Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art
Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art
Various Owners
Carved, Painted and Gilded American Eagle Wall Plaque, New England, Circa 1820
Lot Closed
January 21, 04:28 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Various Owners
Carved, Painted and Gilded American Eagle Wall Plaque
New England
Circa 1820
carved in the half round, perched on a green-painted rock work; the eagle with gilding, under tones of red and green paint; has a wrought-iron brace and hanger on the back.
Height 27 in. by Width 19 in.
Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture, (New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1974), p. 168, no. fig. 304.