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Gilt and Green-painted Serpent Odd Fellows Staff

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$1,107$900
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3259TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: June 04, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Gilt and Green-painted Serpent Odd Fellows Staff, America, 19th century, the gilt serpent with red-painted mouth and wire tongue wrapped around a green-painted tapering staff with gilt top, lg. 67 1/4 in.

Provenance: Collected from an Odd Fellows lodge in Illinois.
The Thomas and Audrey Metzger Odd Fellows Collection
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Serpent's head is reattached where it meets the pole; the pole has scattered scratches and associated paint loss; wear at the base and paint loss likely associated with an old stand.


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