Dorsel's Flour Painted Smalts Wooden Sign

Object/Artifact

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American Sign Museum

Name/Title

Dorsel's Flour Painted Smalts Wooden Sign

Entry/Object ID

2016.0060.0001

Description

Painted and smalts wood sign has hand-carved and gilded borders and corners as well as main copy reading, "Seal of Kentucky."  Painted pictorial depicts Dorsel's Flour bag. Reported to have originally hung indoors and possibly at the Dorsel's factory in Newport, KY but this is unconfirmed.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Category

z_New Category Needed (Re-sort)

Made/Created

Time Period

1900 - 1909

Dimensions

Height

43-3/8 in

Width

71-3/4 in

Materials

Material

Wood, Paint, Smalts, Gold Leaf

Material Notes

hand-carved

Location

Category

Exhibit

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair