Teresa and Ray Podeszwa - Jacob Christ Hatter Sign

**Jacob Christ: Hatter Sign**
**(Commissioned by Philadelphia Museum of Art)**

Artist Ray Podeszwa
Based on the work of Edward Hicks
Licensor Bucks County Historical Society
Collection: Mercer Museum
24 3/4” x 37 5/8” x 3/4" approx.

$1200.00

History of original work:
Edward Hicks, 1780-1849
Jacob Christ: Hatter trade sign, 1800-1840
Wood and paint
24 3/4” x 37 5/8” x 2 1/2"
Collection of the Mercer Museum of the Bucks County Historical Society, Gift of Henry Chapman Mercer, 1918.
© Bucks County Historical Society

Several generations of Christs were hatmakers in Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, between 1780 and 1900. Henry Chapman Mercer purchased this sign, as well as another more elaborate Christ sign, for the collection from dealer Henry K. Deisher of Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

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