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Description:
Painted Canvas Odd Fellow/Rebekah Symbols Banner, Parson & Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 19th century, with gold-painted symbols of the all-seeing eye, pedestal and urn, Holy Bible, heart and hand, bundle of rods, encampment tent, sword and scale, bow and quiver, chain links, skull and crossed bones, sun and pillars, moon, lamb, dove with stars, serpent staff, globe, ark of the covenant, beehive, hourglass, and coffin and scythe, all against a black-painted background, ht. 45, wd. 29 7/8 in.
Provenance: Collected from an Odd Fellows/Rebekah lodge in Illinois.
The Thomas and Audrey Metzger Odd Fellows Collection
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Keywords
Rebekah Symbols, St. LouisStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
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