SML-27 & SML-28 John Smith & Pocohontas
SML-27
& SML-28
JOHN SMITH & POCAHONTAS
SML-27 & SML-28
John Smith & Pocohontas
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| reference numbers | SML-27: John
Smith (no title) (AL) SML-27A: John Smith (title in base) (M) SML-28: Pocahontas (no title) (AL) SML-28A: Pocahontas (title in base) (M) |
| description | small figures of John Smith and Pocahontas |
| dimensions | SML-27: height = 2 7/8 inches; SML-28: height = 2 3/4 inches |
| topics / series | Topics: Couples-2
Figures Famous
People Native
Americans Series: none |
| related or similar items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-27:
1940-1945/- SML-27A: 1946-1958/- SML-28: 1940-1945/- SML-28A: - 1946-1958/- |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | not applicable |
| era first introduced. | Arlington |
| value range | SML-27: 50/80 SML-27A: 50/80 SML-28: 50/80 SML-28A: 50/80 |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | Values of Marblehead era items tend to be somewhat less than values of the same items from the Arlington era. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
Captain John Smith (1580-1631), English explorer, came to Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 and became president of the governing council of the colony. The legend of his rescue from death by Pocahontas is based on his own story, told in his Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624).
Pocahontas (1595) was the daughter of Powhatan, a Native American chief of Virginia. Following the legend of her rescue of John Smith from her father, she married John Rolfe, a Jamestown colonist, bringing the colonists peace with the Indians. In 1616, baptized under the name of Rebecca, she was brought to England.
This pair remained popular until discontinued in 1958.
From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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