Live Auction 12189LEGACY & HERITAGE: THE DE GUIGNE COLLECTION
A CALIFORNIA GOLD, GOLD-QUARTZ AND TURQUOISE VESTA CASE
Lot 212

A CALIFORNIA GOLD, GOLD-QUARTZ AND TURQUOISE VESTA CASE

PROBABLY SAN FRANCISCO, CIRCA 1878

Closed24 March 2016

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A CALIFORNIA GOLD, GOLD-QUARTZ AND TURQUOISE VESTA CASE
PROBABLY SAN FRANCISCO, CIRCA 1878
Rounded rectangular, the sides and cover inlaid with gold-quartz panels, one side of brickwork pattern inset with turquoise, the other side centering a gold shield-shaped cartouche engraved Jas M. Barney to Wm Myers 1878, the base with striker
2 ¾ in. long (6 cm.)

A gift from Colonel James M. Barney to Major William Myers, 1878.

Specialist note

Colonel James M. Barney (1838-1914) was a merchant and mining speculator in Yuma, Arizona Territory after serving in the US Army. This gold quartz vesta case was a gift to his associate Brigadier-General William Myers (1830-1887) who was acting chief quartermaster Military Division of the Pacific and Department of California in 1878.