May 27, 2020 Founders & Patriots
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/27/2020
A miscellaneous lot of 18th century artifacts (6 items): 1) a Revolutionary War era, officer's silver repousee button of the 47th Regiment of Foot; 2)a large Georgian tipstaff or truncheon of turned wood, 19 inches L by 2 3/8 inches in diameter at its broadest point, japanned black and bearing painted decoration consisting of the royal crown over coat of arms, the former flanked by the letters "GR" for Georgius Rex (George III); 3) a round, 2-piece, tinned iron snuffbox of 2 1/2 in. diameter by 7/8 in. height, its lid bearing an applied, 1 11/16 in. dia. brass medallion bearing the quarter-length profile of "WILLIAM. DUKE OF CUMBERLAND" (per inscribed surround) and with roped border, commemorating "Fat Billy's" 1745 defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden; 4) a forged iron caltrop with 2 inches distance between each of the four tines; and 5-6) a pair of large shoe brass shoe buckles, the outer faces of which have a layer of silver annealed to them, with fluted decorations, each approximately 3 x 3 7/8 inches. CONDITION: 1) the silver of the face bright where not covered by overlayed dirt, approximately 40% of the rim edge is missing, as is the wooden back; 2) edge wear to facets and some rubbing to painted decoration; 3) some chipping and edge wear, with oxidation showing where japanning is missing and minor separating at underside rim; 4) dark grey-black patina; and 5-6) silver and brass with mellow toning, some surface rust to the steel interior tines. JLK
Illustrated and described on pp. 56-57. 28-29, 42-43, 204-205, and 169-170, respectively, in "For Liberty I Live."