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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.8.0  Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The Connec…
Sign for A. Lewis's Inn
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.8.0 Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Sign for A. Lewis's Inn

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Abel Lewis American, working 1800-1819
Date1800-1812
MediumWood, paint
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including hardware): 68 x 27 1/2in. (172.7 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPaint decorated tavern sign for "A. Lewis's Inn" showing masonic symbols painted over an earlier spread-wing eagle or Great Seal on one side, and a Tree of Life with masonic symbols on the reverse.
Object number2006.8.0
Collections
  • Tavern and Inn Signs
On View
On view
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Abel Lewis
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1854
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Unknown
about 1805-1820
Pitcher
Unknown
1795-1810
Pitcher
William Johnson
1795-1810
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1880-1900
Pitcher
Staffordshire potteries
1810-1830
Pitcher
Unknown
1800-1810
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The New Bremen Glass Manufactury
1785-1795
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William Myron Savitt
about 1970
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Dr. Daniel Caulkins
probably about 1790s