SMITH & WESSON FIRST MODEL SECOND ISSUE REVOLVER AND LARGE LOT OF CIVIL WAR ITEMS IDENTIFIED TO CAP’T T. J. SMITH.

SMITH & WESSON FIRST MODEL SECOND ISSUE REVOLVER AND LARGE LOT OF CIVIL WAR ITEMS IDENTIFIED TO CAP’T T. J. SMITH. Cal. 22 Short. SN 30092. 3-3/16” oct bbl with rib. Standard 1-line marking on top of bbl with line of patents around center of cyl. CONDITION: Very good to fine with 95% tarnished silver on frame, 40% blue on bbl and cyl mixed with light surface rust and pitting. Grips show wear at high points but retain 80% varnish. Period mahogany case has a silver-plated brass plate on top engraved in Old English “CAPT. T.J. Smith / From His Family”. Case is lined with purple velvet and contains a UMC green label cartridge box containing 49 Winchester cartridges, a sepia tone image of a young woman, a GAR silver stick pin, a key that works the lock and a hand written tag stating that “This Smith & Wesson pistol belonged to my Civil War ancestor, Thorndike J. Smith.” CONDITION: Box is fine. Interior is stained with some damage to the bottom. Partition around cartridge box is missing. There is also a framed, oval, sepia tone picture of Captain Smith, slightly faded with repairs to the frame and an image in a daguerreotype frame purporting to be Smith at an older age, also a wood framed daguerreotype of a young person. Part of the image has adhered to the glass. Also included is an 1835 King James Bible with Smith’s initials in ink on the frontispiece; an 1864 Book of Psalms with gold edged pages; a brass candle stand with candle; an empty Civil War era leather wallet; a folding fork, spoon and corkscrew set in a leather case, German silver with horn scales; a tiny teacup with no markings; a pewter topped drinking flask with leather cover on top missing the cup, leather scuffed; a 4-1/2” diameter hand mirror with painted black wood frame with minor chipping to the paint; an unidentified daguerreotype of a bearded gentleman in a fabric covered case; 2-3/4” diameter 2-pc wood box with badly chipped rim; a Civil War period sewing kit containing needles, strips of cloth, a thimble, spare buttons and an unopened package of 20 needles with several pins stuck in the pincushions on the ends; a small pair of glass salt and pepper shakers; a Barnard 1864 patent candlesnuffer; a pair of Vendome Civil War period binoculars with one of the leather covers loose but complete and optically good; a celluloid pipe with a hand holding the bowl in very good condition; a partial set of dominoes with only the blank and one complete and very few of the high denominations present, totaling 22 tiles with 4 duplicates; a folding box with marquetry cribbage set; a small spirit light marked “4-3/4”, badly corroded; portable pewter cup in jappanned tin box; a pair of spectacles in tin box; a tiny spoon with unidentified hallmarks; GAR ribbon holder in poor condition; a gold filled and hair watch chain; a tin box containing glass bottle containing white pellets, 2 sticks of wood matches and an empty tin for Payson’s indelible ink with about half of the red paint remains outside; a wooden pestle; a pair of captain’s epaulets in orig black metal box with gold trim on the 9-3/8” by 6-3/8” box; a cloth sugar bag; a pen and nib; a tartan shawl with handwritten label “Great-grandfather’s Civil War shawl”; a large striped wool coverlet in fine condition; a leather covered wooden box 15-3/4” by 8-5/8” by 7-3/4”,. decorated with tacks and with key missing with some damage around the lock from prying; a 12-5/8” x 6-1/4” x 3-5/8” wood shaving kit containing one Boker straight razor, sharp, one Rome straight razor, dull, a cone square razor strop with orig slip cover, a tin cup, a container of Bazin shaving soap, an empty glass bottle, a wooden box containing an Oriental seal ring, a celluloid manicure set, a brass folding comb and a mirror, with most of the black finish missing from the box, but with the red primer almost intact; and a 20” x 16” x 20” domed metal bound wood trunk with paper lining, with a little bit of mildew and solid, good exterior but deteriorating interior. 4-31027 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007

