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Jefferson Davis Political Carved Figure
Folk Art:
Pre 1910 stock# 232
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Hope Antiques
401-265-8005
$8500.00
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This a fabulous folk carving of Jefferson Davis. It is carved from wood and painted. The entire figure is fully jointed at the neck, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips and knees. He was US Senator who became the President of the Confederacy. He is known to have mishandled the war and commited treason. He fled with the help of his wife, dressed as a woman, which explains the bonnet and womens clothing. He is sitting on what is to symbolize a pail, which is of they found him. The figure is in p ...click for details
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