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1859
GUSN-11308
Round of wood with two half-moon landscapes of romantic scenes, with lettering in gold leaf, in two pink painted billiard balls. The wooden edge is painted green. The upper scene is of a castle and manor house with a female figure in the landscape. The lower scene depicts a farmer in a village cottage outside the gates of a manor house. The gold leaf letters have detailing of wood graining. The round board is cut away and a square panel with the landscapes was bolted to it.
shop signs
mica (mineral)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
wood (plant material)
castles (fortifications)
farms
farming
royalty (nobility)
scenes (depictions)
Wood
Panel
Oil Paint
Mica
Scenic
Castle
Farm
Farming
Romance
Royalty
Sign, Trade
In shaded gold leafing around the edge is written: PIONEER/BILLIARD/18 HALL.59 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
1 1/2 (D), 23 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1655
Massachusetts (United States)
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