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Lot 092 - Antique Folk Art Carved and Burned Wood Relief Panel "The Bold Buccaneer" With Pirate, Jolly Roger, and Noose, Inscribed to the Crew of the Ship "Stand Pat," New Haven, Connecticut, August 1907, 12-5/8" W x 19-7/8" H
Lot 092 - Antique Folk Art Carved and Burned Wood Relief Panel "The Bold Buccaneer" With Pirate, Jolly Roger, and Noose, Inscribed to the Crew of the Ship "Stand Pat," New Haven, Connecticut, August 1907, 12-5/8" W x 19-7/8" H
Carved wood panel featuring a relief-carved rotund pirate figure holding a jug, set within an arched frame. A Jolly Roger pirate flag is carved in the upper left corner and a hangman's noose in the upper right. The text "The Bold Buccaneer" is carved along the bottom edge.
The reverse bears a hand-inscribed dedication beneath a drawn umbrella: "In memory of that eventful cruise on the good ship, 'Stand Pat,' from New Haven, Ct. to Mansfield Grove and return. Aug. 1907." The crew is listed as R. H. Hoyt - Captain, N. B. Hoyt - Super Cargo, and J. E. Stannard - Engineer. A secondary inscription below reads: "This is as you would have looked had you made a few similar voyages."
The panel shows overall age-darkened toning across the wood surface, with scattered surface marks and minor wear consistent with age. The carved relief remains well-defined throughout.