Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
A Grand Old Flag: The Stars and Stripes Collection of Dr. Peter J. Keim
Auction: November 24, 2019 1:00:00 PM EDT
The wood hoist handle stenciled, "25" and inscribed in graphite, "Sloop Edith," the pennant with hand-sewn, double appliqued cotton stars on wool bunting, two hand-sewn, tapering wool bunting stripes.
L: 25 ft.Literature
Kevin Keim & Peter Keim, A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through its Flags (2007), accompanying fold-out.
Note
Two American sloops named Edith were commissioned in the late 19th century: one in New Orleans in 1878, and the other in Maryland in 1888.