[CIVIL WAR]. Regulation US Infantry hand-painted snare drum. Attributed manufacture to Charles E. Town, Bath, ME.
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$8,000 -
$10,000
Sold for $5,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Regulation US Infantry hand-painted snare drum. Attributed manufacture to Charles E. Town, Bath, ME.
16 1/2 height; 17 in. diameter painted ash snare drum with brass tack pattern (minor surface wear), with hoops and rims painted red, both drumheads intact (top head with large tear), original rope fasteners, 10 original brown leather tighteners, original gut snares with tightener. Only remnants of interior original paper manufacturer's label remain. One side features a blue panel decorated with a spread-wing American eagle with a Federal shield and a riband reading: "Reg. U.S. Infantry." Provenance: Dave Lewis, Lakewood, CO, Gray Hendershott, Little Rock, AR (consignor relates).
Research attributes the manufacture of the drum to Charles E. Town of Bath, Maine.
Property from the Civil War and Militaria Collection of George Sanders of Albuquerque, New Mexico
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