Auction 042322
Dressed to Kill, Dressed to Till
By Casco Bay Auctions
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Apr 23, 2022
147 Main Street, Freeport, ME, United States
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Historic Men’s Dress, Military and Civil, including Costume, Artwork, and Color Plate Books from the James L. Kochan Collection.
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LOT 135:
A British Officer’s Undress Jacket, c. 1830
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Sold for: $325
Start price:
$
300
Estimated price :
$600 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 20%
sales tax: 5.5% On the full lot's price and commission
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A British Officer’s Undress Jacket, c. 1830
Jacket of scarlet superfine, faced with a white or a very pale buff cassimere on its standing collar and pointed cuffs, as worn in undress on overseas service by officers in British infantry regiments. The jacket edges and cuffs are edged with one inch wide silver lace, while the left breast edge has a row of small silver ball-shaped studs down its length, in imitation of buttons—the jacket actually closing by hooks and eyes. Shoulders are trimmed with doubled, silver cord straps that fasten to ball buttons near the collar. The jacket is lined with a crimson silk lining, shattered in spots along the front edges and base, which have been stabilized with netting, while the leather reinforcing strap along the jacket interior base (which had stiffened and partly broken off), has been partly replaced; this conservation treatment by Dr. Karin Bohleke, PhD.
