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Sign or Ship Decoration

Culture: American
Medium: Oil painting on pine
Place Made: USA
Dates: ca. 1850
Dimensions: 11 x 26 1/2 in. (27.9 x 67.3 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Orientation Gallery, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 55.24
Credit Line: Gift of Edith Gregor Halpert
Image: Overall, 55.24_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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.

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