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• FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION •

 • FORSYTHES ANTIQUES AUCTION •
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 1:00 PM
EASTGATE (CINCINNATI), OHIO
Located at the Holiday Inn, 4501 Eastgate Blvd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45245.  Exit 63B off I-275 to East 32 to Eastgate Blvd.
This auction includes items from the Lynn Dingus collection and other homes and estates.

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   Pages 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11   Lot # 211 - 240
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 TITLE DESCRIPTION CONDITION LOW EST HIGH EST
211 Original Hand Painted  Food Can Label Artwork Original Hand Painted  Food Can Label Artwork Two beautifully detailed hand painted artworks.  One for "Pleasant Smiles Brand Wisconsin Early June Peas", "Packed by Valders Canning Co., Valders, Wis." with painting of a large bowl of peas and unfinished pencil drawing figures.  Stamped on the back by the company that made the labels, "Kimball-Storer Co. 500 So. Fourth St. Minneapolis" on original card stock.  4 1/8" x 11".  Plus "Minnetonka Brand Tomatoes."  Unfinished, with wonderful painting of a young man picking tomatoes and a large red tomatoe.  Stamped on back by the company that made the labels, "Kimball-Storer Co. 500 So. Fourth St. Minneapolis" on original card stock.  4 1/2" x 14". Fine condition. 200 400
212 Original Hand Painted Food Can Label Artwork Original Hand Painted Food Can Label Artwork Three beautifully detailed hand painted artworks.  One for "Donaldson's Tea Room Coffee" packed for "L.S. Donaldson Company, Minneapolis" with painting of tea cup and saucer, company name, and stamped on the back by the company that made the labels, "Kimball-Storer Co. 500 So. Fourth St., Minneapolis" on original card stock.  5 1/2" x 13 1/2".  Plus "Meadow Bloom Fancy Creamery Butter", "The Victor Company, Duluth, Minn" stamped on back, "Kimball-Storer Co. 500 So. Fourth St., Minneapolis" on original card stock.  8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  Plus "Vale Brand Evaporated Milk", "Valecia Condensed Milk Co., Madison, Wisconsin" with painting of Lady Liberty and Vale Lighting the Milky Way Brand logo.  Stamped on the back, "Kimball-Storer Co. 500 So. Fourth St., Minneapolis" with pencil notation on original card stock.  4" x 10". Fine condition. 100 200
213 Original Hand Painted Food Can Label Artwork Original Hand Painted Food Can Label Artwork Lot of five artworks.  One for "The Van Tillburg Products Co." hand painted on original card stock.  8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  Plus wonderful pencil drawing on original card stock for "Sweetheart Brand Coffee", "The German American Coffee Co." 5 1/4" x 14".  Plus "Hermann's Hair Grower", "Manufactured by Hermann's Hair-Again Co. Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A." on original card stock 5 1/2" x 4 1/2".  Plus "Neutral Brand Roasted Coffee", "Packed for S. H. Holstad & Co. Minneapolis, Minn" with painting of a Dutch girl on original crd stock.  7" x 6 7/8".  Plus lithograph print for "Kimball-Storer Co. 500 So. 4th Street, Minneapolis Minn. - Make your label sell your goods, we will do it for you.  Ask any Minneapolis Wholesale grocer" with blackberries on original card stock.  8 3/8" x 5". Fine condition. 100 200
214 Original Food Can Label Artwork Original Food Can Label Artwork Wonderful lithograph of the "International Stock Food Factory Building, Largest food factory in the world, Capitol paid in $5,000,000., covers over a city block, 18 acres of floor space and cost $500,000."  Mounted on original card stock.  20 1/2" x 16 1/4". Fine condition. 100 200
215 Original Hand Painted Food Can Label Artwork Original Hand Painted Food Can Label Artwork Two beautifully detailed hand painted artworks.  One for "Rainbow Prepared Paint" made by C. R. Cox Paint Company, Kansas City, Mo. With painting of a rainbow.  Stamped on the back by the company that made the labels, "Kimball-Storer Co., 500 So. Fourth St. Minneapolis" on original card stock.  6" x 9".  Plus "Red Circle Brand Prepared Paint",  "Made by C. R. Cook Paint Co., Kansas City, Mo." stamped on the back by the company that made the labels, "Kimball-Storer Co., 500 So. Fourth St., Minneapolis" on original card stock.  6" x 9". Fine condition. 100 300
