Lot Essay
For a similar springerle board also marked "C.G. Weiss 1843," see Garvan, fig. 6, p.69.
C.G. WEISS, PROBABLY LANCASTER, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1843
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A CARVED MAPLE SPRINGERLE BOARD
C.G. Weiss, probably Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, dated 1843
The rectangular board incised into twelve blocks each centering an animal against a naturalistic ground, including a monkey, dog, goat, cow, horse, buffalo, giraffe, elephant, camel, a leaping stag, an ass, and a cat, carved on verso, "C.G. Weiss/1843./CGW"
7¾in. high, 5½in. wide, ¾in. thick
C.G. Weiss, probably Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, dated 1843
The rectangular board incised into twelve blocks each centering an animal against a naturalistic ground, including a monkey, dog, goat, cow, horse, buffalo, giraffe, elephant, camel, a leaping stag, an ass, and a cat, carved on verso, "C.G. Weiss/1843./CGW"
7¾in. high, 5½in. wide, ¾in. thick