Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 1 st May 2024 93 A FOURTY-EIGHT STAR AMERICA FLAG, EARLY 20TH CENTURY dyed linen laid down on board, framed € 300 - 500 92 A PAIR OF AMERICAN POLYCHROME PAINTED CAST IRON HESSIAN SOLDIER FORM ANDIRONS, 19TH CENTURY each in marching form. 44cm high, 25cm wide, 43cm deep €600 - 800 Hessian soldiers were a group of feared Ger- man mercenary troops renowned for their fighting. Hessians were hired by the British to serve as auxiliaries during the American Revo- lution toward the end of the eighteenth century. Hessians traditionally wore tall hats with brass plates, blue and red coats, with coloured trim or facing to indicate which regiment they be- longed to. M. Bibi Foundry, operating in Pennsylvania c. 1900, patented the design for andirons in the Hessian Soldiers marching in review with their swords held upright. A closely related pair of Hessian andirons, in the same distinctive form, was part of the Peggy and David Rockerfeller collection, sold at Chris- tie’s New York, 9/10/11,May 2018, lot 1702. Property from Dawesfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania