Rail-Splitters Campaign Torch, Political, Lincoln, Painted Tin, Wood Handle
Unknown maker, Lincoln campaign of 1860 and 1864, BEST FORM
AMERICAN SHIELD
A large 12 by 13-inch axe head displaying red, white and blue paint; silver painted
cutting edge…wood handle (42-inches). The burner spout and shield are angled so that
when the ax rests on shoulder the decoration and flame are vertically aligned. Rail-
splitter ax torches are mentioned in Political Campaign Torches by Herbert R. Collins
(Smithsonian Institution, 1964) page 31, a description of a battle axes. The author
mentions two examples, one within the collections of two Washington D.C.
museums…the Lincoln Museum, and the U.S. National Museum. Scatted dings and
small paint losses; missing burner/cap.
$12,500.00
232-371
A Fine Historic Profile Portrait, John Quincy Adams
Anonymous Date/Period: 1820’s
Measurement: Frame: 9" x 11"; view: 7" x 9"
Material: Pastel on paper, gilt frame
Condition: Excellent, not examined out of frame
Additional Information: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) American Statesman,
Diplomat, lawyer, and 6th president of the United States; son of John and Abigail
Adams.
$8,200.00
1121-65
Staffordshire, Sepia Transfer & Pink Luster Portrait Plate, Andrew Jackson
General Jackson / The Hero of New Orleans Date/Period: Circa 1824
Measurement: Diameter; 8.75”
Material: Unmarked pearlware
Condition: Fine original condition
Additional Information: Features “General Jackson” above his transfer printed portrait,
and “The Hero of New Orleans” below…centering scalloped and molded rim trimmed in
pink lustre.
$895.00
333-140
Redware Rundlet, Hard Cider & Log Cabin, William Henry Harrison Campaign
Possibly Maine…definitely northern New England, Extremely Rare & Unique Date/Period: Circa 1840
Measurement: Height: 5"
Material: Redware, beautiful cream glaze
Condition: Very good with only a few trivial vestiges of time, [tiny] chips at barrel rim
that do not distract, displays very well.
Additional Information: Ovoid barrel form having incised bands centering a Log Cabin
and “HARD CIDER” …Great early political piece. Wonderfully glazed red earthenware
rundlet that is attributed to northern New England, and probably made in Maine,
although this type of glaze is found with potteries in central and northern New England.
During the months before the 1840 presidential election, the Whig party designed a
campaign that pitted a heroic William Henry Harrison against the aristocrat Martin Van
Buren, whom they nicknamed “Van Ruin,” blaming him for the disastrous banking
failures of 1837. The Democratic party chose to emphasize Harrison's advanced age,
with one paper commenting "Give him a barrel of hard cider, and ... a pension of two
thousand [dollars] a year ... and ... he will sit the remainder of his days in his log
cabin." This negative campaign did not produce desired effect. The Whigs turned the
campaign to their own benefit, declaring Harrison as "The Log Cabin & Hard Cider
Candidate". Unlike Van Buren who was a spoiled dandy, Harrison was a man of the
people from a humble farm in North Bend, Ohio. Although Harrison had come from a
wealthy family, his frontier life was successful in connecting him to the public. The Whig
party produced campaign paraphernalia featuring log cabins and barrels of hard cider.
Harrison campaigned vigorously and won. Harrison served only one month as president
before dying of pneumonia on April 4, 1841.
$6,950.00
232-412
Staffordshire Figural Group, Abolitionist John Brown & Two Girls,
Rare Large Size Date/Period: Circa 1859-1865
Measurement: Height: 13.5"
Material: Earthenware, creamware with overglaze enamel colors
Condition: Original, no repairs; chips to base as depicted
$1,950.00
232-429
Civil War Period Tobacco Pouch, Portraits of Lincoln and Grant
Unknown Maker, Likely Unique
A supple drawstring pouch displaying oval portraits above printed names centered by
scrolling leafy devices. Expected wear commensurate with age, medium and use.
(5.75" x 5")
2,125.00
232-373
Women's Suffrage Ceramic Figures, Sold Individually
Left to right: Women's Suffrage Figure, Black Cat, I Want My Vote
Good condition. (H: 5.25") $1,325
232-333
Women's Suffrage Figure, Votes for Women, Skinny Cat, We've Won
Good condition. (H: 5.25") $1,175
232-330
Votes for Women, Large Dog with Hammer and Purse
EXTREMELY RARE
Good condition. (H: 5") $3,200
232-329
Women's Suffrage Figure, Votes for Women, Cat Vase, Blue Gray
Good condition. (H: 3.25") $1,075
232-332
Women's Suffrage Figure, Votes for Women, Cat Vase
Good condition. (H: 3.25") $1,065
232-331
Cast Iron Mechanical Toy
Bear and man holding sledge hammers
Possibly Anti-Slavery
Original black paint
Sliding mechanism allows figures to strike anvil with hammers.
Dimensions: 4.75" high, 13" long.
$1,275
232-164
Prohibition, pair of SUCCESS to REPEAL Goblets Containing Eagle, Dated 1933
Signed: REPEAL GLASS – VERNAY – MADE IN ENGLAND
The 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed by passage of 21st Amendment, 1933 Date/Period: 1933
Measurement: Height: 7"
Material: Blown glass
Condition: One trivial fleabite to foot, else fine
Additional Information: RARE, colorless blown lead-glass goblet; cup-shaped bowl
joined by wafer to hollow globe containing detailed blue glass eagle joined by a wafer to
pedestal base with pontil mark; engraved on bowl, "SUCCESS TO REPEAL" and
"1933."
