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<p>[QUOTE="Kevolee, post: 4253848, member: 2594"]Hi, I am hoping someone can give me an idea of the age and possibly the origin of this piece. It is made of chalkware has some rough spots, and the base it sits on is wood and was obviously mounted at one time. The figure itself measures around 9.5" and with the base it measures around 14.75" There is a hand written card with it but between the misspellings and some of the references, I am a little confused on what to make of that. There was a St. Lukes hospital here (Davenport, Iowa) that was built in 1886 and brought down a number of years ago. Some of the note isn't what we now call politically correct, but I think it is saying something about Moorish, not negroid, and have I no idea what the Florentine/Florence or "Barcellona" is referring to. If anyone has any general knowledge and/or can decipher the note and can help me learn more about this it will be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337951[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337956[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kevolee, post: 4253848, member: 2594"]Hi, I am hoping someone can give me an idea of the age and possibly the origin of this piece. It is made of chalkware has some rough spots, and the base it sits on is wood and was obviously mounted at one time. The figure itself measures around 9.5" and with the base it measures around 14.75" There is a hand written card with it but between the misspellings and some of the references, I am a little confused on what to make of that. There was a St. Lukes hospital here (Davenport, Iowa) that was built in 1886 and brought down a number of years ago. Some of the note isn't what we now call politically correct, but I think it is saying something about Moorish, not negroid, and have I no idea what the Florentine/Florence or "Barcellona" is referring to. If anyone has any general knowledge and/or can decipher the note and can help me learn more about this it will be greatly appreciated. [ATTACH=full]337947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337951[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337956[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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