
Sign or Ship Decoration
- Artist: American (Culture)
- Medium: Oil painting on pine
- Geographical Location: USA
- Dates: ca. 1850
- Dimensions: 11 x 26 1/2 in. (27.9 x 67.3 cm)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H7, TOP
- Accession Number: 55.24
- Image: 55.24_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,
Catalogue Description:
Wooden sign or ship decoration; rectangular panel with rounded top edge painted with scene of a three masted schooner with set sails and an American flag; banners around top edge read "United States" and "Brooklyn." Probably was a stern board decoration.
Condition: worn.
