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599B.
$0.00

RARE &WONDERFUL CIVIL WAR MOTIF CAST IRON HALL TREE. Fantastic cast iron item. Approximately 6’5” high x about 27” at the widest point. Cast in great detail with two 1861 style muskets with fixed bayonets, four swords, the two in the center are artillery hangers with eagle heads and the two outside are straight swords. The rifle slings & sword straps are part of the casting, along with sword knots. There is an American shield crest at the top center and a large American shield with mirror centered at about 5’. There are seven hooks for hats & coats over the top. About 20” off the floor is a casting of a Civil War Officer’s belt with eagle buckle, which serves as a holder for umbrellas or canes, and the base is very detail casting of broken bayonets & cartridge boxes with oval “US” plates. Inside the base are beveled edges where there might have been a pan to hold umbrellas & canes, now missing. CONDITION: Very good. Retains 85-90% original black finish with about 90% of the gold paint on the eagle heads, the two straight sword handles & the sword knots. Two of the hooks are broken and there is a crack in the left musket and two swords, otherwise it is sound & fine. A most rare & unusual Civil War related item. 4-51454 JR1163 (17,500-22,500)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2004
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