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1800s SLATE PENCIL
Not a big deal but a nice companion item to go with Civil War era personal items, period writing instruments or just to lay with an old slate. All original with good age but likely never used. please note: ALL ITEMS ARE CURRENT & AVAILABLE UNLESS MARKED SOLD!! Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques !!
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Victorian era antique - BONE CHESS SET
This attractive turned, hand cut bone chess set is complete and in exceptionally nice as newcondition yet with good evidence of age and originality. The set is housed in its original 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 X 2 3/8 inch dovetail box. A desirable offering to suit a wide variety of collector interest to include antique games and Civil War personal items. (see: Gettysburg Visitor’s Center Civil War Museum collection) 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 ! |
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PAT. 1864 SELF CLOSING MATCH BOX
Heavy cast iron safety match box, this neat little remnant of every day Civil War era life is boldly marked on the cover, Self Closing – for matches & c., Patented Dec. 20, 1864, D. M & Co. A nice example in a desirable size (illustrated here with quarter for size comparison) this example offers remnants of its original black enamel finish and good evidence of age and originality.
An attractive piece for the antique wood stove or country kitchen as well as to the Civil War collector. Don't forget to give our search feature a try for special wants. A simple key word in lower case works best. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
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5 Civil War Cavalry letters: exchanged between Co. D 1st U. S. Dragoons then 18th NY Cav. friends.
This group of five soldier’s letters consists of 4 letters by Sgt. then Lt. Wim. Dubois, a veteran of Co. D 1st U. S. Dragoons now serving in the 18th New York Cavalry, to Friend Solomon O’Rielly (needs research but clearly had some connection to the old Co. D, 1st Dragoons) and one letter on Christian Commission Stationary comes from Sgt. Wm. Shackelford to Solomon O’Rielly. Also a veteran of Co. D 1st Dragoons, Shackelford in now a member of the 18th N. Y. Cavalry but has been hospitalized at Jefferson Barracks by virtue of a gunshot wound for nearly a year. Best described by our photos and a brief synopsis of each, below, the letters are penned in ink and are relatively easy read. All remain in decent condition save one that though complete is torn in half. Dubois’s letters offer a sprinkling of the usual between friends but offers an interesting insight into Cavalryman life in Texas among the deeply pro Confederate population. Other friends of D Co. and the 18th Cavalry are mentioned with salutations passed along. Sgt. George Rork (old Rork) of the 1st Dragoons then 18th Cavalry is mentioned along with the shooting of the 18th’s Capt. Nowlan (Henry James Nowlan) by a local desperado. (Lt. Dubois seems quite contrary to life in Texas except for the abundance of plenty of Mexican girls.) Sgt. Shackelford’s letter on Christian Commission stationary from Jefferson Barrack’s Hospital may be a favorite of this group as it is penned in light blue ink in a pleasing hand and is devoted almost entirely to a lament of the recent loss of President Abraham Lincoln
#1 January 18, 1865 - La Fourche, La. : Sgt. Wim. Dubois to "Friend Sol" (Solomon O’Rielly needs research) : Has been out on scout for the last two weeks and just returned to this place. Reports on the wellbeing of mutual friend Wim. Shackelford who is not doing well laying in hospital so long (We learn in another of these letters that their friend had been shot). Dubois encourages Sol to write their ailing friend Sergt. William Shackelford at Ward C Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Advises that old Rork is well and wishes to be remembered. ( Geo. Rork Co. G 18th N.Y. Cavalry, like Dubois and Shackelford, had prior service in D Co. 1st U. S. Dragoons) It is clear that Solomon O’Rielly was a veteran of D Co. as well as Dubois inquires of him if he had heard anything from the old Co. (additional general interest content)
#2 March 4,1865 – Kennerville, La.: Lt. Wim. Dubois to "Friend Sol" (Solomon O’Rielly needs research) : Advises "Sol" he has received a commission to 2nd Lt. mentions mutual friend George Rock again and advises that he has made Sargent. Received a letter from Shackelford and advises that "it has been eleven months today since he was shot". "That is a good while to lay in a hospital" says Dubois. He expresses doubt as to the optimism of his friend that "the war is almost over". "There will be a good deal of hard fighting yet" exclaims Dubois penning his opinion that the "Rebs will have to be well whipped". He advises of a buildup of Union troops in the area and rumors of an impending "expedition". He expects that "Mobile is the place".