216 Original Food Can Labels Original Food Can Labels Lot of eleven food can labels including: 4 "Minnesota Belle" Sugar Corn, packed by "H. P. Krusske, Mayer, Minn." great graphics of Native American girl and ear of corn, each approx. 12" x 5".  Plus five "Crow River Brand" Sugar Corn, "Packed by H. P. Kusske, Mayer, Minn." with a Native American man and wonman in a canoe.  Each measures approx. 12" x 5".  Plus one "Monogram Brand" Hawaiian sliced pineapple, "Packed for Winston-Harper-Fisher Co., Minneapolis, Minn."  11 3/8" x 4 1/8".  Plus one "Minnehaha Falls Brand" corn, "Packed by Samels Bros. & White Canning Co., Chaska, Minn." with wonderful graphics of couples at a waterfall.  11 3/8" x 4 1/2". Fine condition. 60 120
217 Original Food Can Labels Original Food Can Labels Lot of 3 card stock boards with mounted labels includes: First board having six labels, Micheif Brand Marrowfat Peas, Mischef Brand Red Raspberries, Swift and Company Buttermilk and Glycering Toilet Soap, Temco Brand Salmon, Faultless Evaporated Milk, and Flickertail Beverage.  Second board having four labels, University Sliced Pineapple - Whole Wax Beans - Grated Pineapple, and Milk, All University Brand, packed for Winston-Harper-Fisher Co., Minneapolis, Minn.  Third board having five labels, Red Star Sliced Peaches, Council Oak Brand Packed for Tolerton-Warfield Co., Sioux City, Iowa.  Our Own Brand Beets, Our Own Brand Sliced Lemon Cling Peaches, and Our Own Brand Strawberries, Socum-Bergren Co., Minneapolis, Minn.  Each board measures 16" x 10 1/8". Fine condition. 60 20
217A Original Food Can Labels Original Food Can Labels Lot of 3 card stock board with mounted labels , includes:  First board having five labels - Rosabel Brand Sugar Corn, Prairie Lily Sweet Corn, White Peacock Corn, Arlington Brand Sugar Corn, and Minnesota's Pride Sugar Corn.  Second board having five labels - Wisconsin Fawn Early June Peas, Wisconsin Fawn Early June Peas, Big Woods Brand Sugar Corn, Artesian Brand Corn, and Minnesota Valley Early June Peas.  Third board having five labels - Minnesota Belle Sugar Corn, Crow River Sugar Corn, Bow and Arrow Sweet Corn, Tetonka Brand Corn, and Minnehaha Falls Brand Corn.  All with wonderful graphics.  Each board measures approximately 16 1/4" x 30 1/4". Fine condition. 60 120
218 Original Food Can Lithograph Labels Original Food Can Lithograph Labels Lot of 13 labels includes:  three Diamond A Brand Blackberries, three Diamond A Brand Royal Anne Cherries, five mounted on card stock board  Monogram Sliced Pineapple, Monogram Lemon Cling Peaches, Monogram Peeled Apricots, Monogram Sliced Lemon Cling Peaches, and Monogram Tomatoes. Two mounted on board Diamond A Brand Blackberries, and Diamond A Brand Royal Anne Cherries.  Wonderful graphics. Fine condition. 60 120
219 Henry Clay Sheet Music Henry Clay Sheet Music Entitled "The Ashland March, Composed & Dedicated by the Permission to the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky", by Philip Burghrim, with printed faxsimily of letter written by clay to Thomas E. Mittag in 1843 on front wraps. Printed by E.D. Benteen, Baltimore, Md., with three pages of sheet music, 10 x 13" Slight soil and minor margin wear. 80 150
220 Early Oil Portrait of Henry Clay Early Oil Portrait of Henry Clay On canvas showing half length portrait of a grey haired Clay holding a scroll in his hands with title "Principles of the Whig Party", circa 1850. Lower board of stretcher has "H.C. Arnold p-t", possibly the artist, 28 x 35 1/4" in period frame, 31 x 39". One very small patched hole in lower center, Very Good. 1000 3000
221 Embroidered U.S. Flag Pillow Embroidered U.S. Flag Pillow In black silk with red, white and blue emroidered U.S. flag with 48 stars and gold silk flag pole and text below reading "The Stars Spangled Banner", 13 x 15". Black slightly faded, else Fine. 100 200
222 U.S. Grant Miniature Stool U.S. Grant Miniature Stool Very unusual, possibly political, wood with scroll cutout apron and feet in original red painted finish chromolithographed circular portrait of a uniformed Grant on one side, flowers on the other, two children playing on top and an oriental Kings on ends/feet with gold painted edging, circa 1865, 8 1/4 x 4 x 4 1/2" high. Paint is circa 98%, slight chip on two feet. 150 350
