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This round tripod pottery bowl was produced by the Chupicuaro culture from the area of Guanajuato, Mexico, with an estimated age of 300 - 100 BCE. It has an unpainted buff earthenware finish with the very whimsical decorative appearance of a bird’s nest containing two chicks, whose heads serve as handles. This lovely item has a slightly rounded bottom and deeply incised wavy lines that go around the bowl to mimic the appearance of an actual bird’ s nest. The Interior is undecorated. Dimensions: 10 cm high, 15 cm in diameter. Condition is very good. The bowl is intact, not cracked or restored, with only minor wear marks, mostly around the legs and on the bottom. Provenance - This item was recently purchased from the estate of the late Willis Pratt, a career academic at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Pratt frequently visited Central Mexico between the mid 1930’s and mid 1960’s and amassed a collection of many pre-Columbian artifacts which he kept and displayed in his home in Austin. Guaranteed authentic.
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$250
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Extremely Rare view of Admiral David Farragut and Captain Drayton on the Deck of the USS Hartford in Mobile Bay in October of 1861. Taken after the battle by former Confederate photographers McPherson and Oliver of Baton Rouge La. Period ink inscription states " Deck of the Hartford Mobile Bay Oct 1864" This is autographed by both Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton below. Wonderful view of the Deck of the USS Hartford Farraguts Flag Ship in the battle. First time I have every seen this very rare view and autographed by the participants. CDV has McPherson and Oliver frontmarks. Wonderful.
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CDV of Bvt Lt Colonel Jacob L Green. Served in tthe 7th Michigan Infantry, and the 6th Michigan Cavalry of Custer's Wolverine Brigade. Joined Custer staffs as AAG and served wtih him through the war and into Texas where he was Custer's Chief of Staff. POW at Trevillian Station and held in Macon Prison before being paroled. Such a close friend of Custer's he was Custer's Best Man at his wedding to Libby in 1864. Rare backmark by Wm Frank Browne Photographer to Kilpatrick's division and Custer's personal favorite Photographer. Rarely seen image of this personal Custer friend who served with him throughout the Civil War. Rare.
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$750
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Wonderful view of Bvt Brigadier General Silas P Richmond 3rdMass Regiments. Wonderfully autographed below the portrait of his dog. First time I have ever seen a dog in a high ranking Officers carte de visite. Great photo. Backmark by Allen and Horton Boston.
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Spectacular CDV of Captain Charlton Morgan, younger brother of Colonel John Morgan and one of his raiders while as a Prisoner of War along with autograph as such. Photographer is Giron of Philadelphia. One of the younger brothers, five of which fought for the Confederacy during. "In 1859 he graduated from Transylvania University and was soon appointed as U. S. Consul to Messina, Italy. Even while serving as a representative of the United States he fought and was wounded in the Italian fight for independence. He resigned in 1861 to take a job in London as the Secretary of Southern Committee. Soon he was back home in Kentucky to enter the Confederate Army. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Shiloh, and when exchanged became a captain in his brother, John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky Regiment. He was captured along with brother John prior to the end of war, however, saw his last involvement back in that regiment which was now under the command of General Basil Duke (a brother-in-law of his.)" Very Rare.
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Scarce Autographed CDV of Medal of Honor Winning General Newton Martin Curtis. Lost and eye which can be noted in the photo at Fort Fisher where he earned the MOH for his assault on the fort. Mathew Brady bm. Slight crease in right shoulder that looks like a line. Rarely seen in signed views.
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$900
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Important Memorial collage for the death of Elmer Elsworth Colonel of the NY Fire Zouaves in 1861. Titled Ellsworth Memorial published by Anthony on a 9 by 14 inch mount are cdv images of Ellsworth and Lt Frank Brownell his avenger who killed Marshall proprietor of the Marshall House and slayer of Ellsworth. In the middle is a very rare photo of the aftermath of the days event with Fire Zouves of Ellsworth's regiment standing aroung the front door of the Marshall House in Alexandria where Ellsworth and Marshall were killed over the hauling down of the Confederate Flat. Easily seen are dozen or more soldiers wearing their french style cloth hats with covering down to the neck. A small African American boy (possibly slave) is seen sitting on the front porch. Along with several officials in civilian clothing. The flag pole is seen at upper right and the flag torn down is behind Lt. Brownell in his photo on the floor. Some light water staining at right with a couple of period marks. Very Rare and only the second I have ever seen.
