A PAINTED SHEET-IRON DOVE AND TULIP DIRECTIONAL
OHIO, CIRCA 1835
15 in. high, 24 in. wide
Provenance
John Gordon, New York City, 1968
Literature
Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York, 1974), p. 67, no. 99.
Lot Essay
Attributed to Ohio by Robert Bishop, this directional features motifs favored by Pennsylvania settlers, many of whom moved west in the nineteenth century.
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