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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	415	$5,750.00	SMITH & WESSON FIRST MODEL SECOND ISSUE REVOLVER AND LARGE LOT OF CIVIL WAR ITEMS IDENTIFIED TO CAP’T T. J. SMITH. Cal. 22 Short. SN 30092. 3-3/16” oct bbl with rib. Standard 1-line marking on top of bbl with line of patents around center of cyl. CONDITION: Very good to fine with 95% tarnished silver on frame, 40% blue on bbl and cyl mixed with light surface rust and pitting. Grips show wear at high points but retain 80% varnish. Period mahogany case has a silver-plated brass plate on top engraved in Old English “CAPT. T.J. Smith / From His Family”. Case is lined with purple velvet and contains a UMC green label cartridge box containing 49 Winchester cartridges, a sepia tone image of a young woman, a GAR silver stick pin, a key that works the lock and a hand written tag stating that “This Smith & Wesson pistol belonged to my Civil War ancestor, Thorndike J. Smith.” CONDITION: Box is fine. Interior is stained with some damage to the bottom. Partition around cartridge box is missing. There is also a framed, oval, sepia tone picture of Captain Smith, slightly faded with repairs to the frame and an image in a daguerreotype frame purporting to be Smith at an older age, also a wood framed daguerreotype of a young person. Part of the image has adhered to the glass. Also included is an 1835 King James Bible with Smith’s initials in ink on the frontispiece; an 1864 Book of Psalms with gold edged pages; a brass candle stand with candle; an empty Civil War era leather wallet; a folding fork, spoon and corkscrew set in a leather case, German silver with horn scales; a tiny teacup with no markings; a pewter topped drinking flask with leather cover on top missing the cup, leather scuffed; a 4-1/2” diameter hand mirror with painted black wood frame with minor chipping to the paint; an unidentified daguerreotype of a bearded gentleman in a fabric covered case; 2-3/4” diameter 2-pc wood box with badly chipped rim; a Civil War period sewing kit containing needles, strips of cloth, a thimble, spare buttons and an unopened package of 20 needles with several pins stuck in the pincushions on the ends; a small pair of glass salt and pepper shakers; a Barnard 1864 patent candlesnuffer; a pair of Vendome Civil War period binoculars with one of the leather covers loose but complete and optically good; a celluloid pipe with a hand holding the bowl in very good condition; a partial set of dominoes with only the blank and one complete and very few of the high denominations present, totaling 22 tiles with 4 duplicates; a folding box with marquetry cribbage set; a small spirit light marked “4-3/4”, badly corroded; portable pewter cup in jappanned tin box; a pair of spectacles in tin box; a tiny spoon with unidentified hallmarks; GAR ribbon holder in poor condition; a gold filled and hair watch chain; a tin box containing glass bottle containing white pellets, 2 sticks of wood matches and an empty tin for Payson’s indelible ink with about half of the red paint remains outside; a wooden pestle; a pair of captain’s epaulets in orig black metal box with gold trim on the 9-3/8” by 6-3/8” box; a cloth sugar bag; a pen and nib; a tartan shawl with handwritten label “Great-grandfather’s Civil War shawl”; a large striped wool coverlet in fine condition; a leather covered wooden box 15-3/4” by 8-5/8” by 7-3/4”,. decorated with tacks and with key missing with some damage around the lock from prying; a 12-5/8” x 6-1/4” x 3-5/8” wood shaving kit containing one Boker straight razor, sharp, one Rome straight razor, dull, a cone square razor strop with orig slip cover, a tin cup, a container of Bazin shaving soap, an empty glass bottle, a wooden box containing an Oriental seal ring, a celluloid manicure set, a brass folding comb and a mirror, with most of the black finish missing from the box, but with the red primer almost intact; and a 20” x 16” x 20” domed metal bound wood trunk with paper lining, with a little bit of mildew and solid, good exterior but deteriorating interior. 4-31027 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007 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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