SN: 1147. This most famous of all Winchester Cartridge Boards, and the last one produced in the 19th Century shows 182 metallic cartridges plus 15 bullets, 20 shot shells and 9 primer and cap tins. The board is dark green color of dense cardboard with the center vignette the famous A. B. Frost scene showing two hunters and a bear they have apparently just dispatched. Their Winchester rifles are leaning on a log upon which one of the hunters is sitting. The left vignette is of a flying mallard drake and the right side is a bull moose head. Top center has the bright red Winchester Repeating Arms Co logo with various other advertisements and the address across the bottom. The exposed image is about 48-3/4" x 31-1/4" and mounted in its orig oak frame with gold gesso inner frame that measures 56" w x 38-3/4" h. Back of the board has its orig heavy paper covering that is completely intact showing no reattached cartridges. Center of the backing has the overlabel marked "PRESENTED WITH COMPLIMENTS / OF THE / WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. / PLEASE HANG IN A PROMINENT PLACE" and has the SN stenciled below. While this model of cartridge board is a little more common than some of the early ones, it is still considered to be the most beautiful and most sought after of all the Winchester cartridge boards. Few survive today with bright orig artwork and orig color. SIZE: CONDITION: The backing board is lightly covered with smoke or dust and has only a few small nicks & scratches in the finish. The lettering and central vignette are all bright and crisp. One cartridge, the 45 Sharps 2-4/10" is missing its bullet, otherwise cartridges appear to be intact. Outer frame is also in extremely fine condition with only a few minor nicks & scratches. 50178-7 JR246 (15,000-25,000)