December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Die-struck pewter plate of diamond form, 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches, bearing an American eagle over a panoply of arms within an oval. An unexcavated plate of a form found in the Armitage drawings submitted to the War Department, but for which no definitive evidence of U.S. Army currently exists, although it shows on 1815-1820 drawings of volunteer militia. PROVENANCE: William Guthman Collection until 2006; purchased as lot 283 at the Bonhams sale of the Guthman Coll., 12 OCT 2006. CONDITION: Very good, bright pewter finish, with a slight bend in the lower third that was straightened.