A Late 19thC Original Advertising Pictorial Hanging Show Card for "The Renowned Kearney & Foot Company Files & Rasps" sub-Antiques John Millais and Dante Gabriel

John Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti

at the beginning of the 19th century

The parquetry ruled silver top sits ever so slightly warped on its collar but

Date: 1884

gents could purchase “Dr Moffats Electropathic Belt for Extra Vigour”

A Late 19thC Original Advertising Pictorial Hanging Show Card for "The Renowned Kearney & Foot Company Files & Rasps" sub-Antiques John Millais and Dante GabrielOrigin: American Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Height: 9. 5 inches Width: 18. 5 inches A rather large, bold, yet attractively designed show card, Kearney & Foot Co. had offices in New York, New Jersey and Ohio and this card would have hung proudly in a hardware shop front bay window or perhaps on the shop door itself. The simplicity of design in this case is what makes the card appealing; often cards of this type