$1,008
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: April 27, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Comprising three silver and one gold fraternal fob pendants, including one double-sided silver pendant engraved "UB" above fraternal handshake and date "1806," the other side engraved with Greek letters Phi Theta Gamma over initials "AC" and date "1819," the gold pendant engraved, "Kneass 73 of N.Y." to one side and the other side engraved with Greek letters Alpha Pi Gamma Epsilon over "TBC"; a sterling silver buckle engraved with crest surmounted by Greek letters Phi Delta Theta, made by Baltimore Silversmiths Mfg. Co., Baltimore, Maryland, marked; a brass buckle engraved "Major Alex Stuart 1815"; a silver pin engraved "U.S. Christian Commission Phil"; and a silver repoussé buckle engraved "H.H. Tesch 1769" above fraternal symbols.
4 1/4 in. x 3 in. (largest)Provenance
A Philadelphia gentleman.
Silver buckle dated 1769: Said to come from a house in Delaware called Granoble, Phyllis Wyeth's niece's home.
George Hay Stuart (1816-1890) served as the Chairman for the U.S. Christian Commission, an organization founded in 1861 with the intention of aiding the military with spiritual needs. The pin in this lot may have belonged to him.