Dorsel’s Flour Painted Smalts Wooden Sign

Painted and smalts wood sign has handcarved and gilded borders and corners as well as main copy reading, “Seal of Kentucky.” Painted pictorial depicts Dorsel’s Flour bag.

Object Number : 2016.0060.0001

Type : signs/displays

Sub Types : Array

Decade : 1900 - 1909

Object Height : 43-3/8 in.

Object Width : 71-3/4 in.

Object Depth : 7/8 in. (sign face); 1-5/8 in. (with vertical blocking)

Object Weight : 70 lbs. (est.)

Object History :

Unknown, but sellers suggested that sign originally hung indoors and possibly at the Dorsel’s factory in Newport, KY.

City of Origin : Newport

State of Origin : Kentucky

Status : Exhibit

Location : Letter Wall/Timeline

Status Location : Wooded signs area

Donor Name : Rodney and Danette Lehman (purchased)

Condition :

Fair: Some smalts is missing, especially in the seams of the horizontal boards. Goldleaf is largely missing, although enough remains to indicate borders and lettering were gilded. Paint around edges of sign is heavily chipped and pictorial is faded.

First Contact Date : 11/29/2016

First Contact Description : Text and phone conversation with Dave Greene

Follow Up Date : 12/2/2016

Follow Up Description : Phone call with sellers to negotiate price

Object Received Date : 12/13/2016

Object Cataloged Date : 12-13-216

Purchase Cost : $4,000.00

Shipping Cost : $25.61 (gas to drive to and from Columbus, OH)

Fair Market Value : 6500