TREASURES

Last spring, I picked up a massive collection of WWI and WWII arms, parts, bayonets, holsters, and all sorts of other related material. And I do mean massive! I’ve been selling the arms in every sale since, but never had a chance to go through the other stuff until last month. It was quite an experience!

Years ago, before the internet if I was looking for something I wanted for a gun (like a bayonet, holster, spare magazine, a sling), I would go to every show in the area digging for it. Now I have a ton of it here. As I opened boxes of stuff to organize it all I was stunned.

By Joel Bohy Historic Arms & Militaria Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers Cranston, RI

There were literally piles of things I then organized into lots for my next auction. In a way it was great fun going through the mountains of material culture. There were pieces I didn’t know much about, and it gave me a chance to learn more about them. A good example would be Polish Viz 35 Radom magazines. The pre-war made magazines have a little “G/2” on the bottom in an oval. The later magazines look exactly the same with the exception of that marking, and that little mark means the magazine is worth quite a bit more than the one without. Speaking of magazines: there were boxes and boxes of them! I put them into group lots for those that might want a set of like examples.

Did I mention bayonets? We have hundreds of them, and going through those has been interesting! Having reference books covering each country is a must. With greasy hands from handling the bayonets, I’ve spent a lot of time in Paul Kiesling’s Bayonets of the World. I think I’d be lost without it. There are some really nice examples of K98k, U.S. Model 1917, Japanese Type 38, and many other obscure bayonets from around the world.

There are also lots of web gear and leather holsters. We had separated them by country initially to box and store them, but we went through and put lots together of those also. Need any P38 holsters? How about Colt 1911? They’re here!

But the antique arms we have are great also. There are M1 Garand’s in great condition, M1 Carbines, and all sorts of bolt-action military arms from the late 19th century through WWII. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but cataloging all of the bolt-actions would have been a real pain without having Stuart Mowbray’s Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World. My first copy is really worn, and I keep a second copy handy for when the first completely breaks down. While I have looked at the boxes of stuff in dread sometimes over the past six months, I have to say that I’ve really enjoyed setting up tables and going through it all. It’s always a great opportunity to learn about things I never really would have had a chance to before.

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Namesake Furniture

Famous politicians, generous donors, entertainment and sports stars, and military heroes are honored by having their names on statues, buildings, bridges, streets, parks and even rooms. But famous furniture designers and architects are more often given lasting fame when a chair, desk or style is given their name. Some names used today are hundreds of years old.

There is the American Hitchcock chair, a painted wooden chair with a curved top, carved back slats and legs that are continuations of the back’s uprights. It was named for Lambert Hitchcock (1795-1852). Even older is Chippendale furniture, named for Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), an English cabinetmaker who published a book that pictured his designs. Some collectors of early photographs buy daguerreotypes without knowing they are named for Louis Daguerre (17871851), who, in about 1839, invented the first photographic pictures.

A 20th-century reproduction of a Carlton House desk sold recently at a Cowan auction for $660. The original desk looked like a table with a horseshoe-shaped top section made to fit on top of the table. It was ordered by the Prince of Wales in about 1783 and designed by George Hepplewhite. The desk, named for a favored palace, was a gift for a member of the Prince’s entourage living at Carlton House, a London palace that was demolished in 1825 after the Prince became King George IV. The building was replaced with Carlton House terrace. An early 19th-century Carlton House desk sells today for $6,000 to $10,000. ***

Q:I looked at many Hall teapots online and have been unable to find a teapot like mine. It’s an Airflow, black with a gold spout, and what looks like a gold Chinese design. The number is 0450S, and it says it’s 8-cup. Is this a knockoff?

A:From 1938 through 1941, the Hall China Company of East Liverpool, Ohio, produced whimsi- cal teapots in unique shapes that are sought after by collectors today. The Airflow teapot was one of these. It was first released in 1940, and its round shape and swooping handle hint of the beginning of Atomic Age design. The Airflow, like other Hall teapots, was made in many colors and sold either plain or decorated. Some, like yours, had Hall’s Standard Gold trim. In 1984, Hall reintroduced the Airflow and some other teapots. The reproduction teapots have the company’s post-1969 square mark. Your 8-cup Airflow teapot looks like it is from the 1940s. It is worth about $40.

The original Carlton House desk was ordered for an 18th-century building in London. This is a 20th-century copy that recently auctioned for $660.

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Current Prices

Pitcher, New Martinsville, Heart in Sand, water, gilt spout, 8 inches, $10. Hood ornament, Ford, flying quail, 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, $240.

Arita jar, lid, blue, scholars, immortals, landscape, reclining figure finial, white, Japan, 8 1/2 inches, $380.

WWI poster, Join, Army Air Service, bald eagle, mid-air strike, orange, c. 1917, 26 3/4 x 20 inches, $1,110.

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