#3 April 24, 1865 – Jefferson Barracks Hospital, Missouri (on U. S. Christian Commission stationary) : Sgt. Wim. Shackelford to Solomon O’Rielly : The long hospitalized Sgt. Shackelford expresses distress at the death of Abraham Lincoln "all the world will mourn him" writes Shackelford. "We all looked to him as a father; a heavy blow to our country exclaims. The obviously distraught wounded Cavalryman expresses his pleasure at the letter he has received from his friend Solomon yet devoted the majority of his letter mourning the loss of the President. He does mention Dubois and pleasure at receiving a letter from Sgt. Geo. Rock. Sgt. Shackelford closes with assurance that my wound is about healed up.
#4 Aug. 24, 1865 - San Antonio, Texas : Lt. Wim. Dubois to ‘Friend Sol’ (Solomon O’Rielly needs research) : Has been on the move and now has been in San Antonio about ten days; We came from New Orleans, La. to this place by land and a long march it has been. Lt. Dubois reports that There are a good many troops in this state and at present, what they are going to do with us is more than I can say. He advises that the talk is that we are going to Mexico to fight the French. Seems to like the place in general though all are eager for discharge. Plenty of Mexican girls here says he. As always remembers mutual friends Rock and Shackelford.
#5 April 1, 1866 San Antonio Springs, Texas : Lt. Wim. Dubois to ‘Friend Sol’ (Solomon O’Rielly needs research) The Lieutenant’s opinion of Texas seems to have waned somewhat since his arrival in August of 1865. Still laying in this old camp doing nothing of any impotence. Dull says he though they did have some excitement recently when Capt. Nowlan of the 18th NY Cavalry was shot by a local desperado. The people in this state with few exceptions are as much rebels now as they ever was. For my part I would rather fight them than to try and live in peace and hear them curse the Yankees every day. The very worst Rebels here get the best deals. Lt. Dubois writes of a corral master in the place that is paid $100.00 a month who was Captain of a band of gorillas. The man boasts of the number of Yankees that he and his band murdered. Dubois writes of a dispute with the man over retrieval of horses from x-gorilla Captain’s corral. I hit him over the head with a six-shooter and fetched him to his knees. The fallen Reb soon threatened that he would shoot our Lt. Dubois next time he saw him but the Lieutenant advises that there is little danger.
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5651 |
Mid to late 1800s antique hard rubber – CIGAR HOLDER
We have rediscovered a small number of antique hard rubber cigar holders acquired years ago when such neat items showed themselves from defunct lodge and G.A.R. hall cleanouts. Offered here individually priced for the collector / tobacciana enthusiast who would like one. We have used a quarter here for size comparison. These old hard rubber holders are, despite their obvious age, in new, unused condition and came from the final cleanout of the BOSWORTH MEMORIAL Post #2 G. A. R. which had been located in Portland, Maine.
One of the last of the functioning Grand Army of the Republic halls in Maine, I remember watching the historic old building fall to the wrecking ball in the 1960s. Maine collectors since then, we have been fortunate to acquire a number of Maine in the Civil War and Maine Veteran treasures since that time. 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! :
If you have an interest in neat Civil War period things or Maine in the time, you may enjoy our museum site at:
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5574 |
post Civil War cased 6th plate NURSE TINTYPE
Our photographs will speak best for this crisp cased 6th plate tintype. A nice item for the medical collector, this image dates in the later 1860s through the early to mid 1870s. A nice Indian Wars / Western Frontier era piece for enthusiasts of that period. Don't forget to give our search feature a try for special wants. A simple key word in lower case works best. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques !! |
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post Civil War Military Issue Sharps 50/70 Conversion combination tool
Photographed here with a quarter for size comparison is a scarce military issue combination screwdriver for the Indian War era Sharps 50 / 70 cartridge conversion. The piece remains in excellent untouched and all original condition retaining its period blue – black military finish. (see: Shaffer, Rutledge & Dorsey GUN TOOLS HISTORY & IDENTIFICATION) A nice companion piece for the early post Civil War cartridge conversion carbine or cartridge box. 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!
