FINE PAINT-DECORATED WOOD WATCH TRADE SIGN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

FINE PAINT-DECORATED WOOD WATCH TRADE SIGN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

With two removable finials.

Height 50 in. by Width 53 in. by Depth 2 ½ in.

Condition Report:
In fine weathered condition. Paint loss around border and on face of watch commensurate with age and use. The glass face with plaque marks around the "F.R. CRANE/ JEWELER" lettering and removed screws. Remnants of yellow paint on sides of glass is copacetic. Wall brackets not original.

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Provenance:
Outsider Folk Art Gallery, Reading Pennsylvania.