US NAVY UNIFORM, CHAPEAU WITH orig BOX AND GLOVES OF COMMODORE DANIEL B. RIDGELY.

US NAVY UNIFORM, CHAPEAU WITH orig BOX AND GLOVES OF COMMODORE DANIEL B. RIDGELY. 1) Uniform is regulation full dress tailcoat made of midnight blue wool, having a dbl-breasted front with nine buttons down each side. A standing collar is 2” in height with a 3/4” wide strip of gold tape lace rising at the front of the collar and following the top of the collar all the way around. Buttons are 2-pc gold washed US Navy regulation buttons back marked “E.L.E. & Co. London”. Each sleeve has a 2” wide sgl band of gold lace having two raised bands within and a five-pointed gold embroidered star sewn above. Interior of the coat is lined in black polished cotton with heavy quilting to the breast. Stitched pattern is diagonal and narrow. Inside of the standing collar is lined in black velvet. Sleeves are lined with finely woven unbleached cotton. Tails are lined with gold silk. On the back of the coat, there are two buttons at the waist and one at the bottom of each tail. Bottoms of the tails are unhemmed. CONDITION: Very good. Little or no mothing evident. One set of buttons has been moved to a new location at some time during its use. Interior lining is intact with loose seams and a few tears near thee collar. Velvet on the inside of the collar is worn threadbare across 50% of the collar. Stitching on the sleeve linings is partially separated. Gold silk tail lining has several small holes and numerous light colored stains. 2) Accompanying the coat is Commodore Ridgley’s chapeau de bra made of beaver skin and rising 5-3/4” in the front, 8” in the back with a 1” black ribbed silk ribbon decorating the top edge all the way around. On the face of the chapeau is a large pleated silk rosette measuring 5” in diameter. Each end of the bicorn hat is adorned with a gold and dark blue bullion tassel. Three loops of gold wire braid are loosely attached at the top of the chapeau. Interior of the hat has a red, blue, and cream-colored striped silk lining in the crown, gold embossed in an armorial shield and “Stevens & Butt/7 Market Square/Norfolk, VA”. Red paper surrounds the crown lining and there is a 2-1/2” wide maroon leather sweatband. Hat is contained in its orig box of trapezoidal shape, roughly conforming to the shape of the chapeau measuring 21” across, 12-1/2” tall and 8-1/2” deep. Box is painted dark blue. On the top is an old shipping label, which is inscribed in period ink “Commodore Ridgley, U.S.N. 72 Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland.” In addition, there is a shipping label that reads “Adams Express Co. from Nofolk, Virginia.” Interior of the box is whitewashed. CONDITION: Very good. Edges of the chapeau toward the corners are worn. Gold wire gilt and tassels are loose. Rosette is slightly misshapen. Interior is fine. Hatbox shows the expected wear on the interior. Labels are fragile. One small chip out of the right side top. 3) There is a pair of white cotton dress gloves with three lines stitched on the top of each glove. CONDITION: Very good. Light discoloration from use and age. 4) Finally, this group is accompanied by a copy photograph of the USS Santiago de Cuba, the USS Shenandoah, and a blown up view of an engraving of Commodore Ridgely in uniform. 4-55311 CW44 (2,500-4,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	3146A.	$2,875.00	US NAVY UNIFORM, CHAPEAU WITH orig BOX AND GLOVES OF COMMODORE DANIEL B. RIDGELY. 1) Uniform is regulation full dress tailcoat made of midnight blue wool, having a dbl-breasted front with nine buttons down each side. A standing collar is 2” in height with a 3/4” wide strip of gold tape lace rising at the front of the collar and following the top of the collar all the way around. Buttons are 2-pc gold washed US Navy regulation buttons back marked “E.L.E. & Co. London”. Each sleeve has a 2” wide sgl band of gold lace having two raised bands within and a five-pointed gold embroidered star sewn above. Interior of the coat is lined in black polished cotton with heavy quilting to the breast. Stitched pattern is diagonal and narrow. Inside of the standing collar is lined in black velvet. Sleeves are lined with finely woven unbleached cotton. Tails are lined with gold silk. On the back of the coat, there are two buttons at the waist and one at the bottom of each tail. Bottoms of the tails are unhemmed. CONDITION: Very good. Little or no mothing evident. One set of buttons has been moved to a new location at some time during its use. Interior lining is intact with loose seams and a few tears near thee collar. Velvet on the inside of the collar is worn threadbare across 50% of the collar. Stitching on the sleeve linings is partially separated. Gold silk tail lining has several small holes and numerous light colored stains. 2) Accompanying the coat is Commodore Ridgley’s chapeau de bra made of beaver skin and rising 5-3/4” in the front, 8” in the back with a 1” black ribbed silk ribbon decorating the top edge all the way around. On the face of the chapeau is a large pleated silk rosette measuring 5” in diameter. Each end of the bicorn hat is adorned with a gold and dark blue bullion tassel. Three loops of gold wire braid are loosely attached at the top of the chapeau. Interior of the hat has a red, blue, and cream-colored striped silk lining in the crown, gold embossed in an armorial shield and “Stevens & Butt/7 Market Square/Norfolk, VA”. Red paper surrounds the crown lining and there is a 2-1/2” wide maroon leather sweatband. Hat is contained in its orig box of trapezoidal shape, roughly conforming to the shape of the chapeau measuring 21” across, 12-1/2” tall and 8-1/2” deep. Box is painted dark blue. On the top is an old shipping label, which is inscribed in period ink “Commodore Ridgley, U.S.N. 72 Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland.” In addition, there is a shipping label that reads “Adams Express Co. from Nofolk, Virginia.” Interior of the box is whitewashed. CONDITION: Very good. Edges of the chapeau toward the corners are worn. Gold wire gilt and tassels are loose. Rosette is slightly misshapen. Interior is fine. Hatbox shows the expected wear on the interior. Labels are fragile. One small chip out of the right side top. 3) There is a pair of white cotton dress gloves with three lines stitched on the top of each glove. CONDITION: Very good. Light discoloration from use and age. 4) Finally, this group is accompanied by a copy photograph of the USS Santiago de Cuba, the USS Shenandoah, and a blown up view of an engraving of Commodore Ridgely in uniform. 4-55311 CW44 (2,500-4,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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