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5645 |
Victorian era HORN KNITTING NEEDLE PROTECTORS
Illustrated here with a quarter for size comparison our photos will do best to describe these nice early carved horn needle protectors except to advise that the set remains in excellent condition with no cracks or chips and remains all original and as found even to include the original silk ribbon. An estate sale recovery found nestled away in a period sewing basket. The classic earlier to mid 19th century deer hoof design with original natural hide application will set these off in any period sewing grouping. A nice sewing collectable. Don't forget to give our search feature a try for special wants. A simple key word in lower case works best. |
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Late 1700s-early 1800s Colored Iron Framed SPECTACLES
Untouched and as found, this exceptional pair of spectacles feature non-corrective green lenses in their original late 18th early 19th century iron wire frames. Seasoned collectors will appreciate the retention of original fire blue finish on the old iron frames. (The process of tempering by heating and quenching the delicate wire frames offered additional strength and gave the iron a dark blue / black finish. 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! |
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5809 |
Original! later 19th century tin MESS PLATE
Measuring just over 10 inches in diameter with impressed CPB CO this nice old mess plate was die struck from tinned sheet iron. Eminating from some long forgotten biscuit company, we have been told the Central Paciffic Biscuit Co., but have not been able to verrify that? With good evidence of age and period use yet remaining in pleasing condition, this tin mess plate will do well with any mid 1800s, very early 1900s mess grouping. (Use the key word mess in our search feature to locate companion tin mess gear.) 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! :
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original c. 1840 – HOLLIS BLACK INK / For Steel or Quill Pens - broadside
An attractive item for the country store or writing instrument enthusiast, this original circa 1840 broadside is printed on one side for posting and measures 10 ¼ X 6 ¾ inches promoting Boston Apothecary and Chemist, Thomas Hollis’s (see Mexican War through Civil War era Boston Business Directories) BLACK WRITING INK for steel or quill pens Remaining in excellent original condition with no rips tears or repairs, there is some age staining that could be easily removed by proper restoration methods but we would leave the piece as is. With lots of eye appeal and a good size for display, this scarce old advertising broadside will set in well in any number of period collectable categories. 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!
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Bangs, Merwin & Co. – 1875 AUCTION CATALOGUE - Americana /Local & Civil War Histories
All original and complete with no condition issues save period pencil notes of prices and page folds at the lower right corners that may be easily ironed out, this original Bangs, Merwin, & Co. book auction catalogue offers 19 pages with 263 lots of early through mid 1800s Americana, Local Histories & Rebellion volumes. A well-known auction house to early and current collectors of fine Americana books the Bangs family managed the longest-lasting New York book-auction firms of 19th-century remaining in the business from 1837 to 1930. A nice remnant of early book collecting and a valuable reference. please note: ALL ITEMS ARE CURRENT & AVAILABLE UNLESS MARKED SOLD!! Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques !!
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5793 |
Quart - Stoneware Beer Bottle
More common in the smaller 12 oz size, this pleasing approximately quart size, mid 1800s stoneware bottle, remains in excellent condition with no chips or cracks, good evidence of age and even retains remnants of the period foil seal around the neck. The bottle stands approximately 10 inches and is about 3 5/8 inches in diameter. A nice Civil War display item as seen in any number of period military camp scenes. 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! : |
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Original Civil War - REGIMENTAL NUMERALS & LETTERS
We have a small stock of original Civil War vintage regimental numerals (#1) and letters (I and C and are offering them priced individually for the insignia collector who would like one for display or for that special uniform cap. These are the 1 inch die struck sheet brass type with single loop fastener. (Use key word letters or numerals in our search to find other examples.) Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques !
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5762 |
Civil War era Lady’s Hard Rubber CHAIN & PENDANT
All original and period, this 21 inch hard rubber ladies neck and cross pendant remain in pleasing to the eye with no cracks, chips or other condition issues and with that nice dark chocolate patina that comes to this material with honest age and originality. A nice lady’s accessory for the period hard rubber enthusiast , mourning jewelry collector or simply for a lady who would appreciate an original Civil War piece to wear. 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!
