Details
An inn sign
in polychrome pine, the double sided panel depicting a solar motif with face, heightened in gilt within leafy spandrels, bearing the initials and date below TM 1751, the paint distressed, gilding refreshed, the panel peppered on both sides with shot, within an ebonised frame, English, mid 18th century -- 32½in. x 26¾in. (82.5 x 68cm) overall
in polychrome pine, the double sided panel depicting a solar motif with face, heightened in gilt within leafy spandrels, bearing the initials and date below TM 1751, the paint distressed, gilding refreshed, the panel peppered on both sides with shot, within an ebonised frame, English, mid 18th century -- 32½in. x 26¾in. (82.5 x 68cm) overall
Literature
James Ayres, British Folk Art, Barrie and Jenkins, London 1976. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1977. P.16.
James Ayres, British Folk Art at Freshford Manor, the magazine Antiques, New York, June 1971.
James Ayres, British Folk Art at Freshford Manor, the magazine Antiques, New York, June 1971.