Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags
 

UNUSUAL, ROUND, FELT PATCH OR STEIN COASTER, WITH CRIMPED BORDER AND THE ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, circa 1920’s - 1950’s 
WEST POINT WINDOW BANNER OF THE WWI – WWII ERA (1917-1945), WITH STRONG COLORS & GRAPHICS 
WEST POINT PENNANT OF THE WWI – WWII ERA (circa 1918 – 1945), WITH GREAT COLORS & GRAPHICS 
34 STARS IN A VERY RARE PATTERN THAT FEATURES A HUGE CENTER STAR IN THE MIDST OF A LINEAL STAR PATTERN, ONE-OF-A-KIND AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD 
RARE 1876 CENTENNIAL BANNER WITH PATRIOTIC PHRASES, AN EAGLE, CARRYING THE LIBERTY BELL AMIDST TIPPED FLAGS OF 6 NATIONS, AND 13 LARGE, RED STARS, ALL SET WITHIN A BLUE BORDER WITH 37 WHITE STARS 
TEMPERANCE / PROHIBITION PENNANT WITH WHIMSICAL TEXT THAT READS: “THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC MUST GO,” THE ANTHEM OF THE WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION; EXTREMELY RARE, circa 1914 
HAND-PAINTED BANNER WITH FLORIATED SCROLLWORK SURROUNDING A WHIMSICALLY PAINTED FEDERAL EAGLE, WITH 46 STYLIZED STARS ABOVE AND 34 STARS ON ITS 21-STRIPE SHIELDED BREAST, circa 1907-1912 
CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG IN THE FIRST NATIONAL DESIGN, WITH 13 GILT FOIL STARS, MADE OF SILK AND ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH ITS STARS CONFIGURED IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SALTIRE, AND EMBROIDERED TEXT THAT READS: “GLORIE ET LIBERTE” (GLORY & LIBERTY); ACCOMPANIED BY AN 1863 LETTER, WRITTEN BY A WOMAN IN NEW ORLEANS TO A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI 
13 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A 3-2-3-2-3 CONFIGURATION OF STARS ON AN ATTRACTIVE, INDIGO BLUE CANTON AND WITH BEAUTIFUL, ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, LAST DECADE 19TH CENTURY 
34 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CIRCLE-IN-A-SQUARE CONFIGURATION AND A “Y” FORMATION OF STARS IN THE CENTER, ONE OF JUST THREE OR FOUR KNOWN EXAMPLES IN THIS STYLE; OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1863, KANSAS STATEHOOD, POSSIBLY A UNION ARMY CAMP COLORS 
FULL, WRAP-AROUND, SILK SUFFRAGETTE SASH IN VIOLET & GREEN, WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, DESIGNED BY SYLVIA PANKHURST FOR THE WOMEN’S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION (U.K.), PRODUCED BY TOYE &. COMPANY OF BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1908 
RARE AND UNUSUAL PARADE FLAG BANNER WITH 17 STARS ON A BLUE GROUND AND THE 1866 VERSION OF THE OHIO STATE SEAL ON A GROUND OF 13 RED AND WHITE STRIPES, MADE CA 1890 -1905, EXHIBITED JUNE-SEPT., 2021 AT THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
48 STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE FOR USE BY CIVIL WAR VETERANS AT THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, WITH A RELATIONSHIP TO THE STORY OF JACK SKELLY & GINNIE WADE 
CALIFORNIA BEAR FLAG VARIANT DESIGN, MADE IN 1969 FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY; THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS TEXTILE THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED 
ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH 28 STARS, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TEXAS TO THE UNION AS THE 28TH STATE IN 1845; ONE OF THE RAREST STAR COUNTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, OFFICIAL FOR JUST ONE YEAR (1845-46), MEXICAN WAR ERA 
38 STARS IN A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL VARIATION OF THE "GREAT STAR" PATTERN, MADE IN THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889 
RARE COLLAPSIBLE DRINKING CUP MADE FOR THE EMPIRE STATE (NEW YORK) CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE, ORGANIZED BY CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, 1915 
34 STARS ON A HOMEMADE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA, WITH A CORNFLOWER BLUE CANTON AND A VERY INTERESTING CONFIGURATION THAT SUBTLY INCORPORATES THE CROSSES OF ST. ANDREW AND ST. GEORGE, REFLECTS KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-63 
42 HAND-SEWN STARS ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A DUSTY BLUE CANTON; AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT THAT REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, MONTANA, AND THE DAKOTAS, circa 1889-1890 
42 STARS IN A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURES A LARGE, HALOED CENTER STAR AND INCORPORATES 7 TINY STARS; NEVER AN OFFICIAL STAR COUNT, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF WASHINGTON STATE, circa 1889-1890 

 


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