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Antebellum SLAVE SERVANT’S - WILMINGTON & WELDON RAIL ROAD TICKET
Complete and entirely original is this COLORED SERVANT’S TICKET issued by WILMINGTON & WELDON RAIL ROAD Co. for ONE SEAT FROM WILMINGTON, N.C., to NEW YORK . The ticket measures approximately 17 ½ x 4 5/8 inches wide printed on one side only on yellow newspaper type stock . With a small chip of the upper left corner and some period horizontal folds (all visible in our illustrations) the ticket remains entirely original with no rips, tears, separations, repairs or stains. The top section of the ticket provides space for the ticket holder’s Name, Color, Age, Height, Marks,Owner’s Name and With whom traveling. The ticket was printed by the Daily Journal Job Office, Wilmington, N.C.. The ticket provides for nine transfers necessary for rail travel from Wilmington, North Carolina to New York, the appropriate section to be cut from the ticket and retained by a rail road agent at each transfer site.
Well known to American Rail Road enthusiasts, antique collectors, antebellum South and Civil War collector / historians, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad was, at the time of its completion in 1841, the longest railroad in the world. A key Confederate resource throughout the American Civil War, students of the Union siege of Petersburg will be familiar with the part taken by the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road in that action. An outstanding Americana collectable, this offering will frame up nicely or will lay in to enhance any number of collectable categories.
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Original and as found! Civil War vintage CAMP COOKING OUTFIT
Our photos should offer the best description of this desirable period cooking outfit, so suffice it to say here that it consists of a large bail handle camp cook pot that stands approximately 10 ¼ inches not including the bail, and is 11 inches in diameter. This master pot houses a complement of seven pieces of period mess gear. All components are original to the period and except the forged iron skillet, are crafted from tinned sheet iron, lead soldered and iron riveted, in the classic fashion of the Civil War era tin-smith. The content of the master cook pot consists of a forged black iron hanging skillet, a large 6 inch diameter cook / eating tin with cup handle, a tin drinking cup / dipper, an issue size tin boiler / cup with lid, a condiment tin with lid for flower or cornmeal and an oval lidded cook or storage tin for salt pork or what have you and finally a shaker for salt, cinnamon &c. A wonderful display item common in the period but nearly always broken up and seldom found intact. 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! :
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Pat. 1860 Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Co. MESS SET
With good remnants of the old LAMSON & GOODNOW MFG. Co. – PATENTED MARCH 6. 1860 markings on the knife blade this bone mounted knife and fork set was made by the forerunner to Lamsom, Goodnow & Yale who held Union arms contracts during the Civil War for manufacture of the 'L.G. & Y' rifled musket. A matching set, each piece with attractive age colored bone grips pinned to tapered shanks. Bone mountings remain solid with a single shrinkage crack along the bottom side of the fork grip as evidence of age and period use.
A simple remnant of Civil War era daily life, matching sets seldom survived. ALL ITEMS ARE CURRENT & AVAILABLE UNLESS MARKED SOLD!! Thanks for visiting our catalog!!
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original ! 18th century bronze SHOE BUCKLES
All in fine original condition after decades of local attic storage, this pair of 1700 very early 1800s bronze shoe buckles measure approximately 2 7/16 inches by 1 3/8 inch wide. With that eye appealing natural age color that comes to bronze only with time, these wonderful old buckles clearly saw little period use as evident by the crisp corners and bold hand tool marks of the period maker. (see: COLLECTOR'S ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Newmann & Kravic ) 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! |
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Original Civil War – one piece / two digit - REGIMENTAL NUMERALS
Ordinarily not a big deal individually but when integral with each other as one, these die struck regimental numbers are of special interest as they were made for a specific regiment rather than using separate individual numbers to make up the two digit regimental designation. We have a small stock of original Civil War vintage one piece regimental numerals in numbers 12, 58, 64 and 70 and are offering them priced by the individual set for the insignia collector or specific regiment enthusiast who would like one for display or for that special uniform cap. These difficult to find double numerals measure ¾ inch high and are of die struck sheet brass, un-used and period, in fine condition with the original attachment wires. A nice find, just let us know the number you wish when ordering. 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! :
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