Sale 2483 - Revolutionary & Presidential Americana, June 21, 2018

228 c   (WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Pitcher depicting notable Federalist Congressman Fisher Ames. Buff earthenware pitcher, 5 1 / 4 inches in height, with lustre-painted handle and edges, transfer portrait of Ames and transfer patriotic emblem on other side; minor wear at edges, no maker’s marks noted, sticker reading “41” on bottom. Np, circa 1790s? [1,000/1,500] Fisher Ames (1758-1808) served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts in the first four congresses, from 1789 to 1797. He later delivered a well-known funeral oration for George Washington. The patriotic emblem has 15 stars, suggesting a date between 1792 and 1796. Provenance: sold at a James D. Julia auction from a private New Jersey collection to the consignor, 4 February 2014, lot 2195. 229 c   WILSON, WOODROW. Typed Letter Signed, as Governor, to journalist and diplomat Herman Bernstein, thanking him for a gift and for kind words. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; folds, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. Trenton, 25 October 1912 [100/200] E N D O F S A L E 228