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19th century amber Chloroform Dripper
A medical / surgical relic from a time when chloroform was administered by hand utilizing a specially designed dripper bottle and a cloth over the nose and mouth. (In a search of our personal collection / museum site at MaineLegacy.com you will find an account of how Gettysburg Artillerist, Col. Freeman McGilvery was killed by an overdose of chloroform during simple surgery for a wound of the thumb.) This little dripper stands approximately 4 3/8 inches including the stopper. Remaining in pleasing condition with no chips or cracks, this seldom seen dripper will make a nice addition to any quality medical / surgical grouping.
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Civil War U. S. Marine – STREIGHT Razor
Another treasure from our 50 plus years of scouring the country side for such things, this Civil War period bone mounted maker marked ‘Southern & Richardson DON CUTLERY WORKS’ straight razor is offered untouched and just as it was picked some years ago at a New Hampshire flea market. (Those were the days!) Best described here by our photos as to condition and eye appeal the bone grips are crudely scratch engraved with the sir name Woolley U. S. Ship Galena and the word ’Chios’. While our research came up wanting as to ’Chios’ (could simply be a misspelling) of the name Woolley is very specific as only one Civil War Navy example is listed in database records and he was Pvt. Robert Woolley a 21 year old Barrington, New Hampshire resident who mustered in on September 19, 1864 as a substitute in the US Marine Corps. Listed in the Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65 as deserted on 9/16/1867 at Portsmouth, NH, Pvt. Woolley is recorded as Missing at Fort Fisher in one January 1865 Marine Corps record we found? (see: https://www.fold3.com/image/719151277?rec=672328174) Good fodder for additional research, this appealing old straight razor will make a nice addition to any Civil War personal item grouping and will be of special interest to the Marine Corps and Fort Fisher enthusiast .
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19th century artillerist - Decorated Tobacco Pipe
An attractive addition to any tobacciana, antique personal item or 1800s military theme grouping, this hand painted porcelain tobacco pipe will be best described here by our illustrations except to advise that it remains in excellent original condition while offering good evidence of age and originality. The German porcelain bowl and connector are both without chips or cracks and the original 16 inch cherry wood stem with mouthpiece remain in excellent condition. An especially nice item for the vintage artillery 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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especially nice - 19th century Artillery Sergeant CHEVRONS
Best described here by our photos suffice it to say this striking pair of wool felt and bullion tape Sergeant of Artillery stripes remain in excellent condition with bright color while offering good evidence of age, period use and originality.
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Lady with ‘Red-Coats’ - 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 chatting with British soldiers.
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well period used – Indian Wars era Cavalry Bugle
An especially appealing instrument with its unusually heavy construction and well used battle scarred appearance, this attractive old bugle measures 11 3/4 inches from bell to its unusual period composition mouthpiece and is totally unmarked as to origin or maker. Quickly appealing for its stout construction and obviously heavy period use, closer inspection leaves one wishing it could speak to its history as it remains untouched with a rich natural age patina over all surfaces and every bump bruise and scar. An outstanding complement to any period military 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!
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63329 |
vintage Apothecary Beaker
An attractive addition to any Civil War medical grouping, this apothecary measure stands ?? inches and remains in excellent original condition with crisp acid etched numbers and no chips, cracks or other condition issues. 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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Civil War vintage- 6th Maine Battery Mounted Artillery - Horse Collar Hames
Best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal suffice it to say this6th Me Bat branded hames horse collar fixture is fashioned from white ash wood with black iron strapping and harness fixtures (note distinctively period square nuts), measures 26 inches from tip to tip and remains in pleasing original condition. Acquired some years ago accompanied by the 6th Battery field desk, this remnant of the hard fought Maine Light Artillery Battery has been set aside with our personal stuffsince.(see: MaineLegacy.com pages 31 through 35 for a small sampling) A bit traumatic as we seldom offer things from the collection but alas time marches on. A note for the uninitiated: The Hames horse collar fixture surrounded the heavily padded leather collar and was affixed with iron fixtures to accommodate harness reins and traces.
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c.1863 Gen. U. S. Grant Family CDV
Best described here as to condition by our photo illustrations, this Grant family CDV remains in pleasing condition as it depicts Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gathered with his family. Rendered in 1863, this photo captures (left to right) Ellen ‘Nellie’ Wrenshall Grant, Gen. Grant, Jesse Root Grant, Frederick Dent Grant, Mrs. Julia Dent Grant and middle son Ulysses "Buck" Simpson Grant Jr.
