tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post2503953721578302463..comments2023-09-21T07:35:17.883-04:00Comments on Field Drums (a/k/a Field of Drums): A Confederate Drum Captured at Beaufort, South CarolinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-33627664563270095602008-05-31T17:59:00.000-04:002008-05-31T17:59:00.000-04:00This is the same drum sold in 2005 at a Cowan's Au...This is the same drum sold in 2005 at a Cowan's Auction for $1,150, appreciating almost ten-fold in two years.<BR/><BR/>------------------------<BR/><B>Information from Cowan's Auction Website:</B><BR/><BR/>Price Realized Including Buyer's Premium: $1,150.00<BR/>Auction: 2005, Furniture and Decorative Arts / Oct 7 - 8<BR/><BR/>267. HAND-PAINTED MILITIA SNARE DRUM,the front with an image of an eagle clutching six arrows in its talons with seven five-pointed stars. The back side has dark brown paint. The body of the drum banded together by numerous small nails along the seam. With 8 patent leather tensions and corresponding double braided ropes. Both headbands are painted black; the top has 8 laces for increasing tension of the head. Includes a pair of 18" drumsticks. This drum was purportedly collected by Private Daniel M. Reed, a member of Co. G of the 50th Pennsylvania, who was killed in 1862 at the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. According to documentation accompanying the drum, Reed "captured" the drum from an abandoned South Carolina fort during the 50th's participation as part of an expeditionary force that camped near Beaufort in the fall and early winter of 1861-1862. After Reed's death, the drum was returned to his family in Pennsylvania. Included are photocopies of a number of letters from Reed's South Carolina service. Inside of drum's peephole is an inked notation Restored and repaired Feb, 1983. 15" high x 17.5" diameter. Even surface wear, restrung.<BR/><BR/>(EST $2000-$2500)<BR/>Provenance: Ex Craig Caba, Ex John Armiger Collection<BR/>Price Realized: $1,150.00<BR/>Price includes buyer's premium.Ellis Mirskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059186096779798410noreply@blogger.com