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Description:
Cast Iron Horse Head Hitching Post, America, second half 19th century, with well-defined features, on a fluted column with round floral base, ht. 44 in.
Literature: For a nearly identical example see W. Douglas McCombs, ed., Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts, the Collection of Phil and Bunny Savino (Albany Institute of History and Art: Albany, 2008),p. 36.
A Flushing, New York, Collection
Estimate $300-500
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Phil, W. Douglas McCombsStephen L. Fletcher
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