North to Alaska! Alaska Gold Rush relics. Three item group suitable for museum display.
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Iron, 7 1/2” height with full relief decoration of Roman warriors in mounted battle. Particularly animated depiction with a fallen horse and rider in the forefront.
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Wrought iron, 13 3/4” length, with leaf shaped medial ridged blade and opened seam conical socket. The junction with a well forged raised chevron.
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A classic Deep South folk art tradition! 32 3/4” length excluding the handle. The tip reinforced with a wood plug and iron nail.
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Identical to Neumann P.187 #4, right. Cow horn slab sides with brass spine. Three folding blades with graduated spade shaped points which were punched through the skin to create a bleeding wound in order to “lighten the burden on the heart”.
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Superior quality for an officer of means. Brass, delicately made with stylized flower buds at the corners. 2 1/2” width. Crisp with remnants of gold overlay. Cross bar missing.
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Classic blacksmith or cottage industry New England made example with features unique to this type. Lathe turned walnut grip of tool form with plain brass base ferrule.
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5 7/8” blade with long clipped point, unmarked. gutta percha or hard rubber, textured to simulate stag antler on thick tapered tang. Grips slightly shrunk from age.
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Heavy iron and distinctive form probably dating it to the latter part of the period. The attribution taken from the benchmark German work Der Sporn, which illustrates a similar example with hinged side.
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Straight out of Christ’s world! Roman Buff ware cup. First century, Roman. Wheel turned coarse wear, made for use by the working class. 4 1/2” dia., 2 1/2” height on small foot.
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First century A.D., the time of christ! Squat turnip shaped body with thickened edge flared lip. The bottom indented to form a base. A tomb miniature, just 3/4” diameter.
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Original hand scribed identification accompanying 11 excavated pottery fragments from at least three vessels. Largest, a nicely crenelated edge from a jar, about 4 1/2”.
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South central Mexico. The Toltecs preceded the Aztecs. 1” height, buff terra cotta, with features which accord with the Chihuahua.
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Size 7. Plated copper/bronze with narrow band supporting a deeply ribbed compressed conical top mounted with a deep purple “stone” probably glass. Small central chip to the stone, worn over in its working life.
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4 7/8” height. Slightly squat spherical body with slightly angled elongated lip on swelled spout. Small suspension ring with India inked find information.
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Size. 8, silver, nickel or a related alloy. Hand made with sand cast texture to the interior. The surface polished and incised with flower head surrounded by crescent punched borders each side.
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1st century B.C., the Ptolemaic period of Cleopatra. Open face mold made, red terra cotta, polished before firing. 1 1/6” height with full relief beetle in raised edge oval, with integral suspension ring above. Reverse with stylus finish.
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Large size 10 1/2. Narrow band transitioning to radially fluted shoulders, the central segment of each with hand engraved hatched field.
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Bronze. Sand cast under primitive conditions. Narrow band with radially fluted shoulders and four large mounting points gripping a blue “stone” probably glass.
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Small fragment, 1/2” x 2” removed from a mummy.
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Red terra cotta, 3rd-1st century B.C. 2 1/8” height depicting a cherub face with ears pierced for ornaments. Reverse with distinct impression of the potter’s finger. Charming.
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XXVI dynasty, 685-525 B.C. O.60” diameter, finely worked as the disk on integral rectangular base with the top pierced for suspension as a pendant. Excellent with much original glossy polish.
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Red terra cotta, C.1200 B.C. 1.20” height impressed with a figure of Isis with the solar disk seated and holding a staff, producing a positive figure (amulet) 0.8” in height.
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Size 8. Conforming in pattern complete with the incised band below the bezel and the domed yellow gem stone, but differing somewhat in proportions, being deeper and broader below the bezel.
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This example size 9 3/4 with plain narrow band, flaring shoulders and oval bezel with deep stipple engraved band below the edge. Oval domed yellow natural stone, probably citrine.
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Pick form for armor piercing with angled double ringed socket. 6 1/4” length. Oval section blade, slightly tapered with chisel point. Stable green encrustation. Elegant..
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The bronze body cast and hand finished with a net pattern to the shoulders and fluted front and back. Central oval red “stone”, probably glass.
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Opium Wars period, second quarter of the 19th century. 21 7/8” length. Distinct from the decorative examples intended largely for sale to Westerners.
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Size 10 1/4. Likely Confederate and showing very primitive rural manufacture. Base silver band with deeply incised foliage below the bezel.
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Size 10 1/4. Excellent for contemporary wear. Cast brass, the broad shoulders hand engraved to the mid point with hatched panels.
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