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VERY RARE FEDERAL MANTEL
WITH A SCENE OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE Portrait Busts of Washington and Franklin
By Robert Wellford Philadelphia Circa 1815
Primary Woods: Pine, Composition Ornaments Secondary Woods: Pine
Height: 60 inches Width: 87 inches Depth: 6 1/2 inches
Reference: Mark Reinberger, Utility and Beauty - Robert Wellford and Composition Ornament in America, number 91. The mantel is one of four known with the battle of Lake Erie in the central panel and portrait busts of Washington and Franklin and comes from a house on Sansom Street, Philadelphia. The mantel is illustrated in American Collector, October 1942.
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