Rafael Osona Auctions Annual Catalog 2020 | Page 145

418. RALPH BUCKWALTER (AMERICAN 1906-1990)
FOLK ART CARVED AND PAINTED RIGHT WHALE
CANE, circa 1986, inscribed on the shaft “Ralph Buckwalter
PA 1986.” Whale Length 10 in. 400/700
419. SILK EMBROIDERED PICTORIAL SOUVENIR
OF AN AMERICAN SAILOR’S CRUISE ABOARD THE
U.S.S. RELIEF, with phrase “In Remembrance of My Cruise
in China, Japan, Philippines & Hawaii” with a photograph of the
sailor with embroidered eagle above, surrounded with 8 flags of
nations above an embroidered oval vignette of the U.S.S. Relief.
16 ¾ in. x 13 ¾ in. 500/700
420. SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ERA GREAT WHITE
FLEET PATRIOTIC U.S. NAVY EMBROIDERY, circa
1900, “In Remembrance of My Cruise in China and Japan,
Philippines and Hawaii Aboard the USS Albany”, embroidered
with flying spread winged eagle clutching Federal shield and 4
American flags and photograph of the young sailor.
30 in. x 23 ½ in. Overall 36 in. x 29 ½ in. 1,200/1,800
421. BRITISH SAILOR’S SOUVENIR WOOLWORK,
19 th Century, British crown above 19 th century photographs of
captain and wife, flanked by 8 allied flags (Great Britain, U.S.A.,
Turkey, Greece, Uruguay, and Italy), over rose with leaves and
thistle, in birds eye maple frame. 17 in. x 20 ¼ in.
Overall 20 ½ in. x 24 ¼ in. 800/1,200
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