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PILOT HOUSE EAGLE

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
New England, early 19th c.
Carved pine, traces of polychrome painted surface.
Minor repairs and wear commensurate with age and outdoor weathering.
Some traces of original paint and sizing.
This rare early example of a pilot house eagle is carved from laminated pieces of pine and was originally polychrome painted. The eagle with swept-back wings is perched on half of a sphere mounted on a platform with rope-carved edge.

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Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.