Used Small Dutch Hex Sign: Irish – Hoyt

Description

Small used Dutch Hex Sign: Irish by Ivan E Hoyt © 1997: Good Luck of the Irish. Aged and light shelf wear from travelling to outdoor festivals. Measures approx. 7.5″x7.5″x1″. Particle board full color embossed. The most popular hex symbols is the Dutch Irish, a traditional Irish good luck sign. The design contains a large green shamrock surrounded by 2 Distelfinks signifying a double measure of good fortune. A red heart for love, Trinity tulips for faith, hope, and charity and a scalloped border for smooth sailing for life. Overall this design proclaims good luck of the Irish.

Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs often appear on barns for their purported magical properties – protection, fertility for livestock, weather, crops, harvest, and many other purposes. They arrived on the scene when German and Dutch settlers first came to Pennsylvania in the 17th century introducing the tradition to the Americas. One of the most notable artist, such as this hex sign, came from artisan Jacob Zook – an 11th generation Pennsylvania Dutchman living in Paradise, PA who pioneered hand “silk screening” of hex signs. These signs were purchased while travelling through Pennslyvania during one of our road trips. They are hand crafted, colors may appear different and slightly variant from one another. They are cut from double tempered sign board and are labelled as 8″ typically, but vary from size and most of what we have are 7 3/4″ diameter or so. Approximated. Artists use high qauality paint creating the art patterns on the front of the signs, back are uncoated and should not be exposed directly to weather. Because these signs haabe been purchased by us during road trips, travelling and displaying at festivals, they may bear some weathering, shelf wear, and display wear, especially if stated not in oroiginal shrink wrap/plastic. These are made in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.