1690

Connecticut

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Connecticut

Bidding Over

The auction is over for this lot.
The auctioneer wasn't accepting online bids for this lot.

Contact the auctioneer for information on the auction results.

Search for other lots to bid on...
Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Carved acorn, 1.25” in length, housed in a glass beaker, 5.5" tall x 1.5" diameter, with 2.5" diameter base, stopped with a cork. A partly printed label inside facing out completed in manuscript: states, "Acorn made of a piece of the Charter Oak of Hartford." Acorn originates from the John S. Reigart Collection of Historical American Relics, with a Reigart label inside stating “Acorn made of a piece of the Charter Oak of Hartford.” The Charter Oak was a large white oak tree growing, from around the 12th or 13th century until 1856, in Hartford, Connecticut. According to tradition, Connecticut's constitutional charter was hidden within the hollow of the tree to thwart its confiscation by the English governor-general. The oak became a symbol of American independence and is commemorated on the Connecticut State Quarter.