Sold for:
$491,400
$491,400
Jacob Maentel(American, 1763-1863) , unusual oversized Pennsylvania watercolor and ink on paper portrait of hatter John Mays of Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, wearing a blue suit holding a top hat in one hand and standing in his millinery before shelves of top hats, done in shades of blue, gray, tan, and white, 15 1/2" x 12 1/2". Illustrated in Sunbonnets and Shoofly Pies, A Pennsylvania Dutch Cultural History by John J. Stoudt, p.114.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2006-05-13