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Page 26        The Antique Shoppe       August, 2019
           GREATER ORLANDO                                                           The Civil War Collector



         Kissimmee • Oviedo • Winter Park • Orlando
                                                                                     By John Sexton

            KISSIMMEE              WINTER PARK              LONGWOOD
         1. Lanier’s             5. Orange Tree Antique Mall 8. The Royal Court
         2. Echoes of Yesterday   6. Gingers Antique Mall                          Q: Civil war belt buckle with soldier name, fake or not?

                                                                                  JS: Your buckle is a scarcer variant of the model 1850 officer’s sword
               OVIEDO                ORLANDO                                      belt plate that has a solid brass wreath instead of the applied German
         3. The Coop             7. OAE Inc.                                      silver wreath found on enlisted plates. Few officers’ plates were made
         4. Oviedo Antique Mall
                                                                                  in quantity like this example, which has a matching benchmark on both
                                                                                  the keeper and the plate itself.
                                                                                    There are numerous varieties of Civil War sword belt plates, and this
                                                                                  is a fine example. Dealers typically offer similar buckles between $300
                     GINGER'S                                                     and $400. The added history that is found on the card accompanying
                      ANTIQUE                                                     the buckle would probably add 25%, maybe more, to its value.
                                                                                    Sylvester Baron Partridge (1837-1912) enlisted on 12/9/1861 at
                         MALL                                                     Potsdam, N.Y., as a 1st Sergeant in “H” Co. NY 92nd Infantry.
                       “Tin To Tiffany”        Historic Downtown Marketplace      On 3/3/1863, he was commissioned into the U.S. Army
                                                      108 Broadway
            2695 W. Fairbanks Ave.                 in the Old McCrory’s Building  Signal Corps where he
            Winter Park, FL 32789                      Kissimmee, FL              would now need a
                                                      407-933-5679
              (One block West of I-4 at Fairbanks)                                sword and sword
                 Antiques & Collectibles                                          belt that officers
               Orientals - Imari - Mud Men     Antiques, Collectibles & Accessories  were required to
             Heisey - Cut Glass - Candelabras        for the Home & Garden        wear. Therefore, we
              Serving the Orlando area for Over 30 Years   Family owned and operated for 20 years  can date the
           Wed-Sat 11am-5pm or by appt. • Closed June-Oct.
                                                      OPEN: Mon-Sat 10-5          buckle’s use to
                   407-740-8775        6             Laniersantiques.com   1      mid-1863 to 1865.            An 1850 officer’s belt sword plate belonging to
                                                                                  It must have been an          Sylvester Baron Partridge, about $400-$500.
                                                                                  important relic to his family as they kept it in an old jewelry case that was
                                                                                  specially fitted for it.
                                                                                    He resigned from service just after the war on 5/30/1865 and entered
                                                                            3     Newton Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Baptist Church
                                                                          4       and started his career as a minister in the Far East. His first assignment
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                                                                          Geneva  was five years as a missionary in Siam from 1868 to 1873. Then, he
                                                                                  moved on to Swatlow, China, which had just been opened to foreigners.
                                                                                  He was the first Baptist minister working in China. He also translated the
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                                                                                  New Testament into the Chinese dialect of the area where he served.
                                                                                  After 40 years of mission work in the Far East, he returned to the United
                                                                                  States in 1908 and lived in Hamilton, New York, till his death September
                                     6                                            12, 1912.



                                                                                   Q: The leather bags I have... are these possibly Civil War?

                                                                                  JS: Your saddlebags are Civil War Era and are often found with the
                                                                                  owner identified. A sound, complete pair sold at Poulin Auctions (a
                                                                                  specialist venue in Civil War items, CivilWar@Poulinauctions.com for
                                        7                                         details), in Fairfield, Maine, as lot 3161 on October 2018 for $375. They
                                                                                  were described as, “These saddlebags are entirely sewn w/ no rivets,
                                                                                  and the closures utilize three straps in the shape of ‘crow’s foot’. This
                                                                                  crow’s foot is thought to be a Shenandoah Valley feature.”
                                                                                                              Yours are of same style but are riveted, which is
                                                                                                       possibly later or by a different maker. They still would have
                                                                                                                                               been marketable in better condition;
                                                                                                                                                     “as-is” with missing and torn
                                                                                                                                                     straps, I would venture they

                                  2   1                                                                                                              may sell for $40-$50 on eBay
                                                                                                                                                     or similar venue offered as “Civil
                                                                                                                                                War Era Southern saddlebags.”

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                                                                                    Civil War Era saddlebags that are torn and missing straps, $40-$50.
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