American Antiquities. Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 — John Shaqi
American Antiquities. Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898Norman, William B.
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American Antiquities. Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898
Norman, William B.
Antiques -- Catalogs; United States -- Antiquities -- Catalogs
23 Another. Granite, fine and perfect blade, deep groove, polished
from long use; fine and desirable. Breckenridge Co., Ky. 6 in.
24 Another. Granite, fine perfect blade, good shape, deep groove, also
very desirable. Lincoln Co., Tenn. 5 × 6½ in.
25 Another. Fine grained granite, extra long and perfect blade, finely
grooved; rare. Athens Co., O. 4½ × 8½ in.
26 Another. Rough pebbly granite; of great size and weight, perfect
edge. S. W. North Carolina. 6½ × 8½ in.
27 ANVIL or Nut stone. Circular, with pitted cavity on each side;
smooth, nice specimen. Ohio. 4½ × 5 in.
28 HAMMER STONE. Granite. Central Ohio. 3 × 3½ in.
29 Another. White quartz. Central Ohio. 2½ × 3 in.
30 Another. Granite, light groove. Washington Co., R. I. 2 × 2¼ in.
31 Another. Sand stone, deep groove. New London, Conn. 2¼ × 2¾ in.
32 LARGE HOE. Gray chert, fine large flaking, point polished from long
use. From Elliptical mound, East St. Louis. 8¼ in.
33 PESTLE. Pebbly stone, perfect, cylindrical. Eastern Penn. 11 in.
34 Another. Sandstone; similar. Cincinnati, O. 14 in.
35 Another. Hard gray stone, with carving of animal’s head at one end.
Cylindrical, broken in centre but substantially mended. The largest
and most remarkable example I have seen. Border of Saratoga Lake, N.
Y. 22½ in.
36 Another. Round, pecked sandstone, with handle of mushroom shape.
Meade Co., Ky. 4 × 6 in.
37 Another. Base has a slight concavity for cracking nuts, smooth from
long use. Very fine. Ohio. 3½ × 5 in.
38 Another. As last, base chipped. Ohio. 3 × 5 in.
39 AMULET. Heart-shaped concretion, (see interesting description
attached). Fine and rare. Texas. 4½ × 4½ in.
40 QUOIT. Flint, beautifully flaked, extra fine. Tenn. 4 × 4¾ in.
41 Quoit or large knife; extra fine. Tenn. 3½ × 5¼ in.
42 BOLAS STONE. Egg-shaped, white quartz, one end slightly flattened.
Hall Co., Ga. 1¾ × 2¼ in.
43 Another. Dark stone, curious and rare. Hall Co., Ga. 1¾ × 2¼ in.
44 Saddle-shaped stone, base and ends flat, sides and top rounded to a
half-circle, with half-inch perforation through its length. Hard dark
stone. Randolph Co., Tenn. 1½ × 2¼ × 3¼ in.
45 Boat-shaped object, top hollowed out, two perforations, steatite or
soapstone, a perfect and rare specimen. Hancock Co., Tenn. 1⅜ × 6¼ in.
46 Similar. Micaceous stone. Gwinnett Co., Ga. 1⅞ × 3¼ in.
47 Another. No perforations, ends grooved. Gwinnett Co., Ga.
1¼ × 2⅜ in.
48 Another. Different shape, no cavity but perforated with two holes,
also a rare object. Gwinnett Co., Ga. 1 × 3¾ in.
49 CEREMONIAL AXE (so called). Yellowish material, perforated with a
half-inch hole, fine and rare. Saratoga Lake, N. Y. 3⅞ in.
50 Another. Slate. Williams Co., O. 4½ in.
51 BANNER STONE. Butterfly shape, light-colored granite, the usual
perforation begun and half finished; uncommon form, and rare on
account of its size. James Co., Tenn. 6¾ in.
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