Lot Essay
According to tradition, this carved sign hung at the Portsmouth Naval Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1880
Details
A CARVED AND PAINTED SIGN
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1880
Rectangular and centering a relief-carved gold-painted spreadwing eagle above a cannon-ball pile set within a painted ocean-side fortress diorama with additional applied relief-carved cannon and shot, all within a rectangular frame, the top set with two rows of gold-painted stars
22½in. high, 42½in wide, 3in. deep
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1880
Rectangular and centering a relief-carved gold-painted spreadwing eagle above a cannon-ball pile set within a painted ocean-side fortress diorama with additional applied relief-carved cannon and shot, all within a rectangular frame, the top set with two rows of gold-painted stars
22½in. high, 42½in wide, 3in. deep
Provenance
Richard Yeakel Antiques, 1986.
Literature
Los Angeles Antiques Show, 1982 (cover).