sternboard

SHIPCARVING - STERN CARVINGS
USA, MA, Salem; USA; USA, MA, Provincetown
Circa 1860
43.75 x 8.50 x 0

Carved sternboard [possibly a copy] from schooner MARY JANE BELCHER of Salem (bu. 1860, Trenton, Maine), wrecked on Saguish Beach, 1874, loaded with onions, bound for Provincetown. Board is light blue with yellow scrollwork, red and yellow basket of fruit, black border.

1949.1085