Early 20th Century Figural Pawnbroker Trade Sign roll top desk Griffin Halsted was working for

Griffin Halsted was working for Standard Oil Company in his New Jersey lab in late 1916 when one of his experiments with mineral oils exploded

Vintage coffee table

The interior seat dimensions are 18"W x 12"D and the seat height is 17"

and the pages have come loose from the spine as well

21" L x 23" H

Early 20th Century Figural Pawnbroker Trade Sign roll top desk Griffin Halsted was working forAntique wood and wrought iron figural trade sign for a pawnbroker. This piece takes the form of the classic "three ball symbol" used by pawnbrokers. The design can be directly attributed to the Medici Family in Florence, an Italian banking family and political dynasty under the House of Medici, founded in 1230. The three ball symbol, associated with pawn shops, traces back to Lombardy, Italy, where pawn banking began as "Lombard banking." The golden