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Trade sign for a blacksmith shop horseshoe
Guns International #: 100775154 Seller's Inventory #: RJT# 3175
Category: Collectibles - Western - Art - Painting & Print
Seller's Information
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Seller: River Junction Trade Co.
Company: Box 275 McGregor, Ia. 52157
Member Since: 10/20/09
First Name: Jim
Last Name: Boeke
State: Iowa
Zip: 52157
Country: United States
Phone: (563) 880-4588
Phone2: (563) 880-4588
Fax: (563) 873-3647
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Description:
This is an old iron trade sign for a blacksmith shop. It was made and hand forged, as a large horse shoe. The piece is about 31" high by 24 1/2" wide. It is in old and weathered condition, with a very pitted dark black surface which attests to the many years that in hung over the door of the smithy. Signs like these were used to identify businesses in an era when some people could not read. It could have been made in the 1700's or 1800s but not likely any time after that. The shops that displayed such signs were an essential part of all villages, towns and cities in the 1800′s. This sign has been repair twice over those years. One repair was hand forge welded and is almost not noticeable, the other has had a piece of strap iron hot riveted to the sign. Both repairs were done in the same shop where it hung, perhaps a 100 years ago. Both repairs show the same pitting and validate the age and history of its vintage. A very rare and unique collectable that will increase in value each year. PAYMENT
Cash, postal money order, cashiers check, personal & business checks.
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