Black Painted Cast Iron Eagle Printing Press Counter Weight

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Black Painted Cast Iron Eagle Printing Press Counter Weight, Columbia Printing Press, Philadelphia, 1813, spreadwing eagle in full relief with its talons grasping a branch and cornucopia, mounted on a black metal stand, rare small size, total ht. 14 5/8 in.

Literature: Wendy Cooper, Classical Taste in America 1800-1840, (New York, 1993),p. 193, fig. 148.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

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