Sign
- Title:
- Glessner Roads 1905
- Object Name:
- Sign
- Object ID:
- 2020.007.01
- Creator:
- Scott, Isaac E. (1845-1920)
Woodcarver - Place of Origin:
- Bethlehem, NH
- Date:
- 1905
- Description:
- Sign. Carved by Isaac E. Scott (1845-1920). From The Rocks Estate, Bethlehem, NH. Carved wood and iron. Horizontal rectangle. Single board, painted red on all surfaces, with carved wooden letters: "GLESSNER / ROADS / 1905". Letters painted white on face and red on sides. Raised white border. Floral design carved in relief in each corner. Decorative spiral ironwork on top.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-12.7 W-18 D-1 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate of John Jacob Glessner (1843-1936) and his wife Frances Macbeth Glessner (1848-1932). Their summer estate in Bethlehem, NH, known as The Rocks, is now owned by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The donor is the widow of Charles Foster Batchelder III (1930-2016), who was the great grandson of John J. and Frances Glessner. Mrs. Batchelder donated other museum and library items from The Rocks in 2018.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder III
- Subjects:
- Road signs, Signs
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