desirable excavated - Civil War ID DISK / CORPS DEVICE RELIC A most unusual two piece remnant silver spoon, flattened to form a thin silver sheet from which a disk has been cut. A common make do to make a corps badge or identification disk, this rare recovery of both discarded pieces of such a project was recovered at a Union camp excavation near Fredericksburg. This fragment from a common soldier’s life will make a wonderful addition to lay in with the finest of corps badge collections or to set with a single piece as a rare original example of the use of a silver spoon for such a purpose. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!


Manufacturer: hand made American antique  

Civil War FULL PLATE Tintype - Bvt. Brig. General Robert N. Adams - 81st Ohio Infantry Best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal, this period hand painted, whole plate tintype, depicts Bvt. Brig. General Robert Newton Adams earlier in the Civil War as Captain Co. C 81st Ohio Infantry. The photo is identifiable by google AI photo search, a copy of which will come with the image. { Drag tintype facial closeup (see site 2nd image) into the google photo search box then click AI Mode.}
Civil War Union Bvt. Brig. Gen, Robert N. Adams first entered his Civil War service when he enlisting in the 20th Ohio (Three-Month) Volunteer Infantry on April 18, 1961 and was mustered in as a Private in Company B. He was mustered out on August 18, 1861 when his enlistment expired. Shortly after that he received a commission as a Captain of Volunteers, and was mustered in as Captain in command of Company C, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 30, 1861. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel before the year was out (December 1, 1861), his regiment went on to fight in the Battles of Shiloh and Corinth, in operations in northern Alabama, and in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign. He was promoted to Colonel on August 8, 1864 and was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services during the war". He was mustered out on July 13, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Illustrated here in our main view in its period mat and walnut frame (to include period original wavy glass) as well as raw and out of its mount to better show off detail, this scarce 6 ½ X 8 ½ inch whole plate tintype will make a pleasing addition to any quality Civil War photo collection and will be of special interest to the Ohio Civil War collector. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!



 

unusual - Civil War Canteen Variant Best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal, this unusual canteen is patterned after the US Model 1858 smooth side with the exception that it features a soldered on circular reinforcement on each side. Crudely soldered but otherwise well made, the canteen measures 7 5/8 inches in diameter. Unusually crude soldering in combination with its cast pewter, higher and smaller bore than usual, flanged at the mouth spout are all indicative of potential Confederate manufacture. (see: Sylvia & O’Donnell - Civil War Canteens 1st edition pages 81 & 82 ) Remaining in untouched, as used condition, this canteen remains in most pleasing condition while offering a period indentation on one side as evidence use. A desirable addition to any Civil War grouping. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!



 

Civil War vintage - Meriden Britannia Company - Pat. 1861- WIRE REINFORCED SPOON Definitely a specialty item for the deep dish mess enthusiast or tableware collector, this Meriden Britannia Company spoon remains in excellent condition and though unmarked as to maker is clearly identifiable as a ’M.B.Co’ patented Feb. 26 1861 spoon by design and the mark of a wire end in the handle edge indicative to the patented application of a cast in internal wire reinforcement. The most significant of several improvement patents utilized by the Connecticut manufacturer, upon close inspection by the educated eye, the clip of the wire end on the side of the spoon handle (see patent drawing) identifies spoons made by M.B. Co. in the period, with or without the {PAT'D FEB.26.61} or maker’s marking. ( A Google search for artdesigncafe.com/g-i-mix-co-designs-history will offer the original parent drawing and description.) Not a big deal but it should also be noted that the spoon bears the period owner’s initials E D faintly scratch engraved on the handle back.
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original Colonial / Revolutionary War era British Tariff marked BONE DICE Measuring 7/16 of an inch square, we have the advantage of being able to date the period of these hand cut bone dice to the British Stamp Act of 1765 by virtue of the original CROWN& < B> G. R. remaining on each of the pair. Required by British export law which mandated a tax be levied on the import of various goods to include all gambling and gaming items, exported bone dice to America were die stamped with the British Crown over GR (King George III). Red ink applied in the stamping was quickly worn away from use leaving only the faintest Crown & G R impression. Accordingly, identifiable examples are infrequently encountered today. This all original period pair remain in pleasing condition demonstrating all the characteristics of period hand cut bone gaming pieces. Each die offers the faint from period handling but clearly recognizable upon close inspection CROWN over G.R. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

exceptional condition! 19th century japanned tin – SPICE BOX This unusually nice condition spice box is an American kitchen classic with most popular use beginning in the Civil War era and extending through the 1870s. Measuring 8 inches in diameter and containing a full complement of six japanned, gold stenciled spice tins all remaining in exceptional original condition, this example represents the generally hard used classic in rarely encountered near unused condition while offering good evidence of untouched age and originality. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

