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INDIAN WAR PERIOD GEORGIA OFFICER'S CHAPEAU DE BR

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD
INDIAN WAR PERIOD GEORGIA OFFICER'S CHAPEAU DE BR
INDIAN WAR PERIOD GEORGIA OFFICER'S CHAPEAU DE BRA. A wonderful and rare, late 19th C. Georgia state guard officer's full dress chapeau with its orig box. The chapeau is made of beaver skin, measuring 5" tall and 17" across with 2 silk 1-3/4" ribbons going from the base angled out toward each side. They terminate with a silk ribbon bow. Each corner of the bicorn hat is decorated with a gilt cloth and wire tassel. Mounted on the front is a magnificent rosette of black silk 5" tall, 3-3/4" wide, having a gold embroidered oval containing the Georgia state seal on a black velvet background. The embroidered Georgia state seal is 4" tall x 2-1/2" wide. The interior of the hat is lined in crimson silk with a 1-1/2" wide brown leather sweatband marked size "7" and with the name "Harrill" written in period ink. Inset across the top of the hat is black ostrich plume. The chapeau is contained in its orig pasteboard box with a brown stippled finish. The remnants of its orig label are on its face but illegible. CONDITION: Very good. Beaver skin is worn at the base. Silk ribbons are lightly faded. Ostrich plumes are falling apart. Pasteboard box is cracked and broken with minor losses but remains mostly intact. 4-56141 CW23 (2,000-2,500)