Group of Civil War or Pre-Civil War Period Personal Items
Group of Civil War or Pre-Civil War Period Personal Items – Please consult the numbered list that accompanies this posting for a brief description of each item and its price. Please contact us with questions regarding any of these items. Some of these have been listed before and may still appear elsewhere on our site.
1 – Civil War period pocket telescope – SOLD
2 – Post-Civil War Sheridan’s Cavalry Corps, 3rd Division, sheet brass badge – $20
3 – Civil War period pants or vest size adjuster clips – $5 each
4 – C. 1840s Spectacles in original case – $100
5 – Civil War period spectacles in original case – SOLD
6 – “Sharpshooter” glasses – in actuality, there were no so-called sniper or sharpshooter glasses issued during the Civil War; we remain perplexed as to what these were designed for; they are seemingly period, although may have been utilized after the war – $25
7 – Pre-Civil War to Civil War period box of pencils; several pencils remain in the box – SOLD
8 – Late 18th to early 19th century horn spoon – $25
9 – Late 18th to early 19th century horn cup – $30
10 – Late 18th to early 19th century horn shoe horn – $20
11 – Civil War period wicker wrapped, glass flask – $45 – SOLD
12 – C. 1825 British Snuff box – marked – “Manchester 1825” – $35 – SOLD
13 – Civil War period tin snuff box with five, period clay marbles – $40
14 – Civil War period pewter collapsible cup with original japanned tin container – $50
15 – Torrey’s U.S. Navy Razor strop; c. 1870 – $35
16 – Civil War period iron candle wick cutter – $20 – SOLD