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.