1700s British Indian Fur Trade Silver RARE Eagle Gorget Armor Early Americana
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1700s British Indian Fur Trade Silver RARE Eagle Gorget Armor Early Americana:
$1400.00
1700s Indian Trade Silver Piece
Item Details:
This item is from a large accumulation of several generations of collecting Authentic European, American Indian trade silver pieces.Tagged \"This 1770 British trade silver gorget with an engraved eagle on the front. Was found on Chickasaw Indian village site in Lee County, Miss\"
The story of trade silver begins in the 1500\'s with the Native Americans and the then seasonal fishing boats coming from Europe. The crew members of these boats traded their personal items, such as cloak brooches, Lukenbooth pins, crosses and Masonic pins to the inhabitants of the New World for whatever the natives had to offer, mainly fur pelts. These silver pieces coming from across the Atlantic were high quality, finely detailed pieces of sterling silver, made by British smiths.In primative cultures the wearing of one\'s wealth is common. So it seems natural that the American natives (and the whites in contact with them) wore hundreds of brooches of various patterns to decorate their clothingFrom Chuck,
1700s British Indian Fur Trade Silver RARE Eagle Gorget Armor Early Americana:
$1400.00