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Watermelon Trade Sign

Watermelon Trade Sign

by Alex Seigfried | Apr 1, 2025 | Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Watermelon Trade Sign Maker Miles Burkholder Carpenter (1889–1985) Date of Creation 1960 Location Waverly, Virginia Materials Oil paints on elm wood with a natural grapevine stem, the object set upon a painted iron and wood hand cart and accompanied by an empty,...

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