In a message dated 8/26/03 10:40:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Mfsaggese@aol.com writes: does anyone recognize this as civil war era ? Marc: While I am not an expert, I believe that if it has the interlocking/overlapping G, A & R that it is of the period following the war. Still a wonderful piece! Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com