Very Fine and Rare American Engraved Sheet Brass and Paint-Decorated Maple Bed Warmer, 18th Century

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Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut.

Cheif Cunne shote or Conocotocko II (also identified as "Standing Turkey") was a Native American supportive of the French. He steered the Cherokee into war with the British colonies of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia in the aftermath of the execution of several Cherokee leaders who were being held hostage at Fort Prince George. He held his title until the end of the Anglo-Cherokee War in 1761, when he was deposed in favor of Attakullakulla. He is most widely known as one of three Cherokee leaders to go with Lieutenant Henry Timberlake to London in 1762-1763. The trip was to reaffirm a peace treaty between the Cherokee and the British Crown, ending three years of wars.