Unusual, Large, Hand-painted Reward of Merit with George Washington, Liberty, Joseph Brant 2 pound weight topped with brass tacks at

topped with brass tacks at the center of each

Works great and certainly well suited for mood lighting

The underside is cardboard and the whole thing is quite sturdy and sound and to my sensibilities really pretty fabulous

1854) was the son of Abijah Crane 1741-1817)

5” diameter

Unusual, Large, Hand-painted Reward of Merit with George Washington, Liberty, Joseph Brant 2 pound weight topped with brass tacks atI've looked at quite a good number of rewards of merit and this seems a rare and unusual one to me extra large in size, and featuring images of George Washington (in bust portrait and in action), a classically depicted Liberty (in red robe and crowned portrait), and a soaring eagle. At lower right is a portrait of, I believe, Joseph Brant Thayendanegea, Native American of the Mohawks, who led the Six Nations in unifying to fight for the British during