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Now fully operational from the beautiful Pacific North West, we encourage all to keep a close eye as we unpack posted offerings and continue what will be an ongoing effort of unpacking the collection while taking stock with an eye toward thinning out our accumulation of treasures. After years of seeking out and acquiring all manner of quality antique Americana from simple but seldom surviving items of special interest to historically important treasures, Janet and I look forward to offering the fruits of our years of seeking out such to new and appreciative homes.


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63150-2

Civil War era W. Smith & Son #14 SAIL MAKERS NEEDLE PACKET

This nice original earlier to mid-19th century W. Smith & Son needle packet still contains an original content, maker marked # 14 SAIL MAKERS NEEDLE. A necessary utility to the soldier in the field for repair of heavy shelter half or Sibly tent canvas or leather accoutrement, these heavy steel needles were a staple among entrepreneurial soldiers and sailors who considered them a primary tool as they cut fanciful scrimshaw decorations in beef, whale bone or ivory for trade, sale, or to send back home. A nice original and as found period item with goog evidence of originality with period use and carrying.
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63197

Civil War era SMOKING CAP

A mark of the Victorian genteel , the mid-19th century smoking cap was an especially comforting accessory to many a socially minded officer of the more leisurely geared life of winter camp. A demonstration of individuality with a frequently rich gaudiness, the smoking cap, designed and stitched by loving hands, offered a most popular remembrance from home when shipped to the front. Examples of these highly prized 'camp' or smoking caps may be seen in the more advanced public and private collections with published illustrations appearing in both of Time Life’s Echoes of Glory volumes. This offering is of colorfully hand embroidered black silk with quilted silk lining. The cap is in excellent all original condition yet with the most minimal evidence of age and period use as testimony to originality. A wonderful all original example remaining in fine condition.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63199: historically important ! 1772 ‘HMS Gaspee  Affair’ - colonial American POWDER HORN
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63199

historically important ! 1772 ‘HMS Gaspee Affair’ - colonial American POWDER HORN

From the bowels of our many years of seeking out and accumulating neat stuff, comes this all original period decorated 18th century powder horn. A relic of the pre-Revolutionary War burning of the British warship HMS Gaspee by colonial patriots, thiscommon man’s powder horn is period decorated with ships and bears the scratch engraved period inscription HMS Gaspee and is boldly dated 1772. While our photographs will offer the best description, suffice it to say that with a period lead hole repair that adds rather than detracting from the horn’s charm and lots of good evidence of age and originality, the horn remains in pleasing condition with no cracks or splits and offers an attractive surface with natural age patina. The horn measures approximately 15 ½ inches from the spout around the curve to the butt which offers the name E.BEW. ( We did find a Revolutionary War clothing issue record for a 13th Pennsylvania troop identified simply as ’Bew’ With particulars too extensive to present here a quick internet search of the Gaspee Affair will bring details of the 1772 boarding and burning of the Gaspee as the British vigorously enforced unpopular trade regulations off Rhode Island.) An important remnant of building Colonial resistance in the pre-American Revolution period, this historic powder horn was yielded up years ago at the Brimfield, Massachusetts antique extravaganza where we discovered it laying unrecognized on a dealers table. (Those were the days so fondly remembered by the thousands of antiquers who, three times a year, plauded the fields of Brimfield tables.) 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63177: rare! period shorthand instruction book of the 12th New Hampshire  Hospital Steward
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63177

rare! period shorthand instruction book of the 12th New Hampshire Hospital Steward

Published in 1856 by the Phonographic Institute; Cincinnati, Ohio, this First Edition, First Printing of Benn Pitman’s The Phonographir Reader remains in pleasing condition, complete with no loose, torn, marked up or missing pages yet with some period staining on the covers with clear evidence of age and period handling. A desirable rarity in and of itself as, not only was its author responsible for the Pitman Shorthand method as adopted in the United States, but served as the Recorder for the Lincoln Assassination Military Commission. Responsible for the recording of the trial of the conspirators, Benn Pitman compiled and arranged the trial record for publication. Pitman also served as official stenographer during the Sons of Liberty and Ku-Klux Klan and other period high profile government prosecutions. Of additional interest to the Civil War enthusiast and especially for the New Hampshire in the Civil War collector will be the book plate of T. E. HUNT – GILFORD N. H.. Thomas E. Hunt was a 25 year old, just married, resident of Gilford, New Hampshire when he enlisted and was mustered in on 8/14/1862 as a Private of Co. G of the soon to be hard fought 12th New Hampshire Infantry. Less than a month later he was designated as Regimental Hospital Steward serving the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers in that capacity until mustering out in Richmond, Virginia on June 21, 1865. Per Bartlett’s regimental history, Thomas E. Hunt, who was the brother of the 12th NH Regimental Surgeon, was present at the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff, Port Walthall, Cold Harbor, and Capture of Richmond. He was Chief Steward at Point of Rocks Army General Hospital in 1864 and at Camp Lee Army Hospital at Richmond in 1865.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 6380: 18th early 19th century iron Spectacle Case & Spectacles
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6380

