NEW YORK, CIRCA 1815

Details

A CARVED MAHOGANY "WAR OF 1812" CAKEBOARD
New York, Circa 1815
Impressed above H.P and below M.HALL
12 in. high, 12 in. wide

Provenance

Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut
John and Peggy Schorsch, Greenwich, Connecticut
Collection of Stanley Sax, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Sold Sotheby's New York, Highly Important Americana from the Stanley Paul Sax Collection, January 16-17, 1998, Lot 447
Sold Sotheby's New York, The American Folk Art Collection of Jon and Rebecca Zoler, January 22, 2005, lot 736

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Lot Essay

The carved initials H and P refer to Captain Isaac Hull and Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, two captains whose victories over the British helped secure an American victory in the War of 1812. Hull, whose ship the U.S.S. Constitution defeated the British frigate Guerrigere in 1812, earned his ship the nickname "Old Ironsides." A year later, Perry won a critical battle on Lake Erie.

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