Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Decorative Arts The bronze depicts a brown

The bronze depicts a brown bear in a dynamic pose

25" wide X 17

The set having a blue ground with finely hand-painted panels of Neoclassical scenes of maidens seated in floral settings and accompanied with cherubs

garnering him the Popular Prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition for five years in a row

Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Decorative Arts The bronze depicts a brownSOLD A rare antique 19th century American Folk Art gilded and painted cast and hand forged iron optometrist trade sign, New York circa 1880. American trade signs of this nature were popular in the late 18th and 19th centuries featuring hand painted symbols that were placed outside of mercantile stores to represent the specific trade of the owner. This large sign has the original hang forged hanging iron rod, allowing the sign to be attached to the