Large Polychrome Paint-decorated Bingo Calling Board

Description:

Large Polychrome Paint-decorated Bingo Calling Board, America, first third 20th century, the grain-painted frame surrounding porcelain bulb sockets indicating the balls in play, all centering a brick red star within a mitered frame painted in mustard, orange, salmon, and red delineated with black pinstriping, 48 x 48 in.

Provenance: A private Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $8,000-12,000


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