Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 173 924. A Fine Confederate Staff Officer’s Sword , blade marked “Dufilho/ N. Orleans”, the quillion with “C.S.” and pelican insignia, wire- wrapped leather grip, scabbard with cypress wood inserts, blade with possible post-war gilt wash or “turned” lacquer, as found condition. $8000/12000 Provenance: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Collection. W 925. [Marga­ ret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind] , 1936 Macmillan Company, New York, signed and dedicated “To Grace Waters from Margaret Mitchell, June 30, 1936”, first edition, first printing, with dust jacket, with all required points. $600/900 926. American School, early 19th c ., “Portrait of Selina Watkins Lockett (1788-1864), wife of Samuel Lockett of Mecklenburg, Virginia”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 32 1/2 in. x 28 in., in a period gilt wood frame. $1000/1500 Note: Samuel and Selina Watkins Lockett’s daughter Mary Clay Lockett married her cousin Napoleon Lockett (same last name), a prominent lawyer in Marion, Alabama. Mary Clay Lockett was credited with requesting the Alabama artist Nicola Marschall to design the Confederate flag. A portrait of Napoleon Lockett by Nicola Marschall was sold in these rooms on June 5th, 2004, lot no. 450. 927. American School, late 19th/early 20th c ., “Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864: Admiral Farragut’s Union fleet defeating the Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee ”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 20 1/2 in. x 29 1/4 in., in a period giltwood frame. $1500/2500 W 928. James Hamilton (American, 1819-1878) , “Schooners off the Coast”, 1852, oil on canvas, initialed and dated lower left, signed, dated and dedicated “Capt. E.L. Dana....” en verso, 8 1/4 in. x 13 in., in a period frame. $600/900 929. Xanthus Russell Smith (American, 1839-1929) , “Shipwreck - Civil War”, 1863, watercolor, signed and dated lower right, 6 3/4 in. x 10 in., in a wood frame. $800/1200 924 924 (mark) 926 927 929