$738
Paymaster's Uniform Coat, Vest, and Dress Epaulettes, c. 1865-70, dark blue broadcloth double-breasted dress coat with general staff buttons, green silk lining, and striped sleeve linings, marked inside A. Bancoast & Son/San Antonio/Texas. , dark blue vest with general staff buttons, dark green back panel, and striped cotton lining, gold bullion dress epaulettes with lieutenant colonel's embroidered insignia, gold wreath with a silver PD in the middle, general staff buttons, red morocco leather and velvet lining, a japanned tin case marked FROM/WILSON & STELLWAGON/IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN/WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIAMONDS,/SILVER AND PLATED WARE,/MILITARY GOODS AND REGALIA,/1028 CHESTNUT STREET,/PHILADELPHIA. , with Wilson & Stellwagon business cards in central compartment. Provenance: Sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-03