223 U.S. Grant Miniature Stool U.S. Grant Miniature Stool Very unusual, possibly political, wood with scroll cutout apron and feet in original red painted finish chromolithographed circular portrait of a uniformed Grant on one side, Martha Washington on the other, two children playing on top and an oriental King & Queen on ends/feet with gold painted edging, circa 1865, 8 1/4 x 4 x 4 1/2" high. Paint is circa 97%, one chip on foot. 150 350
224 Framed Memorial to Grant & Garfield Framed Memorial to Grant & Garfield A chromolithographed picture of both Grant and Garfield, circa 1885, memorilizing their passing mounted in frame with a printed silk U.S. flag with 42 stars. Flag is 3 1/2 x 6 3/4" and canton pattern is 7 rows of six stars, each row staggered, and has silver metalic woven hoist. Chromo is 4" square. Both mounted in gold painted Victorian frame, 12 3/4 x 15". Fine. 60 120
225 E.C. Middleton Chromo on Canvas of U.S. Grant E.C. Middleton Chromo on Canvas of U.S. Grant As a Lt. General in uniform, oval and marked on back of canvas "Warranted Oil Colors./Enter according to an act of Congress in/the year 1864, by/E.C. Middleton/In the Clerk Office of the District Court/for the Southern District of Ohio,/Cininnati", 14 x 17" in original frame, 19 x 22". Some loss to frame, canvas is fine. 100 300
226 E.C. Middleton Chromo on Canvas of Washington  E.C. Middleton Chromo on Canvas of Washington  Oval and marked on back of canvas "Warranted Oil Colors./Enter according to an act of Congress in/the year 1864, by/E.C. Middleton/In the Clerk Office of the District Court/for the Southern District of Ohio,/Cininnati", 14 x 17" in original frame, 19 x 22". Minor wear to frame, else Fine. 100 300
227 Spanish-American War Bandanna Spanish-American War Bandanna Printed cotton in red, white, blue and black with central ships portrait of the USS Maine and vignette portaits at corners of McKinley, Dewey, Sampson & Miles, with other patriotic motifs, 24 1/2 x 23 1/2", pressure mounted and framed, 31 1/2 x 27 1/2". Fine. 100 200
228 Garfield & Arthur Campaign Bandanna Garfield & Arthur Campaign Bandanna Garfield and Arthur red and white bandana, with shoulder length portraits of each and geometric border, 21 3/4 x 20", framed, 28 1/2 x 26 3/4". Slight fading and wear at margins, still Very Good 150 250
229 Deomocratic Brass Rooster Hat Badges Deomocratic Brass Rooster Hat Badges Lot of 10, all stamped brass, including nine of free sranding cock with pinbacks, 2" high, and one stamped square relief of standing cock on branch 1 1/4" square. Three with original bright finish, others with nice mellow brown patination, two missing pinbacks. 50 100
230 The Lost Cause after Henry Mosler Oil Painting The Lost Cause after Henry Mosler Oil Painting A very large folk art painting of a returning Confederate soldier in uniform with his rifle, standing in front of the ruins of his log cabin home.  Great painting.53 x 38" high, framed, 61 x 46 1/2" high. One small repair along lower margin, else Very Good. 800 1500
231 Jefferson Davis Civil War Sheet Music Jefferson Davis Civil War Sheet Music With comic lithographed cover showing Jefferson Davis dressed in womens clothing and carrying a wood pail with another Southern lady and member of the Michigan Cavalry who captured him lifting his skirt to reveal mens riding boots, with caption "Only My Mother", titled "Jeff's Double Quick; The Last Groans of the Confederacy; Jeff's War Hoops.", dated 1865, with 4pp of printed music and front and rear wraps, printed by Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, 10 x 13". Chips and short tears at margins of wraps 60 120
232 Four Early Scrimshaw Horn Cups Four Early Scrimshaw Horn Cups Including one with four horse drawn stagg coach with buildings, 2 1/2 x 3 3/4" high; plus 2nd with hunter shooting birds with his dog and windmill & trees in background, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" high; plus 3rd with primative turkey like birds, 2 1/2 x 3 1/4" high; and smallest uncrved, 1 3/4 x 2 1/4" high. 1st-2nd-4th Fine; 3rd with wear. 200 400
233 Civil War Era Decorated Snare Drum Civil War Era Decorated Snare Drum With wonderful hand painted Eagle standing atop a U.S. shield, clutching olive branch and arrows in tallons and ribbon banner in beak reading "E. Pluribus Unum" with gold rays behind with 13 white 5-pointed stars, maker's label on interior, 14 1/2" diameter x 12" high. Fine condition, but cordage is dry and broken, drum heads are fine. 400 600
