December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Hat Length: 17 1/2 in. L (tip to tip); 10 1/4 in. H (front fan); 11 1/4 in. H (rear fan). A fine example of an American War of 1812 period "chapeau bras" (literally "arm hat"--a cocked hat that folded flat, called such because it could be carried under the arm) that conforms closely to size specifications of the 1813 U.S. Army regulations. The hat is bound with silk grosgrain ribbon on its brim edges and trimmed with a die-stamped, fantail cockade of leather impressed with an American eagle surmounted by stars, with a silver lace loop below terminating at a silver button engraved with an '7'. The hat is complete with its original plume, consisting of red/black feathers wrapped with thread around a baleen stem. PROVENANCE: Al Scipio Collection until 2015, when acquired. CONDITION: Good to very good; there is scattered stains or leach marks on the fans; light edge wear to the binding and the glazed linen lining inside the crown is torn and raveling in spots.