18th early 19th century iron Spectacle Case & Spectacles

A classic pair, best described by our photos, these spectacles remain in pleasing condition with the scarce feature of retaining their original iron pocket case. All original and in nice condition with lots of eye appeal, this offering will fit well in any Revolutionary War / early Americana setting. (Neumann and Kravic’s Collectors Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution) 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63174: Patriotic Lady Cannonier  -  painted LANTERN SLIDE
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63174

Patriotic Lady Cannonier - painted LANTERN SLIDE

Best described here by our illustrations, such wood mounted Magic Lantern slides saw considerable use through the mid 1860’s though the type actually predate the wet plate generated photo slides popular in the Civil War era. This one offers a colorfully hand colored and artist rendered Revolutionary War view of a of a young maiden cannoneer.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 6300: especially desirable! handcrafted – earlier to 19th century 9 pin SKITTLES GAME
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6300

especially desirable! handcrafted – earlier to 19th century 9 pin SKITTLES GAME

This especially nice early handcrafted skittles game is held in its original 11 X 7 7/8 X 3 7/8 inch dovetailed American black walnut, slide-top case and retains its original full complement of 10 pins with 2 game balls of dense lignum vitae wood . The turned pins of a variety of hardwood species from rock maple, pecan, live oak, &c, though each is identical in size and shape very in weight and make the game especially challenging.
Originating in Europe well before the 1700s the game of skittles was a mainstay of English pubs well before immigrating to America where the ten-pin version is now considered a forerunner to modern bowling. Popular in ten, nine and four pin versions both as a parlor game where the pins were set-up in diamond fashion on the wood of carpeted floor, the game of skittles was also played out of doors and was popularly played by children as well as adults. Emanating from a history as an English pub or drinking game, by the time of the American Civil War the game was popularly played in the ten-pin version by common folk and high society alike, indoors and out by children and adults. ( A period example of a skittles game had been on display as part of the period memorabilia of the Jefferson Davis, White House of the Confederacy, home section of the old Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond.)
Equally appropriate to home, pub or Civil War winter camp, this outstanding entirely handmade skittles game offers good evidence of age and period use yet remains in exceptional, all original and period condition. 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63179: vintage macramé covered – Pocket Telescope
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63179

vintage macramé covered – Pocket Telescope

Best appreciated here by our illustrations, this antique three drawer pocket telescope measures 5 inches closed and extends to approximately 14 ¼ inches drawn. In nice original condition with good optics and with a nicely age patinated macrame cover, this vintage telescope will do well in use or in a period display.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63194: Original Patent June 1864 - PHOTO FRAME
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63194

Original Patent June 1864 - PHOTO FRAME

This 6 X 5 1/8 inch enameled sheet metal photography frame remains in excellent all original condition. Retaining its original PATENTED JUNE 22, 1864, this attractive Civil War dated frame will make a wonderful addition to the display of any period albumin or ferrotype image. 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 3218-2: Gettysburg Excavated / Civil War ARTILLERY SHELL FRAGMENT
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3218-2

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.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63207: Bannerman Military Goods – Civil War Cavalry Carbine Socket Display
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63207

Bannerman Military Goods – Civil War Cavalry Carbine Socket Display

Seldom surviving intact as cavalry and Civil War collectors have, dismantled these Bannerman display escutcheons removing the nearly always unissued condition carbine socket for display. Hard to imagine in today’s world of scarcity, Francis Bannerman of Bannerman’s Military Goods acquired an abundance of these carbine sockets when he purchased all manner of left over military paraphernalia from the reconstruction era U. S. government. The harness leather sockets were fashioned into match holder wall displays by plugging one end of the socket with a wooden disk and attaching it with a bit of iron wire to an shield shaped wood plaque. (Though we would discourage it, all easily removeable without damage to the original leather socket.) The display was further embellished with the attachment of issue shako chin strap buttons. Now seldom encountered, a complete original example of an old Bannerman Civil War carbine match holder as was offered in his early 1900s military goods catalogues (even to the typed label on the back) is worthy of preservation over and above the Civil War issue carbine socket.
Likely not required here, but for the sake of the uninitiated the carbine socket was buckled to a saddle strap in a position to accept the muzzle end soldier’s carbine as his weapon was slung on the issue cavalry sling. The leather socket would thus hold the carbine muzzle secure even at full gallop without restricting quick access. 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63169: early 19th century pistol - BALL MOLD
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63169

early 19th century pistol - BALL MOLD

Just the thing if you have one of those little screw off flint lock or early percussion pistols, this approximately .40 caliber ball mold incorporates a spanner for barrel removal for loading. Offered here untouched with a deep chocolate patina, this neat little ball mold will date to the very early 1800s.
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63212

vintage Cannon PULL TOY

Untouched and as found after decades of attic storage, this wooden cannon pull toy offers lots of eye appeal with a pleasing complement of its original gold paint finish with good evidence of age and originality while remaining in pleasing condition. Measure approximately 14 inches in total length and standing about 5 inches from floor to tip of the muzzle, this piece offers will offer an attractive representation of a classic Civil War era toy type. (see: Jefferson Davis home White House of the Confederacy museum collection) A nice addition to any Civil War period display.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63214: Holmes Booth & Hayden Pat. 1885 ANTIQUE Medicinal Dosage Spoon
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Holmes Booth & Hayden Pat. 1885 ANTIQUE Medicinal Dosage Spoon

