Horse's Head, (sculpture).

Horse's Head, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Horse's Head, (sculpture).

Sculpture: approx. 3 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.

Horse's head which serves as the keystone over the entrance to the building.

Animal -- Horse

Architectural component

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

Owned by Price, Coraring, 1512 Lowrie Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Located E & C Price Beer Distributors, 1512 Lowrie Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212

Formerly in the collection of Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company, 1512 Gardner Street, Troy Hill Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The horse's head was carved by an unknown stonecutter and was installed on a building erected in the 1880s as part of the Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company's stables and carriage house.

Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 33.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0155, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 63.

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