Skip to main content

“Six Mile House” Tavern Sign

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1851
Mediumwood and paint
Dimensions52 x 40 x 4 in. (132.1 x 101.6 x 10.2 cm.)
DescriptionTavern sign for the “Six Mile House by J. Miller,” Dayton, Ohio; paint on wood panels with frame, illustrated with a prancing red horse with black tail and mane.
InscribedInscribed - 1851 / Six-Mile House / By / J. Miller.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On view
Object number2020.15.13
Sign for A. S. Adams, Tailor
Unknown, American
ca. 1840
Object number: 2016.25.96
Six Miles from Yarmouth - Alum Bay
Thomas Rowlandson
1784
Object number: Tour49
Six-board Chest
Unknown, American
early 19th century
Object number: L2015.41.86
J. W. Fielding, Blacksmith & Farrier Sign
Unknown, American
ca. 1900
Object number: L2015.41.138
Six-board Blanket Chest
Unknown, American
ca. 1770-1785
Object number: L2015.41.102
Equestrian Trade Sign for the Cincinnati Stove Works
Unknown, American
ca. 1901
Object number: 2016.25.95
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, American
ca. 1760-1780
Object number: L2015.41.100
Vermont Blanket Chest
Unknown, American
19th century
Object number: L2015.41.108
Brace-back Windsor Side Chair
Unknown, American
ca. 1780
Object number: 2016.25.68
Windsor Armchair
Unknown, American
ca. 1780
Object number: 2016.25.63
Child’s Ladder-back Armchair
Unknown, American
ca. 1800
Object number: 2016.25.72
Windsor Armchair
Unknown, American
ca. 1780
Object number: 2016.25.64