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Fall Fine Art and Antique Auction Saturday, October ... - Case Antiques

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<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>Fine</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Antique</strong>s <strong>Auction</strong>49: NC Miniature Splint Oak Buttocks Basket USD 250 - 350North Carolina miniature splint oak buttocks basket, old patina. 3" H x 3 3/8" W x 3 3/8" D. Late 19th/Early 20th century.50: Set of 7 Miniature Graduated Baskets, Trevle Wood USD 500 - 700Set of 7 miniature white oak graduated baskets, penciled signed "TW 99" on inside of largest basket for Trevle Wood. Wood is acontemporary Murfreesboro, Tennessee basket maker, specializing in the traditional white oak Appalachian baskets. Ranging insize from 6 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W x 5 1/2" D to 1 3/4" H x 1 5/8" W x 1 5/8" D. Circa 1999.51: Secession era Palmetto Badge USD 500 - 800Rare Secession era Palmetto badge, probably tin, with twisted wire clasp on back. 2 3/8"H. Note: these were worn in SouthCarolina prior to the Civil War to support secession <strong>and</strong> the Confederate States of America, in particular the soldiers of SouthCarolina. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn.52: 1862 Confederate Seal struck in copper USD 1,500 - 2,000Confederate seal medallion, silver plate on copper, 4" diameter. Central image of General Washington on horseback, encircledby a ring of crops important to the South <strong>and</strong> an outside ring: THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / 22 FEBRUARY1862 / DEO VINDICE. Retains original leather <strong>and</strong> silk case. Note: The original Great Seal of the Confederacy was designed<strong>and</strong> engraved in London, but did not reach the Confederacy until 1864, shortly before the evacuation of Richmond. The sealescaped capture by Federal authorities <strong>and</strong> fell into the h<strong>and</strong>s of Colonel John T. Pickett, who had a number of copies of theseal made in copper, silver <strong>and</strong> gold plate. The original remained hidden until 1912 when it was purchased by citizens ofRichmond, Virginia. It was loaned to the Museum of the Confederacy in 1915 <strong>and</strong> formally presented to the museum in 1943.Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn.53: Civil War Albumen Print, South Carolina USD 400 - 500Civil War albumen print of a mortar battery, soldiers fighting on Morris Isl<strong>and</strong> in Hilton Head, South Carolina, photographed byHaas & Peale. Titled lower right corner, "No. 21 - Battery Weed. Five 10 inch Siege Mortars - against Wagner". 6" H x 9" W.54: Battle of Nashville map USD 125 - 225Scarce 1895 map, "The Battle Fields In Front of Nashville, Tenn., where the United States forces, comm<strong>and</strong>ed byMajor-General Geo. H. Thomas, defeated <strong>and</strong> routed the rebel army under General Hood, December 15th <strong>and</strong> 16th 1864."Surveyed <strong>and</strong> drawn under the direction of Gen. Tower by M. Peseux, C.S. Mergell, United States War Department. Issued aspart of The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union <strong>and</strong> Confederate armies of the Civil War. Shows positions oftroops comm<strong>and</strong>ed by Generals Hood, Schofield, Cruft, Wood, Smith, Steedman <strong>and</strong> others in relation to major thoroughfaressuch as Hillsboro Pike, Granny White Pike, Charlotte Pike, Franklin Pike <strong>and</strong> Murfreesborough Pike, <strong>and</strong> summarizes theevents of the two day battle. 12" x 10-1/4".55: Pair of Civil War Tintypes in Hexagonal <strong>Case</strong> USD 300 - 400Pair of Union Civil War tintypes housed in a hexagonal gutta percha case. Subjects are brothers from Jefferson County, TN fromthe Martin or Rimmer family. <strong>Case</strong> measures 3" H x 2 1/2" W.Bid Live Online at Live<strong>Auction</strong>eers.com Page 7

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