Discovery I & II
09-17-200809-18-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2424
September 17, 2008 02:00 PM
Sell one like this
$948$800
Auction: Discovery - 2424Location: BoltonDate / Time: September 18, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
Two Historical Framed Woven Silk Bookmark Ribbons, probably America, c. 1865, one ribbon depicting a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant surrounded by a garland of flowers and inscribed "Richmond 1865, Lieutenant General U.S. Grant" with American eagle and shield and flags, the other similar in design with a portrait of Lincoln with inscriptions "Assassinated at Washington 14 April 1865," and "The Late Lamented President Lincoln," (fading, one stained),8 3/4 x 2, 10 x 2 in. excluding tassels, housed in period molded giltwood frames.
Provenance: Edna Greenwood collection.
Estimate $400-600
the Licoln memorial ribon with several small brown stains near top and bottom.