Of interest to collectors in a variety of categories from early photography daguerreotype plates & cases to mid-19th century lighting and silver plate tableware as well as the medical enthusiast, this 19th century dosage spoon is a product of the versatile Waterbury, Conn. manufacturer Holmes, Booth & Hayden. Best described here by our illustrations, this silver plate, graduated dosage spoon measures approximately 9 inches in length and remains in untouched and excellent condition with an attractive age patina and is boldly marked Holmes Booth & Haydens Pat. 1885 . Founded in 1853 as a manufacturer of photograph cases, lens, daguerreotype silver plates, and other photographic apparatus, the firm name quickly became associated with the 18th century manufacture of oil lamps and lanterns as well as a variety of silver plate tableware. Produced in limited quantity in comparison to their other products, this piece will be a welcome find in a number of 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63171: c. 1870’s  porcelain studs for decorating -  in Original Box.
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63171

c. 1870’s porcelain studs for decorating - in Original Box.

A rare offering for the right collector, this little pasteboard box measures approximately 3 ¼ X 2 7/8 inches, is solid without repair and is dated 1875 through 1879 on its A. Lacroix’s ENAMEL COLORS For Painting on Porcalainperiod label. The box contains a 10 unpainted and as new period studs.
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6367

antique Elk Antler - CRIBBAGE BOARD

Best described here by our photo illustrations, this handmade elk antler cribbage board measures approximately 12 ¼ inches in length and offers a pleasing natural patina as good evidence of age. A nice old gaming item without spending a lot of money. 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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6090

Civil War ARMY HOSPITAL STEWARD SLATE

This small hospital steward or nurse’s marking slate measures approximately 6 ½ X 8 1/2 inches in its dovetailed and pegged joint construction wood frame. The natural slate offers good evidence of period construction methods with the telltale, slightly uneven, surface of earlier to mid1800s hand planed slate sheet. The slate is deeply inscribed BROADWAY LANDING across the top with WARD No.. The reverse side has the roman numeral XIX crudely cut into the wood frame and the name Leon Silsby deeply inscribed into the slate. Both of these are much more crude than the hospital designation on the face of the slate but are clearly period. A rudimentary check produced no hits on Leon Silsby? Broadway Landing Army Field Hospital was situated on the south side of the Potomac River a little more than a mile west of City Point and about four miles from the northern end of the Union trenches before Petersburg. (see: Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War p.266 also PBS / Ken Burns THE CIVIL WAR) We were fortunate enough to acquire a little group of period marking slates some years ago with a small number of similarly marked Broadway Landing slates mixed in among plain examples. Though we have offered them out to collectors over the years keeping a single example for our own collection, we did uncover this offering from the group as we prepared for our recent move from Maine to Washington state. A wonderful item for the Civil War medical 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!

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63156: 19th century chained Iron Drinking Cup
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63156

19th century chained Iron Drinking Cup

This heavy tinned iron drinking cup measures 5 inches across the mouth with a stout iron riveted handle with a permanently attached 4 foot chain of heavy die-struck iron links. Seldom surviving, likely due to the cumbersome chain in conventional use, these so called gang-cups were popularly utilized for drinking water for 19th century work gangs. With use by labor crews, and work gangs of all description their can be little doubt that such would have found a way from the New England logging camp to the Civil War military camp in the South. Classically mid-19th century in design and material, this sturdy drinking cup, chained to a water barrel, would afford a reliable drinking utensil to all without wandering away. . 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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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63128: traveling / pocket - CORKSCREW
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63128

traveling / pocket - CORKSCREW

This traveling utility is reminiscent of a time when the lowly little corkscrew was a must have companion in every gentleman’s pocket, frontiersman’s possible bag or soldier’s haversack. Fashioned from relatively heavy iron for durability yet small and compact for easy carrying, this piece will fit properly in any 19th century personal item grouping. A neat every day utility seldom surviving, this example remains in nice, all original condition.
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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 63168: Unusual period Sheffield – Pewter - Spirits / Medical Flask
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63168

Unusual period Sheffield – Pewter - Spirits / Medical Flask

This unusual donut shaped flask measures approximately 3 ¾ inches in diameter and is marked English Pewter – Sheffield – England and remains in pleasing condition with an unpolished natural patina with good evidence of age and period use.
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