Need help identifying/ authenticating/ valuing items

[Ralph Heinz]

The gold colored "rope" and brass fixtures is for a pocket watch. The small swivel catch would attach to the ring on the missing pocket watch. The bar at the other end went through a button hole (often in a vest). The pocket watch would go into a small watch pocket. When you wanted to see what time it was you pulled it out of the pocket and that bar through a button hole kept you from losing your watch. These were common and used well into the 1900's.

 

[tarhee]

I was curious about the loops to which the sling rings attach on the powder horn and about the interior of the wooden base, so I took some pics with a cheap wifi endoscope I got for inspecting muzzleloader barrels. Looks like they're just
cut steel wire. The interior of the base wood looks pretty smooth. Maybe part of a wooden crate that was fit to the horn and then the exterior whittled flush? Would that sort of wood have been planed?

 

[tarhee]

Sponge bucket:

Tar bucket:

 

[Ole Miss]

Welcome from North Mississippi! Love your photos!
Regards
David

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy. Some fantastic looking items

 

[connecticut yankee]

Personally, I wish you had posted one item at a time and thoroughly provided photos of each individually which is the only real way the knowledgeable folks here can evaluate what you have. I know from what you posted, that to me some of the items undoubtedly appear original and some are highly suspect (such as your token/ ID tag) to be reproduction. The difference of original vs. reproduction of the items is hundreds to in some cases thousands of dollars.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[johan_steele]

1 Folding chair... $50-100
2 Sibley Stove $400-750
3 Coffee pot? $25-100
4 Candle maker $25
5 Pot $25
6 Trivet pan $50-75
7 Coffee Pot? $25-100
8 Arty Implement $400-500?
9 Arty Implement? I have no idea.
10 Steamer $25-30
11 Tin cup $20
12 Tin Cup $20
13 Hot shot tongs or ice tongs maybe I don't know.
14 1900 vintage forest fire fighting tool $25-75
15 Branding Iron or wrench?
16 Spade or possibly a bark spud $25-100
17 Broad axe $75+
18 Pair of spoons $4-5
19 Pike
20 Powder horn
21 Crutch
22 Powder horn
23 Bowie style knife
24 Watch chain

 

[redbob]

Welcome to the group from middle Alabama and it looks as though you did alright for yourself.

 

[tarhee]

Personally, I wish you had posted one item at a time and thoroughly provided photos of each individually which is the only real way the knowledgeable folks here can evaluate what you have. I know from what you posted, that to me some of the items undoubtedly appear original and some are highly suspect (such as your token/ ID tag) to be reproduction. The difference of original vs. reproduction of the items is hundreds to in some cases thousands of dollars.

Welcome to the forum.

Thank you. I know what you mean. I just didn't want to start 25 threads. Was trying to keep it simple and just get a sense for what items potentially have value and what some of them were even for.

 

[tbuckley]

Welcome from eastern Ohio. Some interesting items.

 

[Georgia]

Thank you both for being so kind. I'm fairly new to 1800s gear, but am enjoying learning. The powder horn is one of the reasons I bought the entire lot. "Pea Patch, 1863, Island of Death" "Don't Tread on Me, GA, CSA" with coiled Gadsden flag snake. Possible prisoner art? Or maybe done after release? Can't imagine they'd have a knife and horn and the inclination to carve that while jammed in with thousands of others. Ever seen anything like that?

Pea Patch is in the Delaware River- basically considered the Northern "Andersonville." The officers from Georgia who were captured from the first couple of days of Gettysburg were sent to Pea Patch. So, the Georgia/Pea Patch connection is possible. Unless the prisoners were given/found anything to use to scratch into a powder horn, and had access to their powder horn in the first place, it seems odd to me it exists.
Wouldn't anything of worth or could be used as a weapon been taken from the prisoners? Or, would they have been allowed to have such personal items with them?