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Description:
Black-painted Cast Iron Ball Hitching Post, America, second half 19th century, the ball top with two loops on a tapering fluted column with cylindrical base, with custom stand, ht. 48 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. 29.
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 $300-500
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Keywords
Phil, Bunny Savino Collection, Bunny SavinoStephen L. Fletcher
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