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AMERICAN EAGLE PINE 1778 TAVERN SIGN, S. TAFT
Estimate:
$5,000 - $10,000
Sold
$13,000
Live Auction
Fall Estates Auction | November 2023
Category
Description
New England, dated 1778, polychromed, with swan neck cresting and turned columns, the reverse with date 1778; suspended from wrought-iron hangers
h. 43-1/2 w. 29-1/2 d. 2 in.
Sarah F. Taft's "The Old Taft Tavern" published by the Deborah Wheelock Chapter of the D.A.R. relates the history of the Tafts and documents the Washington visit
h. 43-1/2 w. 29-1/2 d. 2 in.
Sarah F. Taft's "The Old Taft Tavern" published by the Deborah Wheelock Chapter of the D.A.R. relates the history of the Tafts and documents the Washington visit
Condition
Columns with losses, paint worn as to be expected
Provenance
The Old Taft Tavern, in Uxbridge, was built by Samuel Taft (1736-1816), and George Washington was his overnight guest there in 1789.
Northeast Auctions, August 1999; Sotheby's in 2007; Collection of a prominent Fifth Avenue doctor, New York, NY
