{"product_id":"pleasant-mountain-gold-shield-skier","title":"Pleasant Mountain Patch (Gold Shield) — c. 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vintage Pleasant Mountain ski patch from Bridgton, Maine, estimated to date from the 1960s, a pointed shield with a gold merrowed border. PLEASANT MOUNTAIN runs in gold block caps across a grey sky; below it a skier in a red jacket and blue trousers stands on his skis with both poles gathered, yellow track lines running out behind him, green firs at one side and a green field at the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe's not racing. He's standing in the middle of the run, looking at something, which is a thing you almost never see on a ski patch. Patches usually exist to sell speed, this one sells the pause at the top instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrey sky, green ground and a track already cut through the snow — somebody drawing this in 1963 was drawing an ordinary Saturday rather than an advertisement, and sixty years later that is the version worth having.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are loose red threads at one edge where somebody began sewing it onto something and stopped. It stayed in a drawer instead, which is the only reason it is in this condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered on twill, merrowed edge, with loose sewing thread at the border. Photos are the condition report.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ropetow Vintage Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57373832053041,"sku":"RV-ME-195","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/2048\/7473\/files\/shawnee-pleasant-06.jpg?v=1794066078","url":"https:\/\/ropetowvintage.com\/products\/pleasant-mountain-gold-shield-skier","provider":"Ropetow Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}