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An early New England officer's leather cockade for a chapeau de braspossibly for a naval officer
11 June 2012, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoUS$400 - US$600
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An early New England officer's leather cockade for a chapeau de bras
possibly for a naval officer
possibly for a naval officer
The 5 1/2 inch tall black leather cockade of three fluted sections, the domed top section fitted brass button molded with a pine tree and star and retaining part of a black silk ribbon.
Condition: Fine.
See Illustration
Condition: Fine.
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Footnotes
Provenance: Allen F. Thompson, Jr. Collection.
Note: The pine tree was an early New England motif, probably taken from the Penacook tribe of Native Americans, whose name, according to some sources, means Children of the Pine. The pine tree was used on the flag of the six cruisers outfitted by George Washington, at his own expense, in 1775 and was also used on the naval ensigns of vessels and floating batteries of the State of Massachusetts.








