Auction Details
<p>Cowan’s is pleased to offer more than 800 lots of fine historical and decorative Americana during our special Fall Auction, November 20-21. On November 20 th more than 400 lots of rare historical Americana will be sold, including an exceptionally rare hand-painted flag presented by the Ladies of Gordonsville, Virginia to the "Greys" on the eve of the Civil War; a rare North Carolina First National Confederate Flag; George Barnard's photographic album documenting "Sherman's March"; a campaign flag from the 1860 presidential campaign featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln; many fine American Indian photographs by Gardner and Rhinehart; Revolutionary swords, including one by Samuel Drowne, and another from England, both identified; five Civil War presentation swords; a Colt Pocket Model revolver presented to a Gettysburg combatant; Civil War Achives and letter groups, and many other choice lots.
<p>On November 21st the offering will include more than 400 lots of American furniture, folk and decorative arts, including the Collection of Nan Gordon formerly of Cincinnati and now of Prescott, Arizona; fine furnishing from the Edwin and Barbara Charitable Remainder Trust of Cleveland, Ohio; transportation prints from the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, Ohio and other select consignments. This sale will begin with a fine selection of autographs of many American presidents, including Jefferson, three Lincoln documents; many presidential signed appointments; a fine inscribed Mark Twain photograph; an exceptional autograph book containing Lincoln's signature, George Armstrong Custer, and numerous Civil War generals and dignitaries.
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770American Sampler,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
American Sampler,<p>early 19th century, with several alphabets, numbers, signed "SC" with wonderful 2 story 5 over 5 federal style h...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
771American 1831 Sampler,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
American 1831 Sampler,<p>with 5-bay, 2-story house in center (bottom) flanked by trees with numerous potted flowers and paired love birds, poe...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
772American School Girl Sampler Dated 1812,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
American School Girl Sampler Dated 1812,<p>and signed "Mary Arnold Summerston, June 5", with alphabets, numbers and floral designs, ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
773Early American Sewing Boxes,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early American Sewing Boxes,<p>lot of 2. Includes a mahogany 2 tiered box with satinwood line inlay, drawer in lower front, turned pin cushion...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
774Early Turned Wood Yarn Winder,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Turned Wood Yarn Winder,<p>early 19th century American turned maple, made to mount in missing wood frame. Wonderful turnings & patin...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
775Table Top Yarn Winder,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Table Top Yarn Winder,<p>19th century American, with table edge clamp mount in maple, with maple cup finial for fabric pin cushion, nice old p...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
776Sewing Notions,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Sewing Notions,<p>lot of 2, both 19th century, combination darning eggs and sewing kits. Includes an Anglo-Indian example carved from an exoti...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
777Dated 1806 Sampler,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Dated 1806 Sampler,<p>American, signed "M. Cruikshank, 3, May 1806" with 2 alphabets, 2 sets of numbers, groups of capital letters, ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
778Early Copper Cookware,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Copper Cookware,<p>lot of 3. Includes a signed Swedish gooseneck tea kettle with bale handle, 7" high x 8" long; PLUS an all-c...
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
779Iron & Tin Kitchen Tools,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Iron & Tin Kitchen Tools,<p>lot of 5. Includes a tin flour box, a lidded tin box, a hand-wrought strainer and ladle, and a fine ladle with...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
780Unusual Small Copper Wash Boiler,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Unusual Small Copper Wash Boiler,<p>American 19th century with iron handles at ends. 17.5" long x 9.75" wide x 6.6" high.<p&...
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
781Early Tole & Tinware,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Tole & Tinware,<p>lot of 7. Includes a rectangular tray with canted corners, with polychrome floral center and geometric border in g...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
782Early Kitchen Tools,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Kitchen Tools,<p>lot of 3. Includes a large pierced brass skimmer with wrought iron handle, 18.5" long with 7.2" bowl; PLUS a...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
783Decorated Fireplace Bellows,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Decorated Fireplace Bellows,<p>lot of 2, both early 19th century turtleback type with stenciled polychrome painting. Includes a 17.5" lon...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
784American Wrought Iron Hearth Tools,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
American Wrought Iron Hearth Tools,<p>lot of 3. Early 19th century American. Includes a nice round bowl tasting ladle, 13" long with 2.3...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
785Early American Fireplace Equipment,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early American Fireplace Equipment,<p>lot of 3. Includes a fine wrought iron toaster with pivot rack & scrolled iron legs with turned woo...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
786American Wrought Iron Toast Rack,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
American Wrought Iron Toast Rack,<p>early 19th century or late 18th century, with revolving toaster and nicely shaped baluster form handle wit...
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
787Easter Chocolate Candy Molds,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Easter Chocolate Candy Molds,<p>lot of 23 tin chocolate candy molds, includes German Easter bunnies, eggs, raspberries & corn on cob.<p...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
788Primitive Cupboard,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Primitive Cupboard,<p>pine, early 19th century, one door, with cutout bootjack ends, modern blue repaint; 30.5" wide x 13.5" deep x ...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
789Hudnall Decorated Bucket Benches,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Hudnall Decorated Bucket Benches,<p>lot of 2. Mixed wood, each with cut-out bootjack ends, front and rear skirts, modern folk art repaint in s...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
790Graduated Pewter Cupboard,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Graduated Pewter Cupboard,<p>20th-century, in red paint with 6 graduated shelves, mortised & pinned construction with solid scalloped side...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
791Bow Back Windsor in Old Red Paint,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Bow Back Windsor in Old Red Paint,<p>American bamboo-style Windsor, with added rockers. Scrolled terminals to arms, graceful bamboo turnings, ...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
792Miniature Wagon Seat in Original Paint,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Miniature Wagon Seat in Original Paint,<p>child's size wagon seat with John Deere Green & Yellow paint, 20" wide x 12" deep ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
793New England Bannister Back Arm Chair,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
New England Bannister Back Arm Chair,<p>Queen Anne style, with rush seat, bold turned finials, 1/2 banisters and stretchers, nice scroll cut a...
Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
794Early American Split Hickory Seat Armchair,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early American Split Hickory Seat Armchair,<p>19th century, American, mixed woods. Queen Anne style turnings, worn red wash, wonderfully patin...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
795Ohio Bucket Bench,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Ohio Bucket Bench,<p>pine, mortised construction, including rear-mounted braces, shaped and cut-out ends with front skirt; 72" long, 18&q...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
796Mortised Bucket Bench,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Mortised Bucket Bench,<p>mortised construction with bootjack ends, lower shelf mortised, upper is lap-jointed with wood pegs; 40" long x ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
797Early Tin Cookware & Molds,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Tin Cookware & Molds,<p>huge lot of 45, including many figural and geometric, various sizes.<p>EXC-VG.
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
79819th Century Tinware Molds Cooking Ware,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
19th Century Tinware Molds Cooking Ware,<p>lot of 45. Includes 3 nice miniature pudding molds, lady finger molds, muffin pan, miniature pots a...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
799Green River Chromolithographed Whiskey Sign,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Green River Chromolithographed Whiskey Sign,<p>on poster board, mounted in old, not period, frame, 14.2" x 18". Classic chromolitho...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
80018th Century English Traveling Brass Scales,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
18th Century English Traveling Brass Scales,<p>in original leather case, boxed set that expands when opened with original printed paper label ...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
801Stenciled Candle Box,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Stenciled Candle Box,<p>pine, early 19th century, in original black paint with gold paint stenciled on hinged lid, front & sides of basket...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
802Early American Tin Holloware,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early American Tin Holloware,<p>lot of 6. Includes 4 milk pails with lids & handles from 4.5" to 10" high (smallest in old red p...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
804Lyre Type Banjo Clock,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Lyre Type Banjo Clock,<p>unsigned, but probably by Abel Chandler, Concord, New Hampshire, circa 1825. This clock is single weight driven with...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
805Hooked Rug With Cardinals,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Hooked Rug With Cardinals,<p>on a flowering bush, dated at one end "1930"; oval 29" wide x 48" long.<p>Somewhat fade...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
806Maple Sugaring Hooked Rug,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Maple Sugaring Hooked Rug,<p>with vivid colors showing maple sugaring with sugar shack, men tapping trees, horse drawn shed with barrel of syr...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
807Early Blue & White Blankets,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Blue & White Blankets,<p>lot of 2, both 19th century American. One homespun wool, white with double line blue over-all pattern, emb...
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
808Blue & White Homespun Blanket Dated 1845,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Blue & White Homespun Blanket Dated 1845,<p>American mid 19th century all wool in five line crossing pattern, embroidered with initials &a...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
809Ohio Amish or Mennonite Quilt,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Ohio Amish or Mennonite Quilt,<p>in "Jacobs Ladder" pattern with black field and maroon and blue ladders, hand quilted in black with...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
810American Hooked Rugs,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
American Hooked Rugs,<p>lot of 2, both cotton on burlap ground. Includes a cute black Scotty dog with pink ribbon around neck on blue central ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
811Early Butter Working Tools,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Butter Working Tools,<p>lot of 7. All various hardwoods, early to late 19th century, both hand carved and machine made examples, most w...
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
812Fine Kitchen Treenware,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Fine Kitchen Treenware,<p>lot of 5, all American, 19th century. Includes 2 wheels with handles, one carved with thistle, one with strawberry,...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
813Unusual Butter Working Paddles Plus,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Unusual Butter Working Paddles Plus,<p>lot of 5. American, 19th century. Includes a unusual flat form in figured maple with great old patina;...
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
814Early American Food Choppers,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early American Food Choppers,<p>lot of 4, all American 19th century with curved steel blades and wood handles, from 5.75" to 8.5" wi...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
815A. Ferguson Patented Spotlight Lantern,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
A. Ferguson Patented Spotlight Lantern,<p>designed to be used as a hand held spotlight. Tin, 9" high with brass medallion label "PAT...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
816Reverse Painted 2-Part American Mirrors,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Reverse Painted 2-Part American Mirrors,<p>lot of 2, both early 19th century. Includes a gilt & black painted example with 1/2 turned pil...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
817Eglomise Miniature Landscape,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Eglomise Miniature Landscape,<p>English or Continental, 1st half of the 19th century. Quaint view of mother & child, who is playing with a...
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
818Early Tin & Glass Post Lamps,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Early Tin & Glass Post Lamps,<p>lot of 2, early 19th century American. Includes a steel example with wonderful clear blown glass spherica...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
819Flint Glass and Watchman's Lantern,Cowan’s Historic Americana Auctions
Flint Glass and Watchman's Lantern,<p>lot of 2. Includes a blown three mold pattern glass lamp with waffle & thumb print paneled font...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00