$8,225
Gilt Cast Iron and Sheet Iron Rooster Weather Vane, Rochester Iron Works, Rochester, New Hampshire, second half 19th century, cast iron body with relief molded feather details, pierced and cutout sheet iron tail, including black metal stand, (losses to feet), total ht. 32 1/2, wd. 35 1/2 in. Literature: A similar example is illustrated in A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs, by Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, New York, 1981, p. 34.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-02-19