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THB19th C. American Wood & Iron Lower Quadrant Semaphore
Lot 167
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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North America, United States, probably New Mexico, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A fine train signal known as a lower quadrant semaphore of a dwarf size compared to the taller, full-sized versions. Patented in the 1840s by Joseph James Stevens, lower quadrant semaphores were used by articulating its fishtail-notched iron blades to indicate the safety of the proceeding stretch of track, with horizontal meaning to stop, and vertical or lowered meaning 'open' or 'all safe.' The white and red blades were easy for train conductors to spot in the distance, and red lettering reading 'Santa Fe' indicates this was used on the main line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (or BNSF) railway network. Size (base): 21.125" L x 11.75" W x 44" H (53.7 cm x 29.8 cm x 111.8 cm); (flags): 29.125" L (74 cm)
Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired in January 2019; ex-Jim Williams collection, Missouri, USA, acquired in 2018 from a private Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA collection
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#155424Small areas of loss to platform and vertical bar as shown. Minor overpainting to red lettering on one blade, with desiccation and several stable fissures to wood commensurate with age, and very slight bending to overall forms of blades. Great patina throughout. Blades still articulate.Condition
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