN DEAKE OF REV WAR MERIT, DATED...

According to the Dake Home website "Benjamin was living in South Kingston, Rhode Island at the time...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$800 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1157
LOT OF 3: LANCASTER SCREW TIP POWDER HORN, YORK POWDER HORN WITH BOTTLE...

Comprising: (A) Lancaster County screw-tip powder horn measuring about 11" overall across the bow...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1162
LOT OF 4: POWDER HORNS, TWO SCREW-TIPS.

Comprising: (A) Screw-tip Franklin County powder horn measuring about 8 - 1/2" across the bow. Flat...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$400 - US$800
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1080
LOT OF 5: PORTRAIT MINIATURE, WAX BUSTS, AND PAINTING OF A BRITISH OFFICER.

Comprising: (A) 6 - 3/4" x 7 - 5/8" framed wax bust, back with Christie's tag and Borghese tag...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1211
LOT OF 7: 6 SNUFF BOXES AND A PORTRAIT ON IVORY.

Comprising: (A) Framed ivory portrait miniature of a gentleman mounted on ivory. Portrait itself...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1078
LOUIS-CHRÉTIEN DE HEER (1760-C. 1808), ATTRIB. “PORTRAIT OF A 4TH OR...

De Heer was born in Bouxwiller, France, and came to Canada in 1776 as an ensign in the Regiment von...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1028
MASSACHUSETTS SILVER HILTED EAGLE POMMEL SHORT SWORD WITH TARGET EYE.

This fine sword features a total of four eagles. For an identical example of this pommel, see figure...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1018
MID 18TH CENTURY GRENADIER'S HANGER MARKED HARVEY.

For an identical example, see plate 19.S on page 68 of "Swords and Blades of the American...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1049
MISSOURI WAR AXE OR HATCHET WITH ORIGINAL HAFT.

For a similar example with pierced head and four grooves around the eye, see Fig. 3 on page 104 of...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1081
MUSTER ROLLS OF THE REGIMENT VON LOSSBURG AND LOEWENSTEIN IN THE AMERICAN...

Lot consists of six muster rolls, four from the Von Lossburg regiment and two from the grenadier...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1075
PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS A MASON, OIL ON CANVAS.

First quarter of the 20th century. Unframed, unstretched, illegible signature lower right, dated...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1072
PAINTING OF THE CONTINENTAL FRIGATE TRUMBULL.

Contemporary oil painting on canvas of the Continental Frigate Trumbull, 28-guns. Mounted on...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,400
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1071
PAIR OF SWISS IRON SIGNAL CANNON TUBES, MARKED FOR THE HALLEFORS MILL.

Lot consists of a pair of Swiss iron signal cannon tubes. Both cannons with raised reinforcing rings...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1196
PATTERN 1776 AMERICAN STOCKED BRITISH ARTILLERY CARBINE.

All components with the exception of the stock, are from a Pattern 1779 British carbine. It was...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$2,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1114
PATTERN 1804 ROYAL NAVY CUTLASS.

The wide unfullered blade comes to a fairly abrupt point. The iron "double disk" guard has a...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$700 - US$1,400
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1074
PELHAM’S 1777 MAP OF BOSTON.

Upper sheet of Henry Pelham’s extremely rare map of Boston executed 1775-1776 and published in 1777...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$50,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1154
POINTED TREE CARVER ATTRIBUTED 1764 DATED ENGRAVED POWDER HORN.

The so-called "Pointed Tree Carver" was a prolific horn engraver in the mid-18th century, named for...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$600 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1180
PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN DECATUR FROM FAMILY OF USN COMMODORES OLIVER HAZARD AND...

This portrait of Stephen Decatur was likely made as gift by Stephen Decatur’s wife or on commission...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1008
POTTER TYPE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR HORSEMAN'S SABER.

For a sword with the same sheet iron four-slot D-guard with a "POTTER" marked blade, see plate...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1046
RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY TYPE I NEW ENGLAND HALBERD HEAD, EX. FLAYDERMAN.

For a similar example of this form with pierced daggers and diamonds, see plate 30 on page 35 of...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$3,500 - US$7,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1036
RARE ENGRAVED EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITISH GEORGE III STERLING SILVER ROYAL...

Measures 6 - 3/4" in diameter by 1 - 3/16" tall. Weight is 1 lb 6.8 oz. The side of the exterior is...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1206
RARE LAND PATTERN BAYONET WITH SPRING CATCH, C. 1768.

This rare and early spring-catch bayonet is otherwise identical to standardized for Land Pattern...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$500 - US$1,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1106
RARE PATTERN WAR OF 1812 ERA AMERICAN BOARDING AXE.

This rare example of an early 19th-century American boarding axe appears to be a third variant in...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1023
REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICAN HANGER.

For a similar example of this hilt, see plate 180.S on page 121 of "Swords and Blades of the...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1149
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BELT PLATE OF THE 4TH BATTALION, ROYAL ARTILLERY.

A brass, oblong plate, 76 mm H x 60 mm W, engraved with a central device of a fieldpiece with its...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$14,000 - US$24,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 1164
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BRITISH ARTILLERY POWDER HORN WITH BROAD ARROW BRANDS.

This powder pre-dates those marked "BO". This Revolutionary War period example measures 13" overall...

Morphy Auctions, 17 May 2022
Estimate
US$900 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
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