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Wed, Nov 18, 2020 08:00AM EST
Lot 72

EUGENIE BONNET, AMERICA, 1860s

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$2,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$40,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000
$1,000,000 $25,000
Bonnet of fine wool twill w/ silk floss embroidered floral sprig at crown trimmed w/ silk blond lace & fine silk pico edged ribbon festoons at temple, circumference 17", (discoloration & light staining throughout, holes across crown & lining, ties frayed, structural wires wearing through lining & rusty) fair- good; t/w 'Gold Dust' booklet, early 1870s, Provenance: Mary Pritchard, wife of General BD Pritchard, Capt. In the Union Army in 1861.