Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Decorative Arts possibly Syria or Mosul

possibly Syria or Mosul

18" tall X 12" diameter

A still life image by the celebrated French Modernist figurative artist Bernard Buffet

Silver weight is 18 Grams

with three hinged handles (one possibly a later replacement) and a band of inlaid silver 'ropework' design to the base

Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Decorative Arts possibly Syria or MosulAn important & rare antique American political printed silk broadside, an elegy on the death of President George Washington, dated 1800. A poem on the Death of President George Washington January 1, 1800, see "Threads of History" No. 18, Shown P. 56. January 1, 1800 Dated Federal Period, Memorial Poem Silk Broadside, Printed in black on fine off white Silk, entitled: "An Elegiac Poem on the Death of General George Washington Commander in Chief of the