Item: ANTIQUE EARLY WOODEN DENTISTS TOOTH TRADE SIGN FOLK ART AAFA OLD PAINT DOCTORS
Sold For: $4,051.00
Bids: 59
Date: Feb 26, 2012
Auction: Ebay
Seller: phgantiques
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Description and Image By: phgantiques
A TRULY RARE FOLK ART FIND !
NEVER BEFORE OFFERED FOR SALE !
A WONDERFUL EARLY DENTISTS TRADE SIGN !
~ A HUGE WOODEN MOLAR ~
IT MEASURES 17″ TALL AND THE TOP APPROX. 10″ X 9″
TRACES OF OLD PAINT !
LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WAS MOUNTED FROM THE SIDE WITH SOME SORT OF BRACKET AS ALL SIDES HAVE EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING
IT REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF !
THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE DATED 1965 PROVIDES DETAIL ABOUT THE TOOTH!
IT READS: BLACK SMITH DID TOOTH PULLIN: A WOODEN MOLAR, LARGE ENOUGH FOR A MASTADONS MOUTH, IS BEING EXHIBITED BY THE RYKER DENTAL DEPOT. THE WOODEN TOOTH 17 TALL AND ABOUT 11″ ACROSS THE TOP WAS GIVEN TO THE FIRM BY A MAN WHO FOUND IT SERVING AS AN ADVERTISING SIGN ON BRUSH MOUNTAIN IN KENTUCKY. IT WAS HANGING FROM THE SIDE OF A BLACKSMITH SHOP AND A SIGN ABOVE IT READ “TOOTH PULLIN” THE OLDEST RESIDENT OF THE AREA SAID THE TOOTH HAD BEEN THERE AS FAR BACK AS HE COULD REMEMBER. BLACKSMITHS SERVED A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS IN THE EARLY YEARS, OTHER THAN SHOEING HORSES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF THEM “PULLIN” TEETH
THE TOOTH IS A REALLY COOL EARLY PIECE OF FOLK ART THAT IS SELDOM SEEN AND SELDOM ON THE MARKET !
WEIGHS ABOUT 16LBS !
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY FOLK ART COLLECTION !