Very Fine and Rare Pair of Tinned Sheet Iron Red-Oak Leaf Sconces, attributed to Nelson Garey (1820-1910), Berlin, Pennsylvania, Circa 1860

Elise R. Beaven American Antiques, Allendale, New Jersey.

Lincroft, New Jersey, Monmouth Museum, Masterpieces of American Folk Art, September 30-November 29, 1975;
Wintherthur, Delaware, The Winterthur Museum, Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition, September 17 - November 16, 1977.

Monmouth County Historical Association and the Monmouth Museum, Masterpieces of American Folk Art, (Lincroft, NJ: Monmouth Museum, 1975), p. 50 (illustrated);
Kenneth L. Ames, Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition, (Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1977), p. 63, fig. 66 (one of the pair).

Overall fine condition. Wear and residue commensurate with age and use.
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These sconces were made for the Lutheran Church in Berlin, Pennsylvania. A set of six nearly identical sconces are in the collection of Winterthur Museum (see Donald L. Fennimore, Iron at Winterthur, (Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum; Hanover, NH: Distributed by University Press of New England, 2004), no. 143).