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$2850-
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Autographed CDV of Admrial Louis Goldsborough by Kindler of Rhode Island. "During the Aegean Anti-Piracy Campaign, Goldsborough led a four- boat night expedition from Porpoise in October 1827 to rescue British merchant brig Comet from Mediterranean pirates. In 1830 he was appointed first officer in charge of the newly created Depot of Charts and Instruments at Washington, the crude beginning of the United States Hydrographic Office. Goldsborough suggested creation of the depot and initiated the collection and centralization of the instruments, books and charts that were scattered among several Navy yards. After two years he was relieved by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. After cruising the Pacific in the frigate United States, he participated in the bombardment of Veracruz in Ohio during the Mexican- American War. He served consecutively as: commander of a detachment in the expedition against Tuxpan; senior officer of a commission which explored California and Oregon (1849–1850); superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1853–1857); and commander of the Brazil Squadron (1859– 1861). Goldsborough was given command of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron in September 1861, relieving Flag Officer Silas Horton Stringham. In October of that year the Atlantic squadron was split into the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and South Atlantic Blockading Squadron; Goldsborough took command of the North squadron, and Flag Officer Samuel Francis DuPont assumed command of the South squadron. During his command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which he commanded from its inception to September 1862, he led his fleet off North Carolina, where in cooperation with troops under General Ambrose Burnside, he captured Roanoke Island and destroyed a small Confederate fleet. After aiding the capture of Roanoke Island, Goldsborough and his command were sent to Hampton Roads at the request of Major General George B. McClellan to help protect Union forces landing on the Virginia Peninsula at the start of the Peninsula Campaign. Goldsborough refused to be placed under McClellan's direct command, telling Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox that he would instead cooperate with McClellan. After sending six of his vessels to attack the Gloucester Point batteries, Goldsborough withdrew them, saying the area was too dangerous for his ships—even though none of them sustained any damage—and fearful of a return appearance by CSS Virginia, which had laid waste to a Union naval force in Hampton Roads while Goldsborough was at Roanoke Island. At the start of the Seven Days Battles, Goldsborough was asked again, this time by President Abraham Lincoln, to come to McClellan's aid. Goldsborough continued to hold back his fleet, forcing Lincoln to accept a recommendation by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to detach ships under Goldsborough's command and place them under Commodore Charles Wilkes, who as a lieutenant had relieved Goldsborough at the Depot of Charts and Instruments (see above), and who would report directly to Welles. This move, coupled with newspaper accounts critical of the Navy, so seriously hurt Goldsborough that he requested that he be relieved. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in August 1862, and in September passed command of the squadron to Acting Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee. Goldsborough would finish the war performing administrative duties in Washington, D.C."
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$500
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Autographed CDV of Adjutant General of the V Corps Frederick T Locke. Served with the V corps from the beggining of the War through the end of the War and was breveted Brigadier General for Five Forks. Addis Washington DC bm. Served the Commanders of the V Corps Fitz John Porter through Charles Griffin. Nice image.
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$500
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Rare pare of Autographed and presented CDV's or Robert E Lee and his wife Mary Custis Lee. Firstly an autographed view of the famous General in Uniform with a backmark of the Lee Gallery Richmond. Secondly an Autographed view of Mary Custis Lee by the Stonewall Gallery Lexington VA (Very Rare). Lastly Mrs Lee presents both of the images to "For my kind though unknown friend T L Jones" and then signs the back of her image again M C Lee. While on the back of Robert's she writes "Thos Laurens Jones from his friend Mary Custis Lee" in her hand. The Mary Lee image is a bit light and has been mounted in the past with several small paper mounts on the verso. The Robert image has both front and backmarks of the Lee Gallery. Great combination signed by both members of the family.
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$6500
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Autographed CDV of General Benjamin S Roberts. "At the outbreak of the Civil War, Roberts was Major of the 3rd U.S. Cavalry. He served in Arizona and New Mexico in 1861 and 1862. He was promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on June 16, 1862, and assigned to General John Pope's staff as Inspector General and Chief of Cavalry. He saw action at Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Sulphur Springs and the Second Battle of Bull Run. After Bull Run, he was manipulated by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to prefer charges of disloyalty, disobedience and misconduct against Fitz John Porter, and testified at the subsequent court-martial, which ruined Porter's career. After the court-martial, Roberts was banished to Minnesota, where he chased Indians, until being recalled to Washington in February 1863. He commanded a division in VIII Corps later in 1863, another in XIX Corps in 1864, and then served in the District of West Tennessee in 1865. He was brevetted Brigadier General, United States Army, for his actions at Cedar Mountain, and major general, Volunteers, for Second Bull Run." Ulke bm.
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$650
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