Civil War Reconstruction / Indian War era beaver – G. W. Simmons & Son. - Shako We’ll depend on our photo illustration to provide the physical description of this attractive Reconstruction era shako except to advise that it remains in pleasing and complete condition while offering good evidence of age and originality. This beaver shako retains its early style 2 inch wide split leather sweat band with the maker label of G. W. Simmons & Son. Military Regalia and Firemen’s Goods OAK HALL 32 to 38 North Street, Boston , with original infantry chin strap buttons and plate. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

Rare! Pat, 1853 Day’s CLAVICAL SPLINT Best known for his patented wooden surgical splints, Dr. Almiron M. Day patented several splint designs in the 1850s through the mid-1860s, including arm, leg, shoulder and collarbone splint designs for the purpose of immobilizing injuries. All widely adopted by Union Army surgeons, Dr. Day’s splints were used extensively in the army hospitals during the Civil War. A notable innovation in Civil War-era battlefield medicine and now prized by collectors and historians alike, examples of Dr. Day’s splints are on display at the National Civil War Medical Museum in Frederick, Maryland, and the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ( see also: Dammann’s ’Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment.’ The subject Day’s surgical clavicula or shoulder splint was constructed of wood with brass fittings ( marked A. M. DAY’S PATENT JULY 5, 1853 BENNINGTON VT. ) and cotton fastening straps, all complete. functional and as used with good evidence of period use while remaining in pleasing condition . Un touched and left as found, pure and as set aside decades ago, this offering is best described by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal. A seldom found example this unusual splint is much rarer than other Day’s types and will certainly be an important addition to a Civil War display or any 19th Century Medical display. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!


 

Gettysburg Excavated / Civil War ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT Years ago when we first started attending the larger Civil War shows in the South, enthusiastic diggerswould bring wooden boxes filled with excavated treasures for sale or trade to fellow enthusiasts. I found most of these folks had a depth of knowledge and commitment to history that brought the content of their relic filled boxes to a special level. Now and again I would pick out a treasure that was of particular interest to me, usually something with a tag on it or a group of things of known origin, and bring my find back to Maine where it would ultimately get set aside in storage with our accumulation of stuff. In that accumulation we have a small number of artillery bolt fragments collected just prior to the July 1938 Gettysburg Reunion and are offering each individually priced for the collector who would like an authentic Gettysburg relic without spending a ton of money. The relics came to us in a small wooden box that had been in the Mountfort G. A. R. Post in Brunswick, Maine; the home Post of Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain. On the lid of the box was the period identification as Confederate relics gathered during preparation for the July 1913 Gettysburg Great Reunion. Though the old wire hinged pine box with a piece or two of its’ content has long since passed, we did have the foresight to save an image of the pine box and its’ paper label to go with the relics we kept for ourselves. Our note with a photo of the old relic box, its’ label and origin from the Mountfort G. A. R. Post will come your the shell fragment to preserve its’ history. A neat original Battle of Gettysburg relic and remembrance of what was to be the last joint reunion of Union and Confederate veterans.
 

Dr. Francis Lord collection – Civil War vintage California Artillery Zouaves - UNIFORM DEVICE Best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal, this period California Artillery Zouaves CAZ militia uniform device was acquired by us several years ago when we were fortunate enough to purchase several groupings from the personal collection of our longtime friend, Dr. Francis Lord. Part of a patchwork of militia units formed across California during Civil War the California Artillery Zouaves, also known as Company B, 1st Artillery Regiment, the CAZ were based in San Francisco and active in the California State Militia from 1862 performing ceremonial duties, public drills, and local defense until shortly after the Civil War. ( They maintained detailed muster rolls, election returns, and correspondence archived at the California State Archives A pioneer Civil War collector from a day when nearly no one else paid much attention to the details of many now valued Civil War collectable categories, Lord authored the widely known, multi volume, reference, Lord’s CIVIL WAR COLLECTORS ENCYCLOPEDIA. While a lot of detailed knowledge has been gained as the interest and value of Civil War collectibles increased so dramatically over the years, Dr. Lord’s pioneer first and second volumes in particular and his Civil War Sutlers & Their Wares continue to offer valuable and reliable reference to Civil War collectors. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

