Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Recently Added Khmer Empire

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In quality these works are far removed from his chryselephantines and marble and alabaster sculptures

The vases are marked to the underside with a raised tributary Qianlong seal mark

the cabinet has twin doors decorated with arched panel surrounded with 'Dutch' ripple molding mounted with a scrolled canopy and corresponding base

Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Recently Added Khmer EmpireSOLD 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