Nadeau’s MARS & NEPTUNE TRUST Inaugural Sale
Saturday, October 19, 2019
11:00 AM
25 Meadow Road
Windsor, CT 06095
PREVIEW TIMES: Wednesday 10/16 2–4pm
Thursday 10/17 2–6:30pm • Friday 10/18 1–7pm
Saturday 10/19 from 9–11am (auction start time)

An outstanding assemblage of museum-quality, arms, militaria, artwork, prints, manuscripts and rare books, covering a range of time periods and themes, including Colonial and Revolutionary America, the War of 1812, the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence movements in Latin America during the 1st half of the 19th century.
The sale features many items deaccessioned from the collections of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Fort Ligonier Association, and other institutions to benefit their collections programs, as well as choice consignments from important private collections. Correspondence and memorabilia relating to such notables as George Washington, John Hancock, Andrew Jackson and other patriots are well represented, including John Hancock’s presentation cane and the Jacob Hurd sword carried by John Cleves Symmes and his son-in-law, William Henry Harrison. Works of art by Lemuel Francis Abbott, William Beechey, John Comerford, John Wesley Jarvis, Thomas Luny, James Peale, Dominic Serres, William Williams, and Thomas Yates, among others.
Manuscripts include an unpublished 1814-1815 journal of a British participant in the burning of Washington and the battle of New Orleans. Rare Revolutionary War arms, such as a Pattern 1776 rifle, the only known Hesse Hanau Freicorps rifle, and a Continental Army-altered M1717 French rampart musket are well represented, as are edged weapons such as a French presentation sword and an eagle-head saber carried by Colonel Duty Shumway in the War of 1812, not to mention an impressive assemblage of artillery related objects, including rare cannon such as one captured aboard the USS President in 1815 and a M1827 6-pounder on Confederate naval carriage.
John Raphael Smith (1751-1812) After Sir Joshua Reynolds Lt. Col. Tarleton 1782
Trophy From The 1815 Capture Of USS President: A Bronze 1-Pounder Swivel Gun Or ‘Perrier’
Silver Gorget Presented To Indian Ames Model 1835 Bronze 6-Pounder Cannon “Gorget Captains” In War Of 1812
Alonzo Chappel (American, 1828-1887) The Mortal Wounding Of Major Ringgold At The Battle Of Palo Alto, 1846
William Wilson (Flourished 1800-1820) Action Between H.M.S. Phoebe And The American Frigate Essex Off Valparaiso, Chile, 28th March 1814 Unknown Artist, British School
A Royal Navy Officer Taking Leave Of His Wife, c. 1774
Silver-Hilt Smallsword By Jacob Hurd, Carried By
John Cleves Symmes And William Henry Harrison
Jean Baptiste Le Paon (C. 1736-C. 1785) French Grenadiers At Rest, Circa 1756
An Iron Model 1827 6-Pounder On Confederate Naval Carriage
Eyewitness Account Of John Paul Jones And The Battle Of Flamborough Head, 1779
Camp Chest Of Major Benjamin Tupper, 8th Massachusetts Regiment, 1775
Manuscript Of Congreve’s 1778 Exercise For The Light 6 Pounder Gun
A Continental Army-Altered, French M1717 Rampart Musket
A Service Pattern 1800 Baker Rifle And Sword Bayonet
An Engraved Horn Inscribed ‘The Continental Artillery’, c. 1777
Rare Revolutionary War Pattern 1776 Rifle
Fighting Dirk Of War Of 1812 Naval Hero William Bainbridge
New Land Pattern Musket Of The ‘Coldstream Guards’ Dominic Serres, Ra (1719-1793)
An Important George III Overmantel Mirror With Naval Views, c. 1766
Only Extant Revolutionary War Jaeger Rifle Of The Hesse-Hanau Freicorps
Magnificent French Presentation Sword, Early 19th Century Named Silver Medal For New York Volunteers, 1848
Newly-Discovered William Williams Portrait Of A Colonial Artillery Officer
Officer’s Saber Of The 43rd Light Infantry, 1803-1818
Silver 1813 Officer’s Waistbelt Plate Of The 42nd U.S. Infantry
Columbian Press 1813 Eagle Counterweight
American Volunteer Militia Coat, Late 1820s To Mid-1830s
Mid-18th Century British Regimental Drum
The Gold-Mounted, Presentation Walking Stick Of John Hancock, c. 1755
Display Model Of Revenue Cruiser HMS Badger
James Peale (1749-1831), American Captain Of Artillery, 1789
Henry Edridge, Ara (1769-1821)
Colonel Coote Manningham Of The 95th Foot Or Rifle Brigade, 1808
Model 1812 United States Light Dragoon Cap
Lieutenant Colonel David Mason’s Gunner’s Perpendicular And Case, c. 1776
Mail Bag Placard From HMS Queen Charlotte—
1813 Battle Of Lake Erie Relic
Identified 15th US Infantry Officer’s Silver Cap Plate, c. 1812
Revolutionary War Era American Side Box For Artillery Piece
Mather Brown (American-British, 1761-1831) Smugglers Pushing Off Their Boat, c. 1805
American Revolutionary War ‘Essex’ Cartridge Box And Belt
Treatise On The Cultivation Of Hemp And The Fabrication Of Naval Cordage, 1747
John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1840) Colonel James Burn, c. 1814
Unknown Artist, Anglo-American School, c.1830
The Bombardment Of Guayaquil, 24 November 1828

Crown Point Horn Of Connecticut Provincial Ebenezer Reynolds, C. 1759
Dominic Serres, Ra (1719-1793) An Important George III Overmantel Mirror With Naval Views
Camp Chest Of Major Benjamin Tupper, 8th Massachusetts Regiment Governor John Hancock Gives Naval Orders
Attributed To Lemuel Francis Abbott (C.1760-1802)
George Washington-Signed Discharge And Badge Of Merit For Artilleryman Ames Model 1835 Bronze 6-Pounder Cannon Dated 1837
The Gold-Mounted, Presentation Walking Stick Of John Hancock
Silver-Hilt Smallsword By Jacob Hurd, Carried By Col. John Cleves Symmes And Later By Gen. William Henry Harrison
Revolutionary War Hanoverian Pattern 1776 Rifle
A Magnificent, Presentation Grade Sword Of French Manufacture
A Newly Discovered William Williams Portrait Of A Colonial American Officer William Williams (1727-1791)
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