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Description:
Black-painted Cast Iron Gothic Hitching Post, Excel Manufacturing Company, Pottersville, New Jersey, second half 19th century, the tapering post with openwork quatrefoils and circles, marked "SOVEX METAL HITCHING POST, PAT APD FOR, EXCELL MFG CO. POTTERSVILLE NJ," with custom stand, ht. 66 1/4 in.
Provenance: The Phil and Bunny Savino Collection.
Literature: Illustrated and described in 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. 6.
Exhibitions: Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts, The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, January 26-May 26, 2008.
A Flushing, New York, Collection
Estimate $800-1,200
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Keywords
EXCELL MFG CO., Phil, Bunny Savino Collection, Bunny Savino, AlbanyStephen 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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