3655 LOT OF EARLY AMERICAN ANTIQUE & ASSOCIATED ITEMS.

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This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 13 @ 21:11UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 250.00 USD
Estimated at 500.00 - 800.00 USD
A lg. & varied group of early artifacts that includes 1 brass/bronze rattail spoon mold. / 1 Sm. brass key. / 1 Horn priming measure. / 1 Iron tinder box w/ flint, steel, tinder included. / 1 Nested set of brass apothecary weights. / 1 Sm. salt horn. / 1 Early 3 tined fork. / 1 Iron hanging plaque depicting a monarch. / 1 Glass seal off an early bottle that reads, “W. Johnson 1750”. / 1 Horn pipe w/ an eagle & ribbon that reads “E PLURIBUS UNUM A Co. 9 REGT MASS. VOL WILDERNESS”. / 1 Iron sail needle. / 1 Corkscrew. / 1 Vent punch. / 1 Redware pipe bowl. / 1 Clay pipe. / 1 Northwest Indian fish hook. / 2 Horn powder measures. / 3 Gun flints. / 1 Early gate lock. / 1 Very lg. iron key. / 1 Piece of an 18th century log obtained during the 1920s restoration of Ft. Ticonderoga. / 1 Riding crop made from rattlesnake vertebra. CONDITION: generally items show moderate to heavy wear. Iron has dark patinas. Some horn items have drying cracks, others show little wear. PROVENANCE: From the Collection of John "Tim" Breth Jr. (02-13830/BF). $500-800.