Lot 494
Pieces of Flags From Three Ships Captured by the USS Constitution. Small fragments of three flags, as follows:
A 2 x 2½ inch fragment of the flag of the HMS Guerriere, a 38-gun frigate which the British had captured from the French in 1806, commanded by James Richard Dacres, captured on Aug. 10, 1812, 400 miles SE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the USS Constitution, commanded by Isaac Hull.
A 2¾ x 3¼ inch fragment of the flag of the HMS Java, a Pallas class frigate, commanded by Henry Lambert, captured on Dec. 29, 1812 off the coast of Brazil after its engagement with the USS Constitution, commanded by William Bainbridge.
A 3¼ x 5¼ inch fragment of the flag of the HMS Cyane, a 22-gun Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship built in 1806, commanded by Gordon Thomas Falcon, captured along with HMS Levant approximately 100 miles east of Madeira by USS Constitution, commanded by Charles Stewart.
The fragments are matted together with a note from the New England Historic-Genealogical Society: "Pieces of flags cut from the flags at the Naval Academy when they were being repaired, about 1859, & presented to midshipman Nathaniel Winslow Thomas (afterwards Lieutenant Commander) by him presented to Charles Frederic Sleeper, and now, October 13, 1870 presented to the New England Historic-Genealogical Society." Housed in a gilt 18 x 15¾" frame.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
Ex. The Claude Harkins Collection of Americana.
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