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THBFour Pewter Highland/Scottish Regimental Buttons and Two Brass Cartridge Box Badges
Lot 172
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Bonhams Skinner
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Marlborough, MA 01752
United States
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The William Rose collection features nearly 180 lots of rare and important 17th & 18thc. muskets, bayonets, pistols, swords, powder horns, accoutrements and documents used by British, French, and American forces who served in America's colonial wars and American Revolution. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
The William Rose collection features nearly 180 lots of rare and important 17th & 18thc. muskets, bayonets, pistols, swords, powder horns, accoutrements and documents used by British, French, and American forces who served in America's colonial wars and American Revolution. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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- Lot Description
Four Pewter Highland/Scottish Regimental Buttons and Two Brass Cartridge Box Badges, c. 1775-1780, including a large size 42nd button with raised crown over "42" surrounded by a garland of flowers and thistles (Troiani/Kochan B42.c), a large size 71st button with incised "71" within a wavy border (Troiani/Kochan B71.n), a small size 74th button with raised "74" within a leafy ring (Troiani/Kochan B74.d), a large size 76th button with raised "76" within an oval and floral garland border (Troiani/Kochan B76.c), a brass cartridge box badge decorated with a crown, thistle Latin inscription "QUICQUID AUT FACERE AUT PATI" and "71" engraved on a circular plaque below the thistle (Troiani/Kochan B71PL3a), and a second similar example in very corroded condition apparently without a regimental number (similar to Troiani/Kochan B84PL4).
Literature: For similar examples see Don Troiani and James L. Kochan, Insignia of Independence, Military Buttons, Accoutrements Plates, & Gorgets of the American Revolution (Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 2012).Condition
Condition: Buttons and badges are in excavated condition with surface corrosion and some losses on the edges. Shanks are not intact.
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. - Shipping Info
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