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Slip Decorated Redware Plate
Slip Decorated Redware Plate. Deep orange glaze with green; cream; dark brown; and light orange slip.. Pottery. This hand turned plate has a scalloped edge. It is decorated with a running stag, leaves, and grapes with polka-dots. Free form lines and polka-dots decorate the rim.
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Harper's Weekly April 29 1865 John Wilkes Booth
Harper's Weekly April 29 1865 John Wilkes Booth. Black, white, paper. New York, Vol. I, No. 435, "The Murder of the President." The cover contains a 3/4 engraving of John Wilkes Booth with his signature. 16 pages with engravings of Booth shooting Lincoln at Ford's Theater, Booth escaping across the stage, centerfold of Liberty weeping at Lincoln's coffin, and troops landing at Mobile.
Civil War; THIS IS AN ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING.
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Northern Pacific Native American Chromolithograph
Northern Pacific Native American Chromolithograph. Multi. Embossed Cardstock. This print is titled, "Hush-Low, Palouse." It has the trade mark of Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line. It is signed, "E. A. Burbank, New Pilem, Wash., 1899." It is marked, From Original Painting by E. A. Burbank., Copyright, 1899, by E. A. Burbank, Chicago, Series A, No. 20.
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Mourning Picture
Mourning Picture. Gold leaf frame; black mat; green; blue; brown; gray and white.. Wood and plaster frame; silk; watercolor; paper.. This framed memorial is done in fine silk embroidery on silk. The sky and clouds are in watercolor. In the center is a stone monument with an urn on top. An inscription, written in script reads, "In Memory of Capt. Daniel Carlisle." A large willow leans over the monument. Additional trees, bushes, flowers, grass and plants all done in silk needlework complete the scene.
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Whale Oil Cobalt Blue Lamp
Whale Oil Cobalt Blue Lamp. Cobalt blue font; clear stem and base. Free blown and pressed glass. The free blown globe shaped font is cobalt blue and the short stem and base are of clear pressed glass. The square, stepped pattern of the stem and base are a typical Sandwich Glass pattern. The stem "cups" the globe. The lamp has a double whale oil drop cork burner.
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Cigarette Insert Card Premium
Cigarette Insert Card Premium. Multi. Cardstock. This chromolithographed card shows Miss Annie Oakley, two rifles and a six shooter, Allen & Ginters Cigarettes, Richmond, VA. The reverse is marked, the worlds Champions and lists the series. Linder, Eddy & Clauss Lith., N. Y.
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Folk Art Carved Crucifix
Folk Art Carved Crucifix. Light brown. Cedar Wood. The hand carved crucifix shows Christ on the cross with the plaque "INRI" above his head. He has long hair and a long beard. A loop of leather is nailed to the back for a hanger. Michael Salazar is carved into the back and 1979 is written in pencil.
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Miniature Diamond Point Glass Lamp
Miniature Diamond Point Glass Lamp. Clear Glass and brass. Glass and brass. This double blown molded glass lamp has an overall diamond point pattern. The pattern starts just below the brass collar and continues down the stem and onto the circular base. Kerosene.
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Saturday Evening Post Rockwell's Kennedy October 29, 1960
Saturday Evening Post Rockwell's Kennedy October 29, 1960. Multi. Paper. The cover of this original issue is a portrait of John F. Kennedy by Norman Rockwell. It is signed, "Norman Rockwell." Inside is a small photograph of Rockwell and Kennedy.
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Swamp-Root Dream Book Almanac, 1938
Swamp-Root Dream Book Almanac, 1938. Multi. Paper. This chromolithographed almanac shows a Native American woman and camp. It is marked, Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. The back cover shows the laboratory of Dr. Kilmer & Co.s Medicines.
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Astrological Map of the Constellations
Astrological Map of the Constellations. Yellow/green; tan; pink; black and white.. Paper; glass; wood. This framed map is of the December, November and October sky. It has hand colored engravings of the constellations, star positions and magnitudes, Earths orbit and the Meridians. Pegasus, Lacerta, Andromeda, Cetus, Aquarius, Aries, Phoenix and others are shown. It is marked, "Plate II, Hartford, Published by F. J. Huntington 1835, Entered according to act of Congress Sept. 1st 1835, by F. J. Huntington, of the State of Connecticut. Engraved by W. G. Evans N. York, under the Direction of E. H. Burritt."
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The Road To Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Road To Oz by L. Frank Baum. Dark blue; multi-print. Cloth. Illustrated by John R. Neill, black and white. The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1909.
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Retablo
Retablo. Multi, tin with wood frame. This framed retablo is of Santa Rita de Casia. She wears a black hooded robe trimmed in yellow, has a white collar and head scarf and is holding a long crucifix. On the table next to her is a skull and book. A red drape with yellow braid and tassels hangs in the upper right corner. A ring of stars and rays surrounds her head. The frame is grain painted in dark browns and the inner molding is gold leaf.
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Skookum Doll
Skookum Doll. Red; brown; black; green. Wood; wool; hair; cloth. This early male Skookum doll is carved wood with "apple-face" painted red and black. He has carved legs and moccasins, a head band over human hair, a cloth scarf and native wool blanket.
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Railroad Track Walker's Lantern
Railroad Track Walker's Lantern. Black. Metal ; brass; and glass. Lantern has original black paint, heavy side mounts, handle on top, round beveled glass lens, inner cylinder with red and blue green curved glass, silvered tin reflector, and a tin font with a porcelain burner marked "Sherwoods Limited-Trademark Sound."
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Julian Scott Print of Piah
Julian Scott Print of Piah. Green; brown; gray; tan; black; white; pink; red; blue.. Paper; glass; wood. This framed chromolithograph by Julian Scott is signed in the plate, Scott, 91. It is marked, "Eleventh Census of the United States, Robert P. Porter, Superintendent. Indians." It is titled, "Piah, Ute Chief-Colorado, 1891." Native American
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Ink Bottle
Ink Bottle. Aqua. Glass. This double-blown molded ink is in the shape of a cabin with a pen groove on each side of the roof. It has a snapped or crimped top. The rectangular bottom is embossed, Johnson. There is also an embossed J on each side of the roof.
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Tuck Decoration Day Postcard
Tuck Decoration Day Postcard. Multi; gold leaf. Cardstock. This chromolithographed, embossed card is titled, "The bravest are the Tenderest The loving are the daring." It shows an elderly man in uniform holding a young girl. They are wrapped in an American Flag. The reverse is marked, "Raphael Tuck & Sons Decoration Day Series of Post Cards No. 173. Printed in Saxony." It is postmarked 1910.
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Ancient Clay Lamp, Three Wick Openings
Ancient Clay Lamp, Three Wick Openings. Dark gray and sand patina. Fired clay. The lamp is in the shape of a grotesque face and has 3 wick spouts.
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Civil War Map of the War in Virginia from Harper's Weekly
Civil War Map of the War in Virginia from Harper's Weekly . Black; cream. Paper. This original full page map is titled, "Map of the Theatre of the War in Virginia." It also shows parts of Maryland, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. ; THIS IS AN ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING.
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