By all accounts a doting, devoted father, Ulysses and Julia Grant had four children, three boys and a girl, with elder sons Frederick and Ulysses Jr., attending West Point and Harvard. Later the youngest, Jesse, ran about the White House giving President Grant much-needed cheer. Daughter Ellen,Nellie, was married at the White House in 1874. [ see: NellieGrant bronze cannon / www.MaineLegacy.com page 5 ]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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63315 |
Civil War import Lorenz Rifle – combination SCREW DRIVER
This Civil War import combination screwdriver features a 3 5/8 inch long walnut grip with iron ferrule and was designed to accept a double ended driver blade especially designed to properly fit the thin slotted hammer and utility screws used in many of the earlier to mid-1800 muskets. Originally issued with the Austrian Mod.1854 Lorenz, these handy accoutrements found their way to this continent in limited numbers as they accompanied what was considered one of the better Civil War import arms used by both Union and Confederate. 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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63322 |
Fine condition! MABIE TODD & CO - Patent 1877 gold nibbed – Dipping Pen
Set here with a period quarter for size comparison, this attractive No3 MABIE TODD & CO PAT AUG 14 77 marked dipping pen measures 5 7/8 inches in length to include its original tapered shank gold nib. All original and in fine condition this eye catching ink pen will make a nice addition laid out with a period document, letter, journal or simply displayed with a period ink stand or desk. 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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63326 |
Early production August Buermann - Hand Forged Eureka Spurs
Offered here in eye appealing as found and as used condition is this pair of early Augustus Buermann hand forged sheet iron spurs. A staple of the old west, appreciated for their affordability and prized for their comfort and durability, the Buermann tin-belly Eureka Style Spur was once the most popular among 1870s working cowboys. The first commercial offering by German immigrant and American Civil War veteran Augustus Buermann (Co. B 9th New Jersey Infantry) these early hand forged so-called tin belly spurs saw heavy use in the period tending to be used up and eventually cast aside leaving a precious few matched pairs surviving. This all original pair remain in sound unmolested condition demonstrate that desirable natural age patina and evidence of period wear that collector / historians covet. 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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44th Mass Veteran - Horstmann Brothers & Co. - G.A.R. FROCK
Another offering from our fifty plus years of seeking out all manner of 18th and 19th century treasures with a personal interest in Maine Civil War (see: Maine Legacy .com) and Little Round Top Gettysburg related material, we had set this early post-Civil War Horstman Brothers & Co. frock aside for its association with 44th Massachusetts Infantry Little Round Top veteran Major Charles E. Sprague (see: findagrave.com) With period identification marking in the right shoulder sleeve and Horstmann Brothers & Company Philadelphia label, (1859-1893) this frock offers late Civil War, early post-Civil War features to include a nine button, three button sleeve configuration, with padded chest and tail pockets. ( With Waterbury backmarked buttons on this Horstman Brothers & Co. frock, we suspect the coat to have been converted to G. A. R. use from general military stock.) With no condition issues and good evidence of period originality our illustrations will do best to describe this desirable frock coat.
Chas. E. Sprague mustered in on September 25, 1862 as a Corporal of Co. E 44th NY Infantry Promoted to Sergeant on January 14, 1863. With the hard fought 44th New York at Gettysburg where their loss on Little Round Top was 111 in killed wounded and missing Sgt. Sprague would be counted among the fallen and would be discharged for disability from U. S. General Hospital on March 10, 1864. He was breveted Captain in 1865 for his part in the Gettysburg action and would ultimately reach the rank of Major. Returning to New York where he was active in business and as a veteran, Sprague died in in Manhattan in 1912. ( The New York Archives has a lengthy article written by Sprague on his military service.)
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Civil War vintage Pennsylvania - Highlander Militiaman
Backmarked by Civil War photographer D. K. Brownell of Scranton, Pennsylvania, this well got up, armed, Highlander offers a fine representation of the presents of Scottish militia as the Union Army possessed several predominantly Scottish regiments between 1861 and 1865. Mostly based on pre-war militia units as approximately 600,000 Scots migrated to the United States between 1851 and 1861, many continued to represent their ethnic heritage and rich military tradition wearing full Highland uniforms.
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63307 |
antique bronze – Bull NOSE RING
For the collector who ’thinks’ they have everything, this antique ring has an outside diameter of 3 3/8 inches and was fashioned in two pieces fitting together and held by counter sunk screws to form a stout bronze ring. When clipped to a strong wood shaft a nose ring became a mainstay of handler protection and control a rambunctious bull. This antique example remains untouched and in good honest condition with that natural age patina that comes to bronze with the decades. Will make a truly eclectic conversation piece. 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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1872 Pattern Cavalry SERGEANT CHEVRONS
A nice pair of period of the pattern of 1872 U. S. Cavalry Sgt. stripes. All original and in ‘minty’ condition after decades of storage, this pair should not be confused with the later issue and outright reproductions that are more frequently seen. With their sturdy yellow wool and higher quality chain stitch trim, these original issue cavalry stripes will add quality and color to any Indian Wars era or U.S. insignia grouping. A relatively common item only a few years ago, real examples are now difficult to find. 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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19th century amber Chloroform Dripper
A medical / surgical relic from a time when chloroform was administered by hand utilizing a specially designed dripper bottle and a cloth over the nose and mouth. (In a search of our personal collection / museum site at MaineLegacy.com you will find an account of how Gettysburg Artillerist, Col. Freeman McGilvery was killed by an overdose of chloroform during simple surgery for a wound of the thumb.) This little dripper stands approximately 4 ¼ inches including the stopper. Remaining in pleasing condition with no chips or cracks, this seldom seen dripper will make a nice addition to any quality medical / surgical grouping.
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63305 |
U. S. marked MILITARY STIRRUP
This single stirrup remains in original as found condition and is marked B. M. Co. U. S. Not a big deal but worthy of an appreciative home. 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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Civil War era Hannibal Missouri – APOTHECARY BOTTLE
This attractive little Civil War vintage amber apothecary bottle stands approximately 3 ½ inches and remains in fine condition with its original seal and bears the spirits of camphor label of the early Hannibal Missouri BROWN’S DRUG STORE. (see: Missouri Historical Society collection : 1858-1860 prescription book) A common cure of the period Camphor Spirit was used topically, orally and even vaporized to treat a variety of common physical maladies. (Note: J.B. Brown operated one of Hannibal’s earliest drug stores originally purchased with money brought back from his participation in the California Gold Rush.) 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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especially nice! Civil War era CUP
A bit of a variation in design, this nice Civil War vintage tinned sheet iron mess cup stands 4 11/16 X 4 ½ inches in diameter and will appeal to the deep-dish period tin enthusiast as it features a non-typical recessed base. Clearly not of the usual design that is seen in later construction, but the skilled application of an earlier design, this period variant is entirely hand crafted with led soldered seems and will add a rare period variation of the more common Civil War era soldier’s mess cup. 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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