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Carved Trade Sign

Date

1875-1910

GUSN

GUSN-3275

Description

Two-piece, large scale wooden hand razor; joined at the end of each wooden form by a screw.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shop signs
wood (plant material)
staining
oil paint (paint)
walnut (wood)
Wood
Tulip Poplar
Walnut
Oil Paint
Stained
Sign, Trade

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 1 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1059

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