Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One 2012-09-28 Auction - 367 Price Results - Horst Auction Center in PA - Page 11
Revolutionary war era British officer’s gorget2 18th century trade axesUnited States infantry officer’s sword & scabbard
Done
Ephrata, PA, United States
Auction Details

Catalogued Antique Auction-Session One

Friday Session - The collection of Anthony L. Tafel - Mr. Tafel is the author of "Everyday Artifacts: America 1750-1850." This auction will feature a majority of the items photographed and described in his book. The collection emphasizes artifacts of early American everyday life that were useful for surveying land, building log homes, farming the land, traveling, blacksmithing, and cabinetmaking. The session also includes a collection of tin and cast iron toys and banks. Saturday Session - The collections of Elsie Roth & others - Auction to include Period & Paint Decorated Furniture; Oriental Rugs; Disc Music Boxes; Artwork; Folk Art Oil Portraits; Miniature Portraits; Lighting Devices; Quilts; Coverlets; Decorated Hand Towels; Lehnware Seed Chest & Two Turnings; Simmons Cane; Weathervanes; Carved Birds; Duck & Owl Decoys; Cobalt Decorated Stoneware; Pewter; Butter Prints; Baskets; Early China & Glassware
SOLD
English flintlock dragoon/pistol: ca. 1740-80; with trigger mechanism marked Phillips, brass barrel marked “London” and walnut stock with brass butt cap and trigger guard, 9 ¾” barrel, 15 ½” overall;
0242: English flintlock dragoon/pistolEst. $300-$500
SOLD
Cobbler’s boot lasts: ca. 1740-1800; cherry wood four part last with no left or right foot designation, 11”x 25”;
0243: Cobbler’s boot lastsEst. $75-$150
SOLD
2 revolutionary era cannon balls: ca. 1775-81; small 3” ball with denotation from Saratoga, NY; 3 ½” ball with denotation from Yorktown, VA;
0244: 2 revolutionary era cannon ballsEst. $75-$150
SOLD
2 18th century medical devices: ca. 1750-1800; hand wrought dentist’s tooth extractor/wrench, 5”; brass case bleeder with five various lancet blades and marked “H.C.W. London”, 3 ½”;
0245: 2 18th century medical devicesEst. $75-$100
SOLD
Traveling merchant’s scale in case: ca. 1700s; small wrought iron scales with brass hanging trays with many original weights in carved walnut case with hard money weight chart printed in German;
0246: Traveling merchant’s scale in caseEst. $100-$300
SOLD
Orlun Buckley drafting set: ca. 1800-40; hard flip top case with “Orlund Buckley” marked in lid containing ivory folding rule, ivory straight rule, ebony and brass parallel rule, brass and metal compass and 3 spring tip
0247: Orlun Buckley drafting setEst. $50-$200
SOLD
Revolutionary era relics: ca. 1740-1800; Battle of Brandywine relics including an unmatched pair of boot spurs (1 cast iron & 1 wrought iron) & 2 musket flints in display; a lead dice found in New Jersey; brass spur with
0248: Revolutionary era relicsEst. $50-$100
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2 traveler’s accessories: ca. 1800-1900; tin cased hanging scales with brass trays and 2 weights; 1850’s era gentleman’s ivory pocket weekly calendar made of thinly sliced ivory for each week day with 2 out books having
0249: 2 traveler’s accessoriesEst. $50-$100
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2 medical bleeder tools: ca. 1700-1820; brass house spring operated bleeder by Wiegand & Snowden (Philadelphia, PA) with original leather covered wooden case, 1 ½”x 2 ¾”; tortoise shell lance with 2 locking blades
0250: 2 medical bleeder toolsEst. $75-$150
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Oak mortar & pestle: ca. 1790; primitively turned mortar with solid base and bulbous side with turned oak pestle, 7 ¼” mortar, 10”pestle;
0251: Oak mortar & pestleEst. $75-$150
SOLD
Medical related accessories: ca. 1750-1900; late hanging brass scales with shaped horn scoops; cast iron mortar without pestle, 4”; early turned cherry mortar with hickory pestle; 2 small medicine bottle relics;
0252: Medical related accessoriesEst. $100-$200
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Rosewood & brass ship’s sextant: ca. 1750-1830; rosewood frame with brass arm & cased mirrors & lenses marked “W. Ihlder, Bremerhaven” (Germany), plaquered & calibration rules of ivory contained in a quarter sawn oak case having
0253: Rosewood & brass ship’s sextantEst. $500-$1,000
SOLD
Folk art Uncle Sam weathervane top: ca. 1850; marching Uncle Sam figure with rifle in hand cut from sheet metal in early clip and weld construction, 20”x 15”;
0254: Folk art Uncle Sam weathervane topEst. $300-$500
SOLD
C. Van Vleck ham covering patent sample: ca. 1857; patent #17709 dated June 30, 1857 ham shaped wood with resinous compound cover, displayed in plastic display;
0255: C. Van Vleck ham covering patent sampleEst. $50-$75
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1781 Connecticut payment order: ca. Sept. 20, 1781; “Payment of 10 pounds in lawful silver money.. unto Ralph Pomeroy” print on early laid paper signed by committee members Lord Wadsworth & Elezer Wales from the office of John
0256: 1781 Connecticut payment orderEst. $50-$75
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1783 army service payment notice: ca. May 6, 1783; printed from the office of John Lawrence, Treasurer with hand written inscription to Stephen Pormomd 3816 18 shill & 2 pence for service in the continental army with committee signee
0257: 1783 army service payment noticeEst. $100-$200
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3 framed documents: ca. 1810-24; 1810 court summon to the Commonwealth of VA Rockingham Co. to David Freeze, signed L.W. Williams; 1814 receipt from Samuel Wetherill & Son (druggist, oil & colourmen) for glaze; 1824
0258: 3 framed documentsEst. $50-$100
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2 newspaper displays: ca. 1801 & 1802; April 13, 1801 Boston Gazette Commercial and Political by John Russell & James Cutler with current wholesale prices; 1802 clipping pertaining to duel on New Jersey shore of Hon.
0259: 2 newspaper displaysEst. $50-$100
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7 framed book pages: ca. 1752-59; 4 interior pages from Acts and Laws of His Majesty’s Colony of Rhode Island printed in 1752 by James Franklin; 1 page from Acts and Laws… of Connecticut printed in 1768 by Timothy
0260: 7 framed book pagesEst. $100-$200
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8 John F. Rohrer whimsy carvings: ca. 1890-1920; 8 various tools including 4 pliers, square, claw hammer, hand saw, auger bit and fret work plaque;
0261: 8 John F. Rohrer whimsy carvingsEst. $50-$75
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Pewter charger w/ cards and bowling pin: ca. 1650-1900s; large 1700s pewter charger by King-Street London with 1800s painting of mountain scene; 1600s Dutch bowling pin excavated in Amsterdam; 3 French playing cards;
0262: Pewter charger w/ cards and bowling pinEst. $50-$150
SOLD
2 framed religious documents: ca. 1500-1700s; single sheet from Holy Bible in Geneva Translation by Charles Baker, 1585 with signatures of Foulk Roberts & William Williams; hand written latin song sheet on hand laid paper;
0263: 2 framed religious documentsEst. $50-$100
SOLD
Early sword cane: ca. 1830; with small dagger near hollow carved tip held in place by spring lever, 34 ½”, 5 ½” dagger;
0264: Early sword caneEst. $100-$300