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THBLookout Mountain Folk Art Carved Pipe Presented by Captain F. Winter, 75th Pennsylvania Infantry, to Major James Harper, US V
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LiveFeb 21, 2017 - Feb 22, 2017
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- Lot Description
Folk art carved pipe, wood dark in color and nicely grained. Front of bowl with nicely carved, very very high relief open winged American eagle clutching arrows and olive branch in its claws, large American shield on its breast. Relief carved in letters above eagle encircling front of bowl, Lookout Mountain. Both the top of the bowl and top of the shank are fitted with silver mounts; the mount of bowl has its original hinged silver cover professionally engraved in five lines, To Major James Harper from Captain F. Winter as a Token of Regard. Overall width 3 in.; bowl height 2.75 in., dia. 1.375 in.
James Harper enlisted as a major and was commissioned into the US Volunteers, Paymaster's Department on November 26, 1864. He resigned on September 16, 1864, but was brevetted as a lieutenant colonel on March 13, 1865. It is possible that he resigned as paymaster but continued to serve.
Despite being born in Germany, Frederick Winter fought for the union cause. He enlisted as a captain and was commissioned into the 75th Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. I, on October 16, 1861. He fought at Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, before moving further south to Lookout Valley and Nashville. He mustered out at Franklin on September 1, 1865.
Provenance: N. Flayderman and Co., Inc.Cracking in wood along back of bowl (below hinged silver cover), may have been varnished/painted over previously. Few scattered scratches, nicks. Some tarnish on silver mounts.Condition
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