$1,100.00 the pair
849-111
Political, Silver Place Card, Farewell Banquet to GENL. U.S. GRANT, 1879
Dinner Favor/Souvenir Date/Period: 1879
Measurement: 2.25" x 3.625"
Material: Sterling silver
Condition: Very Good
Additional Information: Made by A. Andrews of San Francisco, California; engraved:
"Farewell Banquet to/ Genl. U. S. Grant/ Palace Hotel. Oct. 25th, 1879. / T.J. Bergin.
Stamped verso, "Sterling / S.F.Cal. / A. Andrews."
Upon returning from a two-year, post-presidential World Tour, General Ulysses S.
Grant was greeted as a returning hero to the United States. Banquets were attended by
Grant’s supporters. (T. J. Bergin was a Director and Treasurer of the San Francisco and
North Pacific Railroad Company.)
$735.00
290-78
Women's Suffrage, Ceramic Figures, Sold Individually
Left to right: Women's Suffrage Figure, Votes for Women, Double Face Bell
SHE SHALL HAVE VOTES
Good Condition (H: 4") $725
232-334
Women's Suffrage Figure, Votes for Women, Ceramic Tobacco Jar, Circa 1905 to 1915
Inscribed on base: "I Say Down with the Trousers"
She displays the purple, green, and white colors of Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social & Political Union Women's Social and Political Union on her hat and the sash on her shoulder. (Restoration to hat; H: 5") SOLD
232-328
Women's Suffrage Figure, Votes for Women, Double Face Figure
THIS ONE SHALL HAVE A VOTE
Good condition. (H: 3.5") $725
232-335
Sojourner Truth, Suffragette,
Votes For Women, Bisque Figurine
Possibly German
Circa 1900 to 1920
Fine condition, strong paint, thinning yellow, scarce
Depicted in corset and bloomers holding a club and sign reading "Votes For Women" (H: 6")
$635.00
643-13
Cleveland-Stevenson Tariff Reform Portrait Handkerchief, Political Americana Date/Period: 1892
Measurement: Frame: 21.75" x 21.75"; view: 19.5" x 19.5"
Material: Silk jugate bandana (handkerchief)
Condition: Good, few trivial spots
Additional Information: Silk bandana with portraits of the 1892 Democrats, captioned "Tariff Reform". Bold colors, good graphics.
$450.00
232-440
Cameo Pin, Susan B. Anthony, Signed verso: Jules Le Brethon 1871
Jules Le Brethon, French/American New Orleans/New York, NY Date/Period: 1793 - SOLD
Measurement: 1.5" x 1.25" x .75"
Material: Onyx and marble, carving adhered to the base, gold of unknown carat
Condition: Excellent
Additional Information: Jules Le Brethon is known primarily as one of two cameo
cutters who trained the famous/important sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Saint-
Gaudens’s father Bernard, emigrated to the United States from France, arranged for the
apprenticeships during the 1860’ s, first with Louis Avet and then with Le Brethon. Both
French artists worked in New Orleans, where there was a large French expatriate
community, before coming to New York City in the 1860’ s Le Brethon and Bernard
Saint-Gaudens worked on opposite sides of Union Square and possibly knew one
another from that proximity. Le Brethon first worked in New Orleans as a sculptor and
cameo cutter before arriving in New York in 1860. Other prominent American sculptors
started their careers cutting cameos, notably Erastus Dow Palmer, Launt Thompson,
and Margaret Foley. The line is blurred between cameo cutting and traditional
sculpting.
This small beautifully detailed high relief cameo demonstrates Le Berthon’s skill as a
sculptor in the round and makes us want to know more about his life and training. An
account in the San Francisco Chronicle describes him as: “. . . one of the most versatile
geniuses I ever knew. He was an artist, an actor, a playwright, a poet, a modeler, and a
jeweler: he knew in all nine professions. At that time, he was a successful gem engraver
cameo portraits being in vogue.” Another snippet in the New York Times of September
17, 1884, mentions that “the sculptor Jules Le Brethon” and Augustus Saint-Gaudens
were living together on West 36th Street and that Le Brethon worked on contract for the
leading cabinetmaker and interior designer Leon Marcotte & Co.”, which had branches
in New York and Paris. Marcotte was not only a maker of highly decorated furniture but
also of bronze sculpture; either or both forms of artistic expression might have been
practiced by Le Brethon. Other research yielded that he worked for the famous
jewelers/silversmiths Tiffany & Co, at the time also located at Union Square. It had not
previously been known that the relationship between Le Brethon and Saint-Gaudens
was anything other than professional, nor that it lasted twenty years beyond the initial
master/apprentice relationship.
Susan B. Anthony was one of the most famous American women of the day as a
supporter of abolition/civil rights, labor rights/unionism, and women’s rights, so it isn’t
surprising that she was the focus of this small, sculpted portrait. Furthermore, in May
1871, a large convention supporting the labor movement was held at Cooper Union with
Anthony as one of the speakers and reported on in the press.
Le Brethon was well-connected in upper class New York City and is known to have
been friends, for instance, with Henry Villard, the wealthy industrialist. At least one other
contemporary portrait of a woman by Le Brethon recently surfaced on the internet so we
know that the artist didn’t limit himself to traditional cameo subjects of mythology and
replicas of Renaissance and Baroque artworks.
SOLD
1292-13
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