The bottom of the page are the printing credits: gedruckt bey Anton Schmid h.k. priv. und N.O. Landschaft; deutsch und orientalischeir...
It certainly looks like you have a Walter Corey (1840s-1850s) rocker with the stenciled logo still legible. The seat curves up in the back and the...
I'm not sure, but don't believe pistols were universally issued to enlisted soldiers. Pistols were probably issued to the cavalry. If an enlisted...
THose hats might a type of "Campaign hats." They were used from the Civil War to WWII with minor changes made from time to time. The front of the...
Good luck on getting a sig. from Tulane. They may come through for you, but may take a few weeks. I also have no idea on Grange, but it looks more...
To show examples of other Victorian star baby rings. I'm not saying yours isn't a baby ring. If anything I thought it might be added evidence that...
Here are a slew of supposedly Victorian star baby rings: https://www.etsy.com/listing/228432321/antique-10k-rose-gold-simulated-garnet...
I agree the brooch is a bud. Here is another elongated bud brooch by Jomaz. It is decorated differently with pave, but same shape....
I just did a quick search on the name M.C. Pierson. Surprise, surprise, I found one in Louisiana in the right timeframe. It was a Mary Catherine...
Good find, yourturn! I had never heard of a flag for the Southern Congress. Before reading all the replies in this thread, I found a CSA *.pdf...
Here are some s & p shakers from the same company or era with the multitude of holes....
You're welcome, Terry. At that moment I had that particular Thuro at my elbow because of Sharon's lamps making it no trouble to do a quick peek to...
> I received the Sherwood book on Friday, yea!! < I'm sorry, I didn't reply sooner! I missed seeing this latest posting of yours. Delighted you...
This is probably the same publication listed on the WorldCat website: http://www.worldcat.org/title/edgewood-arsenal-edgewood-md/oclc/14935731...
I believe this is a Victorian ivory dance card....
>thanks a million< You're quite welcome. That "Kings Crown" is different from most lamps with that pattern. Most oil lamps called "Kings Crown"...
Terry, this is a footed hand lamp in the "Ruffled Bullseye" pattern. It is also listed/pictured in Thuro's Oil Lamps I, Section: "Lamps 1900-,"...
Sharon, found the 2nd lamp, the one on the right. It is Teardrop with Eyewinker with Plume Font. The stem is Teardrop with Eyewinker. It is...
mysharon, the lamp on the left with the stained font. is Kings Crown. It is pictured in Thuro's Oil Lamps I, Section: "United States Glass...
Not in Wright's Hallmarks of the Southwest. --- Susan
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