Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Drawings & Prints and spiritual qualities

and spiritual qualities

The painted panel having Cyrillic inscriptions

During his training he frequently visited Antwerp's churches to copy the paintings of his contemporaries such as Peter Paul Rubens as well as those of earlier generations such as Marten de Vos and the Francken brothers

the kovsh decorated with stylized multi-color floral & foliate motifs against a silver ground

Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Drawings & Prints and spiritual qualitiesSOLD 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