233A Civil War Dagger of Thomas Snoddy 21 KY Infantry Civil War Dagger of Thomas Snoddy 21 KY Infantry This dagger has a 4 1/2 inch unmarked double edged steel blade with T form nickel guard and MOP grips attached with nickel rivets, total length 8 1/2 inches. There is an inked manuscript note attched reading "This knife was Thomas Snoddy's fathers. Civil War. Christopher B. Snoddy was a private in the 21st Kentucky Infantry Regiment and was in most of the major battles in the Western Theater, including Stone River, the Atlanta Campaign and the battles following. Minor expected wear, small chips on MOP, else Fine. 200 300
234 Indian Wars Bear Skin Gloves Indian Wars Bear Skin Gloves This type of glove were issued to U.S. troops fighting in the west from 1870-80's, black bear, 14" long and made for a medium sized male hand with original sheep skin liner. Very Good, still useable. 80 120
235 Civil War Union Officer's Portrait Civil War Union Officer's Portrait A 16 x 20" charcoal photographic enlargement of an albumen cdv, originally taken during the war and enlarged in the 1870,s or 80's, showing a young bird Colonel in double breasted frock coat and holding his Hardee type hat in his hand, framed, 19 x 23". Fine. 150 250
236 Union Officer's Civil War Belt Plate Union Officer's Civil War Belt Plate Cast brass with standard U.S. shield breasted eagle motif with laurel wreath surrounf, all in nice brown patina, 3 1/8" x 2 1/8" Fine. 100 200
237 Civil War Union officers Belt Plate Civil War Union officers Belt Plate Cast brass  with applied copper laurel wreath, unclear makers mark from N.Y. on back, 3 x 2". Parts of laurel wreath missing. 80 150
237A Albumen photo of Col. Charles L. Russell, KIA Albumen photo of Col. Charles L. Russell, KIA A fine 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inch seated portrait of Charles L. Russel in uniform with double breasted officers frock coat with bird Col. Epaulets, with his kepi on draped table with officers belt and plate and sword rig, mounted on a larger original card stock with penciled inscription on reverse reading in part "Colonel Charles Lawrence Russell Killed in the Battle of Roanoke Island, in the Civil War at the age of 33..." He enlisted as 1st Lt. in 1861 in 2nd Ct. Infantry and was promoted to Col. on 10-26-61 in the 10th Ct. Infantry. This was the first battle of the Regiment and they lost their Colonel in it. Fine. 100 200
238 Civil War CDV Photo Album Civil War CDV Photo Album Album from Cincinnati, Ohio with 25 albumen cdv and a few cdv sized tintype portraits including three Union Civil War officers, two of which are identified. One is Capt. Joseph T. Patton, who enlisted as a private in Co. K, 22nd OVI, was discharged for promotion on 6-12-62 and appointed 2nd Lt. in Co. G 93rd OVI, 1st Lt. 11-14-62 and Capt. 6-12-63 in Co. A, 93rd OVI. Was wounded three times at Chickamauga, Stone River and Missionary Ridge and fought in the following other battles: New Hope Church, Liberty Gap, Brown's Ferry, Charleston, Danbridge, Rocky Faced Ridge, Resaca, Laurel Hill, Pine Mt., Kenesaw, Marietta, Chattahoocheer River, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columbia and Franklin. The other two officers include one unidentified young officer, likely from the 93rd OVI and one in civilian clothing idnetified on reverse as W.H. Warlin Bvt. Brig. Genl. U.S.V., who i could not find in the records, with penciled note reading "Return to Capt. J.T. Patton" on reverse. Most of the imprints are from Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio in the album. Album very worn with loose boards, photos are mostly Fine, including all three officers albumens. 150 300
239 Civil War Ambrotype Photos Civil War Ambrotype Photos Lot of 3, including a quarter plate ambrotype in a half case of an unidentgified Union sergeant in uniform, plus a ninth plate of the same gentleman and a ninth plate of a young woman, likely his wife in a full case with embossed U.S. flag on case. 1st with a couple of wipes, 2nd & 3rd Very Good 100 200
240 ID'd Civil War Canteen ID'd Civil War Canteen Tin with three sling straps and pewter spout, in old white milk paint with old paper label with inked inscription reading "Canteen carried by Grandfather Paduna--- Bur--- Runlg-er", 8" diameter. As above, else Fine. 100 300
             
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