Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Recently Added to the verso are twin

to the verso are twin scrolls and to the sides decorated with Ruyi or ceremonial scepters

Trapezoidal and more rectilinear abstract forms make up a base at the bottom of the composition

as well as featured in numerous group exhibitions

Mbutha has been painting wider issues of love

the vase is intricately carved out with a layered cameo technique

Antique American Gilt Cast Iron Optometrist Trade Mercantile Store Sign NY 1880 Recently Added to the verso are twinSOLD 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