Tavern sign

Artist Stephen Patch

Date1816

Terms

Signs
Iron
Ash
Pine
Oil
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions159.9 × 73.6 × 2.54 cm (62 15/16 × 29 × 1 in.)

Markings"Entertainment./ S. PATCH./ 1816" Both sides.

Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)

Object numberF9

DescriptionElliptical sign board with rim nailed to edges, nailed into frame and tenoned to two turned side posts. Top frame board has simple broken scroll pediment with turned finial in center. Bottom board has two broad scrolls. Square iron bars with twists and loops at top for hanging. Posts and background elsewhere painted white. Top board, both sides, reads: "Entertainment", with green leaves in scrolls. Bottom board, both sides: "S. PATCH 1816". On one side of center board an Indigenous person holding bow in right hand, arrow in left, dressed in red, green, and yellow. On other side, an officer in blue uniform with yellow pants next to large horse, with fence, tends, and crude American flag in background.