Confederate Navy identified: c.1852 New American Practical Navigator With lots of good evidence of period use and some age foxing and light staining, this 1852 edition of The New American Practical Navigator by Nathaniel Bowditch remains complete in its 458 pages with the additional page of advertisements and fold out chart all with no tears or repairs. On the inside front cover is the small period stationers label of J. S. Kellogg DEALER IN Books & Stationary, Mobile, Alabama. On the flyleaf a the bold period brown ink signature J. D. Johnston with a pencil notation: C.S.S. Tennessee. Well accounted for in such early histories as DeLeon’s Navies in War and the Confederate Navy in the War Between the States and such as Addresses Delivered Before the Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah by United Confederate Veterans, Georgia Division and the Official Records of the Confederate Navy, James D. Johnston is recorded as Commander Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from Oct. 4, 1863; Comm. C. S. S. Baltic 1861-63. Johnston was second in command of the iron clad ram C. S. S. Tennesseeunder Admiral Buchanan at the Battle of Mobile Bay where he was captured Aug.5 1864; prisoner at Ft. Warren; exchanged, Oct. 18, 1864; Mobile Station, 1864-65; surrendered May 4, 1865; paroled May 10, 1865. (Note: Capt. Johnston’s Confederate Navy sword is housed in the Hargrett Manuscripts Library Museum, University of Georgia; col:# ms508(m).) We found an 1896 obituary account as follows: J. D. Johnston died at Savannah, Ga., age 98; he is said to have been the surviving ranking officer of the Confederate Navy and the senior ranking officer by date of commission of the old United States Navy. Previous to the Civil War Johnston served in the U. S. Navy as Midshipman 30 June 1832; Passed Midshipman 23 June 1838; Lt. 34 June 1843. He resigned to join the Confederacy 10 April 1861. A neat item for the Confederate States Navy enthusiast. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession as published in 1850 The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession by George Hillard was published in wraps in 1850. Consisting of 47 pages and containing an address delivered by the author before the Mercantile Library Association in which he discusses the responsibilities and risks associated with the business profession, emphasizing the importance of integrity, diligence and ethical behavior. A rare and informative look at business practices in the mid-19th century, this original publication remains in excellent condition in every respect while offering good evidence of originality and careful period handling. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

Civil War vintage - Meriden Britannia Company - Pat. 1861- WIRE REINFORCED SPOON Definitely a specialty item for the deep dish mess enthusiast or tableware collector, this ’M.B.Co’ Meriden Britannia Company spoon remains in excellent condition offering M.B. Co. maker marking and the mark of a wire end in the handle edge indicative to the patented application of a cast in internal wire reinforcement. The most significant of several improvement patents utilized by the Connecticut manufacturer, upon close inspection by the educated eye, the clip of the wire end on the side of the spoon handle (see patent drawing) identifies spoons made by M.B. Co. in the period, with or without the {PAT'D FEB.26.61} or maker’s marking. ( A Google search for artdesigncafe.com/g-i-mix-co-designs-history will offer the original parent drawing and description.)
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antique sand cast - Robert E. Lee DOORSTOP Patterned after the well-known wartime photo of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee taken in the Richmond, Virginia studio of Vannerson & Jones, this cast iron doorstop is reminiscent of the turn of the century casting by the John Wright Co. (founded in the 1880’s) yet a close examination of this piece reveals a crudeness with pronounced cast marks not found with the finer Wright Co. examples. We believe this piece is either an early pre-production example of the John Wright, Lee doorstop or a much earlier sand casting taken from the 1863 Richmond pose and rendered by an entirely different foundry. Standing approximately 7 ½ inches the figure offers a natural age patina as it was acquired in a Virginia estate some twenty years past. Upon the closest examination, a few tiny flex of black enamel show that the piece was originally painted. A bit of an enigma but whether a very early pre-production casting by John Wright or (wouldn’t we like to think so) a war time casting inspired by the Richmond photographer’s image of General Lee, this old cast iron doorstop is deserving of a new home as we clear away some of our many years accumulation. Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
 

Patent 1856 MECHANICAL APPLE PEELER Referred to in the period as an apple parer, this neat early cast iron mechanical kitchen appliance is boldly marked PATENTED JUNE 17 & DEC. 16, 1856 / TURN TABLE APPLE PARER / MFG. BY LOCKEY & HOWLAND. Though it is missing a tooth in the fly gear (see illustration) the piece seems to be totally functional and will make a nice display piece for the enthusiast of Civil War era mechanical items. As with all direct sales, we are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with refund of the purchase price upon return as purchased! Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques !



Manufacturer: Lockey & Howland